How I Make PERFECT Cutting Boards

Watch along as I show how to make a cutting board that will stand out from the rest!

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[andrewrosenberg]

Your thoroughness in narration helped to fill in the gaps that a lot of other cutting board videos omit. Glad you didn’t let your perceived glut of cutting board videos deter you from making your video. Everyone is unique and I’ve watch plenty in prep for my first board and yours was boots on the ground helpful. That’s my long winded way of saying thanks!

[chriswildoner]

I'm new at woodworking and have watched many different channels trying to learn from everyone. Your channel is another one i will keep watching. As for your question, I like both. I don't need the juice groove nearly as much, so I would make more without.

[macerobinson]

Completely agree about the juice grooves!

[fergo]

The water goes before the oil and wax. Sanding, water, dry, sanding, oil, wax. Great content!

[unclebob]

Good video. I use tung oil, takes longer for each coat to dry but lasts much longer and requires no re-coating. Of the three 'types' of cutting board, face grain mars the easiest, then edge grain, and best is end grain. All the butcher blocks that used to be used in butcher shops before the invention of band saws were end grain. Hardly any knife scratches for bacteria to grow. P, S, tung oil is food safe.

[snarf]

Great video man. The juice groove depends on what we are cutting. You should have a separate board for meats and veggies. Juice grooves are for meats and without for veggies. It's nice to do it this way in my kitchen so we don't mix up which board is which

[gsilcoful]

I have a juice groove and I like it. Cutting chicken or oranges and it doesn't run onto the counter.

[SVTShane]

Very Nice! I also hate juice grooves and won't have them on my boards. Have done them on clients boards which I hate to do. Try using a nice damp soft cloth the remove the glue squeeze out after clamping. I found that is saved me a lot of time. I do water pop at 320 then hit it with 400 just long enough to take the pop up hairs down. Any more and you're defeating the purpose. I pour a quarter cup of food safe mineral oil on a board and use a paint brush to brush it in. Usually takes about 30 minutes, some food soak it in quicker like walnut. Then I dry and apply the wax. Once I did my first end grain I never made another face grain....but might one day.

[TheFirebrew]

I put juice grooves on one side only. Then I can choose which side depending on what I’m cutting.

[bryanproskiw]

Excellent video. I will try just using Clapham Wax only since I have been a fan of this product for yrs. Thanks for teaching an old dog new tricks. BW

[ThePSMA]

I agree 100% with you on juice grooves and handles, they are pretty much useless. Namely, juice grooves add an extra step on the building process which imposes an unnecessary risk of ruining the cutting board, as I've seen in many videos... Nice work btw!

[ConcreteLand]

Cut your boards to the length you need. Hot glue a piece of 2x4 cut to be +4inches longer on each end to both sides. 2x4 pieces get the snip, boards are fine. I usually rip my 2x4 into thirds or half’s depending on the thickness of the wood to be protected.
Hope this helps.

[cds]

Just curious, why did you buy a 10 in Bosch miter saw?? I have a 12 in Bosch and I've never had any problem cutting anything, oak, hickory, walnut, It goes right thru and I never had the blade slow down. Nic boards.

[freshmeatu]

I'm curious why you used the jigsaw to rip the boards rather than the table saw?

[R-Lee-]

Where do you buy that thick Walnut board? I just started woodworking and I've only seen 3/4 inch wood at Lowe's. I've made a few pieces with that would but I'd like to get thicker pieces.

[jwhoward]

I like the look of juice grooves, if that's what you are using the board for. Just made one to cut holiday hams and turkeys on. So grooves needed. I usually put rubber feet on to keep board from sliding. I didn't this time thinking I could use non groove side for cutting other things. My first cutting board I made I used mineral oil followed by a bees wax. I use the board almost daily and it seems like it gets dry quickly and needs more wax and every few months i put some more oil on. Not to happy with that, but maybe that's normal. I'll have to look into the stuff you use and see if it would last better. New sub here

[philiplloyd]

Like your presentation style and like the end result.
Greetings from the other side of the pond. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[martyjosephson]

You could either put two particular edges or three while leaving the shorter end open, just a though.

[chag]

Have you ever tackled end grain cutting boards? I’ve love to get some pointers as I’m a beginner. This video explains the first half of the process well. Though the only thing is that I don’t know how much material I need for a project. Is there a way you calculate it.

[sticksoutdoors]

Only about 1 of every 15 boards will not have juice grooves, according to my orders. Great video!