A new End Grain Cutting Board

As you can probably guess by now. I'm really getting into making these end grain cutting boards. Today I finished another one and guess what? It's for sale! Just check out my etsy site, which can be found on the main page of my blog.


As far as the construction went, this one was a lot smoother. I will say that after making this one and another one from the same materials (still working on that one), I decided to purchase a bench planer. I'm able to joint the wood pretty well using my table saw and sleds, but I think having the planer will really make life easier, it'll save me time, I'll use less over all material, and I won't have to sand nearly as much! These all sound like pluses to me! I'm really happy with how this one turned out. It's a little bigger than my previous cutting board coming in at 8 inches wide 10.5 inches in length and 1 inch tall. I rounded off the trim and used Howards Butcher Block Conditioner, which really made the wood pop! In terms of materials, I used mahogany, red oak and white oak (white oak on the trim), and birch.


I have another much larger cutting board that I'm in the process of finishing. It's the same materials, just put together a little differently. Take a look at the pictures and let me know what you think!