Gifts · Beginner
End-Grain Cutting Board
Maple and walnut glued up twice to make a checkerboard of end grain. Kind to knives, and the gift everybody asks for.
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- Size
- 16 × 12 × 1½ in
- Wood
- Maple and walnut
- Tools
- Table saw, clamps, sander
- Finish
- Mineral oil and beeswax
- Time to make
- 1 day
- Plan
- 5 pages · PDF
What’s in the plan
- Strip widths for a true checkerboard
- Two glue-ups, in order
- Flattening end grain without a planer
- Food-safe finish and care card to give with it
Why end grain
Knife edges slip between the fibers instead of cutting across them, so the board heals and your knives stay sharp longer.
Never run end grain through a planer
It tears out at the back edge, and it can throw pieces. The plan shows two safe ways to flatten it.
