This is a really beginner-friendly guide, you really get into detail and explain all the different cuts and angles and your reasoning behind each decision. Looking to buy your guide in the future because you deserve the support
When I first saw one of these boards, I had 2 thoughts: 1. There HAS to be a way to register those lines of blocks. 2. I wish James King would make a video of this. Yes! Absolutely the best wood teacher on RUclips! Your videos make it possible for us to learn and make wonderful projects. It’s all about your explanation of the process in understandable terms. Thank you, James!
Excellent commentary to go along with outstanding top quality workmanship! I truly appreciate the clarity with which you articulated your thoughts and ideas as you went through the entire process of creating this piece! You ARE a great teacher as well as a very fine and talented wood artist. Many thanks to you for sharing your work with superior quality. I have a grandson who is a chef along with his wife and I have been searching for a good plan for a nice cutting board for them to have at home. I am pleased to say that I have found what I was looking for!
They look beautiful and I have been wanting to make one like that for a while now so I will definitely have to get your plans. You make it look simple the way you do it. Thank you so much for the video.
Great project. You and your family are wonderful craftsman. Additionally, your voice explanations are clear and very helpful. I'm sure your experience as a chemistry lecturer of quit helpful.
Hey, James! Outstanding work, as always. One trick I learned with cauls, to avoid tear out, or the cauls sticking to the workpiece: A strip of packing tape over the surface of the caul that contacts the workpiece prevents it from sticking.
Just getting started on my first edge grain cutting board and this video was a little discouraging. I just don’t see how I’ll ever be able to achieve anything close to this. Exceptional craftsmanship.
Don't be discouraged, it is a beautfiul board for sure! But the basic skills are the same whether you're making a simple edge-grain board or a tesselated pattern like this. Once you get the edge grain down, do some simple end-grain patterns. You got this!
This is fantastic! One suggestion with the cauls: I would put siding tape on them so that they don't stick to the boards, which I assume happens with this technique.
Great job. I loved the video. Just a little help on your cauls, you can put some clear box tape on them because the glue doesn't stick to the tape. There will be no damage to the cutting board.
Rather than scraping off softwood from the cauls put cellophane packing tape on one edge. Glue won't stick to it, plus the tape is always there so you won't have to fiddle with waxed paper.
@ 7:06, we call that a planer in the UK ( I cut my little finger off on one back in the 80's). and @ 7:30 we call that a thicknesser. The one in our workshop when I was an apprentice was all in one machine. You would flatten one face on the surface planer, and then the feed off guy would send it back underneath to square the opposite face.
Sounds like your blade isn't tight enough. Or it's dull. Those were the two top reasons I've found for drift while making these boards. I ended up using the tablesaw for the cuts to eliminate any errors
Also, I have the Supermax 37x2 and I just purchased the “indeed / outfeed” tables, do you have any pointers on the installation process? Mines been in a box for a year, I’ve been nervous to install it! 😂😂😂
Mahogany is easily hard enough. For hundreds of years pine was used. We still have examples of century old chopping blocks made from pine that are still in use. And pine is far, far softer than mahogany. Plus, don’t forget, this is an end grain board. Wood is easily twice as hard on the end grain as the face.
@@KingsFineWoodworking True that some species of Mahogany are only 800 Jenka - but others up to 1200. Same with "pine": White pine 420, True pine 1570, Red pine has a Janka rating of 1630. The devil is in the details, as usual.
Once you glue your 3 pieces together. An you run them back through the table saw. You didn't mention the thickness your cutting. Is the width the same as the length
The Wood Whisperer suggested using pure Tung oil mixed with Food Grade Citrus Solvent for the best results for cutting boards and wooden kitchen utensils.
Don’t do that. It’s a deadly poison and will immediately catch fire to your food. 😂 On a more serious note… That’s perfectly fine. That finish works great. And you can generally consider any advice he gives out to be well thought out, and accurate!
