The ultimate guide to making a wooden end-grain cutting board
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Making an end-grain cutting board is fun and fairly simple. It takes an eye for detail and a little bit of planning, but it's a fundamental woodworking project that anyone with a table saw can make. In this video, I'll take you step-by-step through the entire process of designing and building a cutting board. The online software I used is a free site called Cutting Board Designer JS: ofb.net/~uranium/cbdjs/cb.html
There are three types of wooden cutting boards:
The cheapest and most basic is a face grain cutting board. It’s simply a board, or maybe a couple boards edge joined together to make them wider. The thickness of a face grain cutting board is limited to the thickness of the lumber used to make it.
A step up is an edge grain cutting board. To make this, you glue the faces of a bunch of boards together and their edges become the cutting surface. From a durability standpoint, an edge grain board is about the same as a face grain board. The advantage though, is that you can easily make a much thicker cutting board. Of course, this will require more lumber.
But the most prized cutting board is the end grain cutting board. These are made up of lots of small boards with their faces and edges joined together, using the end grain of the boards as the cutting surface. These can sell for several hundred dollars or even several thousand dollars each, depending on the size. Like with the edge grain cutting board, you can make these as thick as you want. 1” to 2” thick boards are common, but you could even make a free standing butcher’s block. These are the most time consuming boards to make and require the most lumber.
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0:00 Types of Cutting Boards
3:30 Design tutorial
8:16 How to make a cutting board
18:50 Applying a finish
21:06 Cutting board care
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I'm so glad you liked my cutting board design software. I haven't thought of it in years; glad to see it's still useful!
Are you the developper of the software?
@@VioletYT yes.
@@uraniumyt559 Amazing. You should be proud! Great job!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Steve glues up a face-grain board in the frist glue-up, however, your diagram is titled "Edge-grain board." Based on the calcuation from the line "End- or edge-grain board width: " I think the diagram should be titled "Face-grain board", yes? The width of the "edge-grain board" would be calculated based on the thickness of the source wood, but your software is calculating the width of the first board based on the width column in the table (the width that each piece is cut to), making the diagram a face-grain glue-up. Am I missing something here? Steve's turned out fine because his source width and cut-width were the same. When I tried it, however, I had a source width of 1 inch but cut each piece to 1.5 inches and the first diagram width was incorrect when I went glue it up in an "edge-grain" orientation.
@@TeaLoveandCare I don't use the term "face grain", only edge or end, to be clear. What I'm calling edge, I think you're calling face. That's probably more accurate, but that's not how I wrote the software, so I'm going to stick to my way for this answer.
What I'm calling width is actually the vertical dimension in the diagram; I call the horizontal dimension length, as it's longer in the sample board and in the boards I've made. Since the slices are cut vertically, that means that end and edge grain boards have the same width; it's only their length that differs, by a factor of the slice thickness divided by the edge-grain board thickness, and accounting for kerf. Does that clear things up?
Yay! Ive been missing the ‘longer Steve’ videos!!
Hola Mira! There are many of us out here with you, we all love these long form, super informative, and very educational videos. Looking forward to the next one. Have a good one :D
Me too!
Most people would have recommended the software and left you to figure it out on your own, but good guy Steve goes through it step by step
Hola Plato! This is what make's Steve one of (if not) the best out there, in my opinion. Have a good one.
Seriously - this IS the BEST end grain cutting board video ever. Thanks, Steve! 👍🏼
Agree 👍
Right‽
Every other video I've seen has been like "this is a super easy project that your SO will love! [... 10 minutes later ...] ok, now just take all this over to the industrial planer I got on craigslist 20 years ago for a steal! You can do this with hand tools, if you want, but it'll add a lot of time!" Well, thanks for the video that you claimed was super easy and only required some basic tools at the top!
What I got out of Steve's video is that this IS an accessible project, provided you have enough clamps ... oh that note, I need a LOT more clamps because this project looks great!
@@tannerhart4069 Amen!
Ditto
true. and i saw a lot of them..
I think my favourite part of these videos is that he just jumps into it. No two minute long intro, no asking people to hit that notification bell, just straight into it. Saves me from having to figure out how much to skip.
This is what I've missed! A good, solid, practical "how-to" do something useful - in your style! I'm not a shorts fan ;) Thank you :)
Yeah! I don't come here to look at Steve's shorts!
Be good fan's, we should love Steve, not his content.
I am here to listen to this men, and admire him, and give him my likes and shares and everything i can to support him, short's, long ass videos, eeeeevery content he makes, is him, so i am here for him.
