Making A Chopping Block 

The router bit I used www.badgerworkshop.com/routing

Awesome job Matt! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

Looks great, that! The character affected by the crack and the now ties really sets it off.

Awesome project, it’s always good to try new techniques, I’ve been toying with trying bow ties myself, definitely think I’ll give it a go now! 👍

That is a classic. I love those ties.

Love your videos and shop. Your subtle humor is the best.

Great video again. Thanks for showing all the tricks.

Brilliant work. You’ve just given me an idea.

Beautiful work Matt, I really like the appearance of the bow ties. I recall something on an American channel and they called them butterfly joints, joining floorboards perhaps to repair a gap? Love watching your cool headed approach to problem solving. I'm never likely to be a carpenter but love watching others working with wood. God bless you - writing from a depressing situation in Lebanon 😔.

That did turn out a lot better than anticipated! 👌🏾 Looks grouse mate, awesome job on the bow ties too. 👍🏾

Nice job Matt looking good and remember#stay safe and make. 🍺🍺👍👍

Would make a beautiful side table as well as chopping block. Nice job Badger 👍🏻

Great piece.

Hey, I have that same knife, along with the wider-bladed one and I love their steel. The best carving knife I've used, though, is the hollow-ground Flexcut... OMG.

Nice one Matt. Super tidy woodshed.

Chopping wood is very therapeutic, but you really can't beat a chilled beer! Nice work again!

Hello Matt what great project I really like all projects you make good job

Another great project Matt.

Wow what a chunk of oak! Looks great with those bow ties :)

Nice job Matt !!!.

That’s a very well made Chopping Block, & like you said, dual purpose for a beer as well! Great Tips & Tricks too. Very Well done Matt. Keep up the good work..Simon

Great work Matt, those bow ties look and should work a treat 👍

nice job Matt

Brilliant. Too good to use as a chopping block 😉

I really like that Matt, nice work---

Looks fantastic Matt!

Very nice Matt.

A really handsome project Matt. I'd have that in my house!

It was interesting and fun to watch. Cool!

Very nice build.

Really good Matt too nice to chop wood on :-)

Nice project, and good use of a block of oak. Here's a few ideas: 1. If you had a few powerful bar clamps you could have tried closing the split up a bit before fitting the bow ties. Then, when you released the clamps, the oak would have put the ties under tension, holding them tightly and precluding further movement. 2. An easier way to drill at the desired angle is just to set up a bevel (or chunk of cardboard cut at the desired angle) on the underside of the block and keep drill parallel to it. 3. If your going to be using the block outside, it's better NOT to trim the feet so they set down flat. Better to leave them cut straight across so the corners dig in and keep the legs from splaying any further.

Nice little project,,,, I now want somthing like this.

I like it spot on👍

I like that one Matt good video 👍

I have a big oak log as a chopping block. When it started to split I took the sap wood out with a long 20mm sds bit (such as plumbers use for going through walls) then glued in a length of dowel rod. It relieved the stress in the growth rings and the log stopped splitting.

Not bad for a first attempt mate doing the bow ties. You look like a mad scientist creating when you was chiselling the oak. That's a cracking side table mate. Nice 👌

Dude, you should have more views. Your videos are great

AHH normal service has been resumed (Danish oil). Looks spot on that Matt I think it's going to end up holding more beer that chopping wood thought

I adore bow ties and buy the way it is so nice that i could use it as a side table |!!!!!!!! Lovely !!!!!!

Nice

Hi Matt, if you need an adaptor for the router dust collection, I'd happily 3D print and and stick it in the post. I can make virtually any size, square or round section

Love this! Really want to have a go at the bow tie technique myself. Would you recommend that router? Want an all rounder but was planning on something beefier.

Instead of using table saw to square up the end, try using router sled

Again nice project Matt. So when cracked at one side, wear a bowtie 🧐

This is not woodworking ! This is art... A woody R2D2 ;-)

Great video. Shock horror you’ve run out of danish oil!

Nice but I'd have to skip the legs. Splitting wood ful-tilt with a felling axe needs a low, strong and stable base... You don't want that blade meeting your feet.

Great vid! Do the bowties look more lauan or meranti? Too reddish for walnut.

Nice project, shocking chisel work tho 😬. Perhaps a skill you should work on. I'm new to this channel and really enjoying it.

Gotta feel sorry for the old chopping block. This tall geezer wearing THREE bow-ties comes and stands next to you! Great job Matt, the top seemed level before you even squared up the legs but of course they needed it for stability.

Will the bow ties work for 'builder crack'? thanks in advance...

Does leaving the crack open make dry out more/faster ? why not fill it ?

Hmm... I guess i'll have to take a trek through a local forrest to see if I can find a nice block ... well maybe when it's safe ...