Ultimate Guide to Making Charcuterie Boards - 5 Levels From Easy DIY to Pro

In this video we cover 5 different levels of making charcuterie boards. From surfaced lumber with simple tools anyone may own to using a full array of tools on slabs. Get creative and get making!

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A 6" variable speed ROS is so nice. I purchased this one just last year and I love the larger sanding area (it is 44% larger than a 5") and the variable speed is super nice.

I bought my dewalt lunchbox planer used over 11 years ago and it is still going strong. I upgraded it to a shelix cutter head about 4 years ago and love it. If you can spring for it, I would get their better version the DW735.

I used a bunch of different routers in this video (I have 5) but the Bosch 617EVSPK is particularly great. I just got it this last Christmas, so I wouldn't have to trade routers so often and it really is a nice machine.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:22 Hand Saw Square Walnut Board
1:31 Jigsaw Curvy Walnut Board
3:20 Router Air Dried Cherry Boards
8:06 Live Edge Cherry Slab Board
10:23 Ultimate Board - all the tools
11:24 Finish
11:54 Outro

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[tro]

The wife loves doing charcuterie, and I’ve been meaning to make a board for her. Thanks so much for the step by step. To the workshop I go!

[thebobloblawshow]

I agree with the planer sled over the jointer for that task 100%. Fingers can be pricey.😮😮 Great tutorial and beautiful work. 👍👍

[fludrbywest]

Love to watch you work and what you create!!❣️🥰

[buildersjourney]

Id suggest wetting the board and letting the grain rise and sanding one more time especially with a charcuterie board. Kress you are killing it.

[shamsbt]

Excellent video!! Thanks for showing the progression of skills through the different charcuterie board.

[reloadNshoot]

This video was well done. I like the way you started with minimal tools and techniques then going with more advanced stuff. This shows that you don’t have to have a huge budget or space to make something nice like a serving board.

I have been milling a hackberry tree that I fell last year for some live edge serving boards. It has some interesting grain and color in it.

[kentshrader]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing! These boards are beautiful!

[austinclark]

Thanks for the board! It's awesome!

[stephenmcgeown]

Nice video - very well produced and full of great info!

[johnkelly]

That was a really well done, informative video.

[lorraineirvine]

I love how you show the progression of tools! It helps beginners like me decide how invested I want to get before working my way up to more sophisticated tools. When you filled the smaller holes with baking soda and added super glue, is the super glue food safe?

[catherineking]

Thank you so much for this video. I want to make boards to give away as gifts. Are you able to provide a list of the tools (for the novice) that I would need for these boards? Thank you!

[donaldvonbargen]

Very nice demonstration and beautiful boards. What would you say would be the minimum width of board the board you would use? Thanks Don.

[CogitoBcn]

Interesting that charcuterie is a cool fashion in the US. When I was a child (living in the EU) eating baguette with charcuterie was what mothers gave to the kids when they return from school, and it was looked as plain and almost poor, what was cool at that time was white bread.

[dinotakterov]

Any thoughts on being able to make them out of either Ash or Hickory? I know that those are 2 very dense hardwoods. Sure appreciate your time and thanks so much for this video!

[paullampru]

I am making a football field charcuterie board. Had to paint (water based) wood green, use white acrylic pen to draw lines on field, use vinal numbers for yard markers, peel off decals for football team logos…DEATHLY afraid to pour resin over board because so many different surfaces the resin must attach. Perhaps, covering it with varnish first would provide single surface that to which resin would attach. What do you think?

[shannonburke]

What oil product did you recommend to treat the wood with instead of mineral oil? Nice Vid!

[bradmcnamar]

Those are great boards. Did yu just doodle for the handle templates or did you have a different aproach?

[DavidEnvy]

Ahhh! Has anyone else (like in this video) used rubio then a mineral oil beeswax buff for customers? Ive been searching to see if anything could be added on top of Rubio. Does it hold up well? Thanks for the tip!

[HandyL]

I love the intro, LMAO!!! Medium fancy LOL!!!