Hi! No they are available. Here’s a link: kingsfinewoodworking.com/products/3d-cube-end-grain-cutting-board-plans?_pos=1&_sid=ee07dcb41&_ss=r&variant=41354288070743
@@KingsFineWoodworkingthank you. I ended up locating them on your website and purchased them. The link you have in this video wasn’t working for me…just an FYI. Been wanting to make a 3D for a while but was always intimidated. Your video and plans make it very approachable. Thanks again
Brilliant video, thanks for sharing. I’ve just clicked the link to try and download the plans for this board but it just takes me to your shop where you sell your apparel, have you got a link to the board plans please? Regards Ian
Here you go. I’m not sure why. But it’s sending people to the wrong part of the website when they use mobile. It works from desktop. Try this though: kingsfinewoodworking.com/products/3d-cube-end-grain-cutting-board-plans?variant=41354271064151
Hi James, thanks so much! One thing I’m not seeing the plans for this cutting board in the link. I see lots of other plans but nothing says cutting board. Can you help me with a link to cutting board plans please?
Put a quick coat of paste wax on your clamping cauls, and then you will never have to worry about gluing your caul down or tear out. I like to do a bit of a U shape when I wax mine, so that if one of my cauls is on the bottom, it has plenty of room to drip down the side and the face stays clean.
Does is matter how wide the 30º cuts are in relation to the thickness of the boards? Like if I've got a 1/2" piece of walnut sandwiched between two 1/4" pieces of maple, that's a total of 1" thickness. Would I need to make the 30º bevel strips 1" wide?
Rather than focus on how wide the strip is, your goal should be in that first 30° cut to avoid cutting any of the walnut. So whatever board thickness you choose, set the fence accordingly. The thicker the sandwich, the larger the cubes in the final pattern
So I looked at the cheaper glue roller and thought...ok I will buy the one he uses.....thinking it is maybe $100. What is the world can that glue roller do that costs $231? Does it clean itself?
@@donaldpyles2891, I wish it did! Haha. When I use the cheap one to glue up sled parts all day, I have a huge pile of glue that leaks out everywhere. It’s a slow leak, so if you only use it for a 5-10 minute glue up, then no problem. But leave it full of glue for hours, and you’ll lose several cups of glue. The expensive one has such tight tolerances that it can sat full of clue for 8 hours, and there will be no drips. So, for production work, you HAVE to buy the expensive one. But for the occasional glue up. The expensive one is just a waste of money.
@KingsFineWoodworking thanks for specifying that. people see the guys in the big workshops and get intimidated when they see all the expensive tools and think I gotta have that. For the smaller stuff most people do when it's not usually a business they can get away with stuff that's not as high quality and still get good results
Very methodical and slow-paced. Your narration is top-notch. Thank you and God bless!
You are very generous with your time and knowledge. Much appreciated.
Respect!
Thank you! You are very kind.
This is a really beginner-friendly guide, you really get into detail and explain all the different cuts and angles and your reasoning behind each decision. Looking to buy your guide in the future because you deserve the support
Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it.
Thank you, most thorough video on glue up and assembly I have seen thus far!
Thank you!
I have purchased a couple of your patterns and always find them detailed and complete. Looking forward to trying this board. Thanks for all you do!
Thank you!
When I first saw one of these boards, I had 2 thoughts: 1. There HAS to be a way to register those lines of blocks. 2. I wish James King would make a video of this. Yes! Absolutely the best wood teacher on RUclips! Your videos make it possible for us to learn and make wonderful projects. It’s all about your explanation of the process in understandable terms.
Thank you, James!
Thank you! You’re very kind. ❤
His explanations are very precise... easy to follow... kudos 🎉
You guy really work well together. Nice to see family work . I got your plans .Ty
This is amazing. Thank you.
What clamps are you using?
I have watched a fair number of videos on how to make this pattern. This is by far the best. Thanks!
Understanding the order of operations is what separates a good woodworker from a great one. This is an example of greatness.
I like that the lighter colour diamonds have their own unique pattern too with your method. Really well done project.
Thank you!
