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3D Cutting Board

by icemen123

Dazzle the guests at your next get-together with this amazing 3D cutting board! Or create a gift for that "hard to
buy for" person on your list.

Step 1: Materials

Depending on the size of the cutting board you are planning to build, you will need di erent lengths of wood.

- Cherry

- Walnut

- Maple

- Table saw

- Sander

- Planer

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- Wood glue

- Butcher Block Oil (for the nish)

Step 2: Planing

Plane all three types of wood to the same size. I cut and planed my pieces of wood down to about 1 1/2" by 1". The
lengths were various sizes.

Step 3: Cutting

There are many di erent methods used to make a diamond shape out of each type of wood. I chose to use the miter

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saw method. Set the miter saw to 30 degrees. Cut the end o of the piece of wood. Measure from end to end on
your cut, use this measurement to set up a stop on the miter saw. Now cut all the wood into diamond-shaped
pieces.

Step 4: Start Gluing

After cutting all the pieces, start gluing them all together until you have enough for your cutting board. Once
again, this will depend on the length and width you desire your cutting board to be.

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Step 5: More Gluing

After the glue dries on the smaller pieces, lay them out the way you want them, making sure to have them in the
same pattern . Place pieces of wood along the outside. Then glue and clamp all the pieces together.

Step 6: Cutting... Again

After the glue dries, plane the cutting board down. Then cut o the excess pieces to create a straight edge on the
cutting board.

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Step 7: More Gluing and Cutting

Cut some wood for the trim around the cutting board. (I chose walnut for the trim.) Glue the trim around the
cutting board on two opposite sides. Then after it dries, cut the leftover material o . Do again on the other two
sides. then plane it down. Now it's almost done.

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Step 8: Beauty Work

If there are any cracks or holes, just mix some sawdust and glue together and scrape it on the spots. Then sand it o
and it should look pretty nice.

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Step 9: Finishing Up

Use a 1/4" router bit around all the edges. Sand it down until your happy with it. To nish the cutting board I put a
couple of coats of butcher block oil on it. I also put some cork pads on the bottom (make sure to use the best side
as the top).

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Step 10: Finished

Very nice but not end grain.

Thanks for the clarification.

This is the most amazing cutting board i ever seen!

BRAVO!
Thanks!

Awesome,looks fantastic,great job!

Thanks

Very nice. Just one (probably overly pedantic) point though- it's not end-grain...

If you wanted the endgrain look, you could rip the boards at a 30 degree angle on two opposite
sides, then make square crosscuts the thickness you desire for the endgrain.

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Thank you for the advice

does it matter the type of glue you use. ie food grade glue?

Any wood glue should be OK once cured as long as it was at least water resistant. A foaming glue
like Gorilla Glue might make it harder to get tight joints. I would recommend TiteBond II (water
resistant) or TiteBond III (waterproof, but somewhat more expensive).
This was absolutely beautiful - and I get completely messed up looking at it - and even more at
some of the construction images. Have to make it!
Looks awesome. I'd just be afraid that I would have trouble cutting in straight lines ;) with the
realistic 3D effect.
Great work! I made something similar many years ago for my wife with floorboards from the school
she went to. In quilting, that's known as a "tumbling block" pattern.
Really nice work! Almost too pretty to cut anything on... :)

Wow that is amzing . Some really talented people out there !!! Nice work !!!!!

I really like this!

Thank you!

Looks so cute!!

Thanks

Nice work :) Reminds me of the wood mosaic "paintings" Ive seen in Italy.

Thank, I appreciate the compliment

Dang that is so pretty! Love it.

Thanks!

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