Making a Plaid Cutting Board! BONUS - Crazy Finishing Technique

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0:00 How to make a plaid cutting board
08:00 Flattening an end grain cutting board
16:04 Applying finish to a cutting board

After making a gentlemen’s box with a plaid interior (https://youtu.be/8OTt-mHTdVU), I’ve received multiple requests for how to make a plaid cutting board. This video takes you step by step though the process, resulting in a stunning end grain plaid cutting board. It’s a mix of domestic woods that are pretty easy to obtain. I used maple, cherry, oak, and walnut. My cutting board is approximately 16”L x 12”W x 1.5”T. You can make your board any size that you want. The steps do not have to be changed if you want to make a different size board.

Making the board requires five glue-ups. I glued together two panels that consisted of stripes of maple and oak, and cherry and oak. After cutting those into strips, I glued those pieces together to form a checkerboard. You could stop at this point, but I like the look of dark stripes so I sliced the board length-wise and glued in walnut strips. After it dried, I then cut the board sideways and added additional walnut strips. The end result is a really cool pattern that people gawk over!

BONUS FOOTAGE!
I didn’t use the commonly applied mineral oil finish to this cutting board. Instead, I went an entirely different way and used wood bowl finish. In the latter half of the video, I show the step by step how to apply this finish to make a well protected cutting board that doesn’t build up a film and doesn’t weep mineral oil like regular boards.

Here’s a list of tools and materials that I used to make this board. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

•• Tools & Materials ••
15 oak strips: 20”L x 1”W x 1” T
7 Maple strips: 20”L x 1”W x 1” T
8 Cherry strips: 20”L x 1”W x 1” T
Titebond III Ultimate Wood Glue: https://amzn.to/2tU6B8d
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Jet Table Saw: https://amzn.to/2RwQTJa
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Jet 8” Jointer: https://amzn.to/310uabK
Festool ETS 150/3 Random Orbit Sander https://amzn.to/2RxjkXo
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