@@alexandrogrijalva9654 First of all, I was joking. Second, well, never mind.
@@frosiaburlakova7732 Sorry, it wasn't directed to your joke, it was actually funny, it was for the other one jaja
I prefer trousers
I've seen dozens of these videos already, and Steve's are always the best. Hands down, the easiest to understand, the easiest to sit through, and by far the most enjoyable!
Glad to see a new video Steve and talk about perfect timing! I just got a thickness planer and planned on making an end grain cutting board as my next project!
Yet another project you have added to my list, and somehow you have made it an achievable goal. Your course helped me to see my projects through, taught me how to overcome mistakes, and take on daunting projects with confidence. Thank you!!!
This isn't just how-to make a cutting board, this gives plenty of useful tips during the build process, before and after it! Thank you, Steve!
Steve, you're the one who got me started woodworking a few years ago now when I took the Weekend Woodworker course. Thanks for that, and thanks for breaking down end grain cutting boards and making it seem like its not such an ordeal! I think there are a few people in my life who have cutting boards in their future as gifts
Hello, just wanted to thank you for all your videos and time you share with the community. It is greatly appreciated.
Thanks Steve, great video. This is my first post ever. Been following your work for quite a while now. I put a hold on my woodwork because of the price of lumber but that video is exactly what I wanted for a long time and watching this reingnite my desire to start again.
You are definitely my favorite to watch on this topic. Thank you for All you do. You are much appreciated!
Thank you, Steve. I want to make a nice cutting board for my mother and you really inspire confidence in this novice. I think your greatest strength as a teacher is your ability to demistify and make projects attainable for us self-taught beginners. I follow numerous maker channels and watched quite a few cutting board videos; surprisingly none of them spoke about the significance of grain orientation for this purpose.
Some of the best content I've seen in a very long time. Thanks, Steve! Will definitely refer to this one when I tackle that cutting board project!
Hey Steve. First of all, thank you very much for sharing your experience, the hints and tricks with all of us. It’s great advice and so far one of the best videos in these regards, that I have seen. And I have seen a couple. Appreciate it. Keep up the good work.
Once again, your videos and talent bring me not only entertainment, but education as well. Thanks for sharing. Great explanation on technique.
I miss video like this...love this! You just won't believe how much I enjoyed watching this! was able to draw my attention away from work and stress for 20 min and was great therapy! Next project after I finish my coffee station!
Don't forget to raise the grain! Sand, then mist the board with water before resanding; you'll notice a huge difference once you put on the mineral oil finish.
Just finished the board. Another project to be proud of. Thanks Steve!
Steve I didn’t know how else to send you a thank for the recent Newsletter. It was a simple message and yet so well written it felt profound! Your passion, care and humor make a wonderful harmony for us viewers and readers. The linked testimony was genuinely inspiring. You are touching lives and that’s refreshing to me.
Best wishes,
Blaine.
thank you Steve. I've been wanting to make some cutting boards and based on the many youtube videos I've watched, thought I had to have a planer - which clearly is not the case. Truly appreciate your content and common sense approach.
Wow, what timing I'm building a shop to make cutting boards. Thank you so much on showing me the work between endgrain and edge boards you just save me so much research.
A full length video - thanks, Steve! We missed you!!!
This is by far the best cutting board tutorial I've seen. Thank you!
Thanks for posting the video as I am knee deep into making cutting boards right now. I have not made one for quite a few years and certainly needed a deep refresher .
As usual , your video was clear and informative. I've been watching your content for 6 years, thanks for being on CZcams.
As always you've taken something daunting and that I'd never have considered attempting and made me excited to try it. Thank you Steve!
Seriously Steve, thank you so much! I finished my first end grain cutting board last week. It's 8" x 11" and perfect for cutting fruit for our morning smoothie. I used the software with maple, cherry and walnut wood and I love it! I also used my new push block (with a cleat) and my new 'simple' cross-cut sled. Keep them coming, we're paying attention! Also, this project was especially fun because I was working with smaller pieces of wood so it didn't feel like a construction project!
I really enjoyed that, and will find it useful when I make my first chopping board. Thanks Steve for your library of awesome content on your channel!
Thank you for the information on this end grain cutting board. I appreciate it when you pass on a Lengthy CZcams.
Very educational and Worth my library. Once again, thank you.
I just want to say thanks. You make projects more doable for us newbies.