Thank you... you have made it look easy and doable... following from Kenya 🇰🇪....the explanations are on point 🎉
Beautiful work as always! I put packing tape on my cauls, comes off easy and clean every time
Excellent commentary to go along with outstanding top quality workmanship! I truly appreciate the clarity with which you articulated your thoughts and ideas as you went through the entire process of creating this piece! You ARE a great teacher as well as a very fine and talented wood artist. Many thanks to you for sharing your work with superior quality. I have a grandson who is a chef along with his wife and I have been searching for a good plan for a nice cutting board for them to have at home. I am pleased to say that I have found what I was looking for!
Thank you. You’re very kind.
Great plans. You're a great teacher! I've built several things off your videos and enjoy the calmness of your style.
@@andrewknaub6693, thank you. You’re very kind.
How do I get the plans to the cutting board?
Well done video James. Very Inspiring and excellent narration. Makes me want to abandon all my backlog of projects and build this right now 😄
Thank you!!
They look beautiful and I have been wanting to make one like that for a while now so I will definitely have to get your plans. You make it look simple the way you do it. Thank you so much for the video.
Thanks! And thank you for watching!
Great project. You and your family are wonderful craftsman. Additionally, your voice explanations are clear and very helpful. I'm sure your experience as a chemistry lecturer of quit helpful.
Thank you. You’re very kind.
That oil going all the way through is remarkable!🤯
@@nicomonkeyboy, it’s definitely cool!
Kings perfection again. Gorgeous cutting board.
Thank you! You are very kind.
Tack James. Min sambo har letat efter just dessa 3 d. Så nu får jag försöka att tillverka en till henne. Hälsningar från Sverige.🇸🇪
Just finished two boards. Came out great. Thanks!!!
@@alharrison8611, awesome!!
Best version of this board I have seen. Well done and thanks for posting.
@@holdemNE1, thank you!
Beautiful work Kings Fine Woodworking.
@@robertperkins9270, thank you. You’re very kind.
Great tutorial and the end result a stunning chopping board well worth the steps to get it there. Cheers
Thank you!!
New sub - Absolutely love this, and it makes the whole process very approachable. Looking forward to browsing your other episodes!
@@JayDouglas01 thanks!
Amazing! Thanks for another beautiful and instructive video. 🥰
@@barstad-9591, thank you for watching!
Hey, James! Outstanding work, as always. One trick I learned with cauls, to avoid tear out, or the cauls sticking to the workpiece: A strip of packing tape over the surface of the caul that contacts the workpiece prevents it from sticking.
Beautiful! I’d put it in a frame and keep blades away! Great work!
You obviously have been busy with the table saw sleds. Good to see that you are posting project videos again. Great video!
Thank you!
Really good explanation of how to make this board. Thanks!
@@The_Ol_Bizzaroo, thank you!
Just added you to subscriptions. Very informative video(138)
Your gonna do great with the content you created. I'm sharing with all my friemds
Hi James & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks James & Friends Randy
@@randydobson1863, thank you!
really good to follow all instructions. Superb result
Absolutely beautiful!!!
@@anngrasso6709, thank you!!
Thanks for sharing this plan. Amazing work.
What a beautiful work.
Those were gorgeous. Thanks for the vid!
Amazing that the oil soaks all the way through.
Just getting started on my first edge grain cutting board and this video was a little discouraging. I just don’t see how I’ll ever be able to achieve anything close to this. Exceptional craftsmanship.
Don't be discouraged, it is a beautfiul board for sure! But the basic skills are the same whether you're making a simple edge-grain board or a tesselated pattern like this. Once you get the edge grain down, do some simple end-grain patterns. You got this!
Thank you for another educational and informative video.
Thanks for watching!!
Großartige Idee und Ausführung!
Most excellent and beautiful cutting boards!!!
Thank you. That’s very kind.
They really turned out nice.
@@markduggan3451, thank you!
This is fantastic! One suggestion with the cauls: I would put siding tape on them so that they don't stick to the boards, which I assume happens with this technique.
That’s awesome! Subscribed
I can’t help but think of QBert hopping around! Awesome work.
You and me both! Haha.
Thanks!
Great job. I loved the video. Just a little help on your cauls, you can put some clear box tape on them because the glue doesn't stick to the tape. There will be no damage to the cutting board.
