Building an End Grain Maple Cutting Board - A Step by Step Guide for Woodworking Beginners!

today i'll get you step by step through the process of creating a simple but gorgeous looking maple and crank cutting board enjoy first comes the rough lumber processing where we flatten one face using the jointer or a flattening jig for your planer [Music] once done we proceed to rip both sides lean on our table saw [Music] last but not least we finish the job by flattening the opposite face i'm using my jointer for this job because the large side gives me a big enough reference surface to plane both faces parallel to one another but feel free to use your planer whatever works for you now we set up our table saw fence in a way such that we end up with strips a bit wider than our lumber's current thickness [Music] and with all of that done our first glue up can commence i also make sure to adjust the orientation of my end crane to my liking this is what we'll see after all once we are done with the whole thing oh are you wondering what i'm using here this little flask this is stubborn's fantastic c8 glue which i use on virtually any project in combination with the accelerator spray it makes quick work of assisting my clamping keeping boards aligned and helps spawn the wood even colder temperatures so if you want to also try out the good stuff make sure to go over to their site using my link at the top of the description and receive 15 discount by smashing flammy 15 into your keyboard at checkout next they rolled around and we can process our new board a bit further [Music] once one face is flat we proceed to cut the long boy into strips don't forget that the strip's thickness will determine the final thickness of our cutting board too previously i did not flatten the top of my board after running it through my jointer if you've done that you can skip this whole step and if you are like me you simply need to rip all strips to their final whiff on the table saw making sure that you end up with square shaped pieces of end grain and here comes the last glue up which is fairly straightforward next day and i ran my boards through the drum center to flatten them to my liking other flattening methods involve using a router sled a cnc a planer going in tiny passes or a well-sharpened hand plane but no matter the method once you've got there we trim the ball to size [Music] gem for all edges [Music] smash some handles into the board using a bowl or similar bit [Music] [Music] and then we send for a while from an 80 grit all the way up to a 320 water pop the surface such that our wood fibers won't get an unfortunate erection once we dip them into moisture and send again from 220 to 320. now we padded that pitch and then we are done it turned out beautifully right make sure to subscribe for more content and i'll see you soon bye [Music] you