I've been searching the Internet for two days, looking some useful information on this subject. As always, Steve is the only one who really answers my questions. Mind note: always start my search with him and complement if necessary with other contents. Steve, please receive my heartfelt thanks and sincere admiration from a follower all the way in Colombia, South America.
Thank you again, Steve. These videos are awesome. You gave me the confidence to start wood working so long ago. Thank you.
Steve, This is definitely the best end grain cutting board I have seen. Thanks for sharing all your insight and methods. I have been wanting to make one for a long time. I am glad to see that you did not drill holes and attach those rubber feet. An old trick we used to use when I was a line cook is to place a damp kitchen towel between the cutting board and the counter top. It will keep the board in place and soak up quite a bit of juice if any happens to escape over the sides of the board.
Steve. Great video as ever, easy to follow, clear, concise and full of common sense. Thanks !!
Thanks Steve .... you have a gift to explain "complicate" things so simple ......😊👏👏👏👏👏
Every time I watch one of your videos, it sure does make me feel like I can make exactly what you made. I'm adding this 1 to my list.
Great job, Steve. I've watched a lot of cutting board videos and I've found most a little difficult to follow for a rookie like me. Your clear explanations made this video easy to understand. Thanks for sharing this one.
I think Steve's approach to explaining projects (conscious or subconscious) is that he has never forgotten that he was a beginner once too.
Thanks for the longer video Steve. THIS ONE WAS GREAT!!👍👍
Thank you Steve been doing woodworking for years ,have done furniture, bird houses,
carving , small keep sake boxes ,chopping boards. Never know it all that is why I try to learn
all the time from people like you and others. Julien Lamarche
So glad to come back to this channel and see and remember why it's a favourite of mine. Great job as usual.
Hey, thank you so much for this video! You have got me on my way to completing my first end-grain cutting board, and I'm excited to look through the other projects you have on your website! Also, I really appreciate your tool list, I now have my own set of pipe clamps and all the other correct tools to get the board done. You're making a difference.
That you for this TIMELY video!
Amazing analogy using the paint brush bristles, really made sense.
This is an excellent tutorial. I’ve been tasked with making cutting boards for Christmas presents and the cutting board designer site will be a great help. Thanks!
The best step-by-step video I've seen on this topic. Thank You.
Love your videos. Thanks for going through the effort to make them, I know it adds a lot of time, but we see your passion!
Steve, as usual, you have de-mystified the mystique of the cutting board. Thank you. I am a budding woodworker and have considered making a cutting board as soon as my "skills" improve up to the level I see on other channels. You, being a very good teacher and mentor, have given me the mindset that "I could totally do that!" (quoting that famous woodworker, Steve Ramsey). Thank you again.
I’ve seen a lot of end grain cutting board videos, and yours is truly the best one. It has a lot of great advices and tips for everyone, great job ! I’ll even recommend it to my French followers, even though it’s in English 👌
Wow! I really enjoy a whole video from the beginning until the end. Thanks
So glad to see you Steve. Hope to see you more frequently!
This video was timed perfectly. I just finished bookcases for my wife so now I can get back to making fun projects. I plan to go to an Amish saw mill tomorrow to pick up rough cut maple, walnut and cherry. I will kill is to size at home. Thanks for posting.
Great video! I enjoyed your quarantine series, but definitely missed this kind of content.
Thank you!
Mineral Oil can be found in the Over The Counter section of the Pharmacy with the Laxatives. A large bottle is only a couple Dollars at Wal-Mart. The challenge is finding it in stock. Most economical purchase option I've found for it anyway.
any grocery store or pharmacy will have it.
It's because the last I was at the local Wal-Mart I bought all 6 they had in stock...sorry.
@@StArFuRyZz 😆
Came here to say this. I've gotten it at Walgreens but also have a really hard time finding stores that carry it.
Of course there's always Amazon which has it for cheap.
I buy them by the gallon.
I like this design and this video so much that I decided to make one myself. I had some maple and walnut scraps I wanted to use up. There were many imperfections in my scrap pieces (which is why they became scrap in the first place). I could tell they would not adapt well to end-grain, so I decided to go with face-grain. The result is a beautiful board that I am extremely happy with. It may not be as durable as an end-grain board, but it wasn't serving any purpose as scrap on my basement floor. In the process, I realized how Steve's approach is so easily adaptable to face, edge and end-grain depending on what you have to work with. I think Steve's video is worthy of a Golden Globe award in the woodworker's category.
hundreds of cutting board videos are available on YT, and I've watched a ton. This is the best instructional video I've ever seen though and really appreciated the additional tips on using the web based design tool.