Great video as allways. They are so relaxing
@@johnwalters1887, thank you. That’s very kind.
Excellent explanations!
Excellent presentation. Thank you.
Thank you!
Beautiful boards, great job!
@@ShaneBates-p7y, thank you!
Thank you for the lesson.
Awesome job James!
@@markmaestas1129, Thanks Mark!
Those are some fantastic boards. I have not made one yet but really would like to try my hand at making one
Thanks! Give it a try. It’s pretty fun!
Those are crazy, very nice!
Great content, thanks for sharing
Wow very nice! I will have to try it
fantastic job well explined.Thank you for posting this vidieo
Thanks for watching!!
Kudos for the Titebond cleanup wingman!
Beautiful 👍👍👍
Thank you so much 😊
I use clear packing tape on the cauls to prevent sticking. I’ve found that for me it’s much quicker and easier than using wax paper or similar.
Great job
Really enjoyed this video, my conditioner doesn’t turn out like that. I must use to much oil because it’s fairly runny
Great Job!
What more can I say WOW!!!!!
Rather than scraping off softwood from the cauls put cellophane packing tape on one edge. Glue won't stick to it, plus the tape is always there so you won't have to fiddle with waxed paper.
Wow. beautiful job. Did you say Norm Abram? He was one of the best wood working carpenter. ♥🙏
@ 7:06, we call that a planer in the UK ( I cut my little finger off on one back in the 80's).
and @ 7:30 we call that a thicknesser. The one in our workshop when I was an apprentice was all in one machine.
You would flatten one face on the surface planer, and then the feed off guy would send it back underneath to square the opposite face.
Fantastic!👍
@@johngunning2123, thank you!
Awsome!!!
Thank you!
Q-Bert! 😂 love it!
I seem to be getting a bit of drift on the 30° cuts on my band saw. Any tip how to minimise this?
Sounds like your blade isn't tight enough. Or it's dull. Those were the two top reasons I've found for drift while making these boards. I ended up using the tablesaw for the cuts to eliminate any errors
Can you link the glue roller
Damn dude you guys are really doing a great job here on these 3d boards
Also, I have the Supermax 37x2 and I just purchased the “indeed / outfeed” tables, do you have any pointers on the installation process? Mines been in a box for a year, I’ve been nervous to install it! 😂😂😂
Excellent content. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Is there any table saw blade you recommend for these thick boards?
Awesome video
Thank you!
Thanks - very nice - although I don't usually think of mahogany as nearly hard enough for a cutting board, I understand the color choice.
Mahogany is easily hard enough. For hundreds of years pine was used. We still have examples of century old chopping blocks made from pine that are still in use.
And pine is far, far softer than mahogany.
Plus, don’t forget, this is an end grain board. Wood is easily twice as hard on the end grain as the face.
@@KingsFineWoodworking True that some species of Mahogany are only 800 Jenka - but others up to 1200. Same with "pine": White pine 420, True pine 1570, Red pine has a Janka rating of 1630. The devil is in the details, as usual.
Sorry for typo. I shared video with all my friends.
Keep up the hard work
What grit do you keep on the drum sander?
5:21 - Hello, I bought your plans but I'm confused. Do I set my table saw to 30 degrees or 60 degrees which my table saw doesn't go that far.
Hi, it’s 30 degrees.
@@KingsFineWoodworking- Thanks!
That is as awesome! Thank you
Thank you!
Once you glue your 3 pieces together. An you run them back through the table saw. You didn't mention the thickness your cutting. Is the width the same as the length
The Wood Whisperer suggested using pure Tung oil mixed with Food Grade Citrus Solvent for the best results for cutting boards and wooden kitchen utensils.
Don’t do that. It’s a deadly poison and will immediately catch fire to your food. 😂
On a more serious note…
That’s perfectly fine. That finish works great. And you can generally consider any advice he gives out to be well thought out, and accurate!
@@KingsFineWoodworking😂
Very nice, thanks so much
@@WoodworkingTop535, thank you for watching!
How do you setup the fence to the right of the blade and have it face to the left? My 17" bandsaw doesn't do that.
You and the family do amazing work. Thanks for sharing. The plans for the cutting board don’t seem to be available any longer. Did you take the down?
Hi! No they are available. Here’s a link:
kingsfinewoodworking.com/products/3d-cube-end-grain-cutting-board-plans?_pos=1&_sid=ee07dcb41&_ss=r&variant=41354288070743
@@KingsFineWoodworkingthank you. I ended up locating them on your website and purchased them. The link you have in this video wasn’t working for me…just an FYI.
Been wanting to make a 3D for a while but was always intimidated. Your video and plans make it very approachable. Thanks again
Brilliant video, thanks for sharing.
I’ve just clicked the link to try and download the plans for this board but it just takes me to your shop where you sell your apparel, have you got a link to the board plans please?
Regards
Ian
Here you go. I’m not sure why. But it’s sending people to the wrong part of the website when they use mobile.
It works from desktop.
Try this though:
kingsfinewoodworking.com/products/3d-cube-end-grain-cutting-board-plans?variant=41354271064151
Hi James, thanks so much!
One thing I’m not seeing the plans for this cutting board in the link. I see lots of other plans but nothing says cutting board. Can you help me with a link to cutting board plans please?
Here you go, thank you!
kingsfinewoodworking.com/products/3d-cube-end-grain-cutting-board-plans?_pos=1&_sid=4a1102f5b&_ss=r&variant=41354288070743
I would be worried painters standoffs indent a bit... what do u think? I guess for end grain it doesnt?
Roughly way size board would this make? Thanks great work buddy
Excellent description of how to make the board very easily. I ordered the sled and can't wait to receive it.
Thank you!!
Put a quick coat of paste wax on your clamping cauls, and then you will never have to worry about gluing your caul down or tear out.
I like to do a bit of a U shape when I wax mine, so that if one of my cauls is on the bottom, it has plenty of room to drip down the side and the face stays clean.
I need that glue roller. Do they make one that holds a gallon? Love the video. Another great project
The one I was using is a 3” wide. They also make a 6” wide. That holds almost 1/3 of a gallon!
How wide and long are those boards . Just guessing 10" Love how you explain everything. Ty
Does is matter how wide the 30º cuts are in relation to the thickness of the boards? Like if I've got a 1/2" piece of walnut sandwiched between two 1/4" pieces of maple, that's a total of 1" thickness. Would I need to make the 30º bevel strips 1" wide?
Rather than focus on how wide the strip is, your goal should be in that first 30° cut to avoid cutting any of the walnut. So whatever board thickness you choose, set the fence accordingly. The thicker the sandwich, the larger the cubes in the final pattern
How big is this board?
Great Job. Thank you verry much!
Greetings from Germany!
What planer/jointer are you using? Space is a concern for me and that seemed to be perfect for what I need.
I have a 14" Powermatic , and was wanting to know what size blade did you use for the 30° cut
So I looked at the cheaper glue roller and thought...ok I will buy the one he uses.....thinking it is maybe $100. What is the world can that glue roller do that costs $231? Does it clean itself?
@@donaldpyles2891, I wish it did! Haha.
When I use the cheap one to glue up sled parts all day, I have a huge pile of glue that leaks out everywhere.
It’s a slow leak, so if you only use it for a 5-10 minute glue up, then no problem. But leave it full of glue for hours, and you’ll lose several cups of glue.
The expensive one has such tight tolerances that it can sat full of clue for 8 hours, and there will be no drips.
So, for production work, you HAVE to buy the expensive one.
But for the occasional glue up. The expensive one is just a waste of money.
😊hi@@KingsFineWoodworking
Or you could just by cheap foam rolls for painting and a cheap handle. 🤣
It is autofilling and never runs out of glue.
@KingsFineWoodworking thanks for specifying that. people see the guys in the big workshops and get intimidated when they see all the expensive tools and think I gotta have that. For the smaller stuff most people do when it's not usually a business they can get away with stuff that's not as high quality and still get good results
Did you modify your Grizzly bandsaw so the fence sits to the right of the blade?
Hi James,
What is the work around if your bandsaw table does not tilt to 60 degrees? Do you have to build some sort of sled?