18:07 some advice I needed last year SO BADLY. This is why I need this content
Thanks for the video Steve , I really enjoyed it and miss the longer videos
you inspired me to get serious with woodworking, now working in my full workshop following your course and about to start my end grain projects. Regards from Kuwait!
Fabulous, when I get my new router table I will make this as a first project, love it.
Great video! Love how you went through all the steps. I know what I will be giving away this Christmas!
Steve, I absolutely love you for so many reasons.... thank you for being you, thank you for all your video throughout the pandemic, and that hair is absolutely perfect 😍.
GREAT video/tutorial Steve. I appreciate the "nod" to baby oil. The more we save on this type of product, the more we can save for the wood. And boy do we have to SAVE to buy a piece of wood now days. Thanks again! !! !!!
hands down my favorite woodworker on youtube!
thank you for such an amazing step by step with explanation of end grain cutting board! can't wait to get started.
This is the most understandable cutting board video of the zillions that are on YT! Until I watched this I was not inspired to make my own, nor to spend vast sums on an end grain board. Now I look forward to making my own and even at today's gold...uhm... lumber prices, it won't require a back alley loan.
Can't wait to hear *that satisfying sound of a knife on end grain!
Never in my life have I ever imagined that I would enjoy watching someone making a cutting board so much.
YES NEW STEVE! I'm so excited!
Steve you always make it easy to fallow. Thanks for the video.
Really enjoy watching your creations, and handy hints.
Packing tape for the cauls! That tip alone is a gem....it'll beat Saran Wrap all to heck. Thanks also for the design software tutorial....MUCH appreciated.
-Veteran '66-68
You're the man Steve, can't wait for lumber prices to go down, got things to build
Super awesome video. You have a way of presenting that makes us all "normal" people out here feel like we can gather materials, a few supplies, and just build something. Really appreciate that. Take care and have a good one! :D
Your videos are very helpful thanks for sharing
I love your videos. So easy to follow and very engaging! Great stuff!
This definitely helped de-mystify this project for me. I've never worked with hardwoods and was afraid I'd need a planer for a project like this, but I see it's dead simple with just a table saw and orbital sander. Thanks Steve!
You still need a plane or a planer, the raised edges are too much for a sander.
Thank you for this video and the link to the software. Will be trying this out soon.
I really enjoyed this one, I've always wanted to make my own but wasn't sure how to go about making one. It's a lot simpler than I thought.
Love this channel!! If I can add anything -- skip the feet, just throw a damp paper towel (or regular kitchen towel) underneath your cutting boards when you use them. will keep them from sliding around. Thanks Steve for giving me fuel for my new passion.
Thank you so much! I have been wanting to make cutting boards!
This has been something I’ve been wanting to do, thank you for the great video!
Great to see you're doing full videos again I've really missed these ,you kept me amused during lockdown then you disappeared to the short side 😷
I love this channel!!! Makes woodworking less daunting with great explanations. 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is exactly what we were wanting!!!
I have been making cutting boards but see how I can improve it. Thank you
Enjoyed it and found it very useful! Thanks
Wow. Just wow! This is one awesome video. I'm new to woodworking and I want to make a cutting board for a friend for Christmas. Thank you.
Thanks Steve for posting!
This board is the most beautiful I have seen!
Perfect timing! I'm planning to make a couple for gifts but wasn't sure how to get started! This is exactly what I needed.
I’m 41 grew up with very little positive male roll models and spent my teens and twenty’s doing stupid things. I’ve always wanted to learn to work with wood and tools but always felt like between the money and knowledge I was too far behind. I’ve recently cleaned my shed out and started to watch your videos and a few other you tubers while acquiring the tools. Your videos are amongst the best. I am very great full for your content and have joined your Weekend Woodworker course to show my appreciation and continue on my journey. Thank you so very much!!
Excellent video. I was just gearing up for one of these. Thanks!
Awesome tutorial Steve! I loved seeing you using the “basic” stuff that us normal woodworkers have in the shop. In this video, taking about them bar clamps. Everywhere else I see them using all these high budget clamps. Haha
Top notch video! Really helpful having everything explained well.
Good stuff Steve! Thank you for the education👊👊 -i'm now comfortable to start it up.
God bless!
Thanks Steve, great idea and so we’ll explained. I’ll give this a try. Excellent video as usual.
Cheers
Looking great Steve! awesome video
Thanks for clear explanation and WHY things/steps are done the way they are.