How To Turn Scrap Wood Into $600 Cutting Boards
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- Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2024
- After building a lot of cutting boards I'm left with a lot of scraps which I turn into more cutting boards. I walk you through my process on exactly how I do that and I give a time, cost and sales breakdown at the end.
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The best thing (& unique) about your video (craftsmanship speaks for itself) is the recap on time, materials & $! Almost NOBODY does this and as a Newbie it makes all the difference in the world to me! Thanks for your vids!
huh... maybe the algorith is different to me but I get a ton of those scrap wood projects, cutting boards being one of the most common. but hey, its a good thing non the less ^^
You buy one then?
@@Solid_Jackson
Your existence seems awfully dreary!
@@johnolz1886 how many do you have then?
@@Solid_Jackson No need to buy one, I’d make it for myself if wanted. I guess English is a 2nd language for you or you would have picked up on “Newbie” as in a “wood worker too” but not to his degree. Go troll someone else. I’m done her.
Dude is single-handedly keeping the Titebond company in business
Dusty lumber company gives this guy a run for his money.
WORD 😂🫵
@brandonbennett127 dusty do alot of joinery , but I ain't never seen him glue nothin 😂🤷 ..if you good .. ya good 💯
@@chrisdockery1706 you have never seen him glue up anything? He has like 100 videos of glue ups. He has like 20 gals of titebond displayed on his wall.
$120 for 2 gallons of TB3 is expensive.
Beautiful boards. The only people who truly appreciate the work and know that the price you are charging is reasonable is someone who makes them. I’ve had trouble getting ALOT less for not nearly labor intensive boards at craft fairs. I’ve also heard comments that they are cheaper at Hoobby Lobby-which in turns makes my blood boil. But I just smile and say thank for stopping by and have a nice day.
7:05 "we are 7 minutes in and you are still here, so I assume you are into this kinda stuff". You got me there, I had no excuse but to subscribe. And yes you are right I am into this kinda stuff.
Glad to have you!
he got me there too. lol!
Haha same
@@ryanhawkins Successful line - I subscribed at the same point. :)
Being a habitual knocker... ;-) _"into this kind of stuff"_ , I presume? ;-)
Love your boards! Thanks for the clear walk through as I now have enough scraps to make one.
As an art teacher of 20 years I can tell you I can tell you most people would rather look at an image that has a likeness to something as a posed to nothing (nonobjective art). Like music we can recognize catches our attention and when we hear new strange music we might say “that’s interesting”. acknowledging its novelty, but then move on and never think of it again.
So here is my free idea for you from a fellow creator. In the middle of the chaos, boards have some shapes organized to create abstract recognizable forms ; animals, people, flowers, logos, almost anything to catch the eye. Or one has to look around the board to find the hidden things in the chaos. I think this added art-work will take it to the next level , sell for more and speed up sales.
Cool idea?
Can't speak for Ryan but the fun in a chaos board is it's chaos lol there's no rhyme or reason in it
Ryan I appreciate you explaining why you glue up both sides. I've experienced the same issue and have started gluing up both sides myself. It saves a lot of frustration later on. I'm really surprised you haven't invested in a drum sander. It's a game changer and you'll see a considerable reduction in your labor hours. They're worth the investment. The video turned out fantastic as usual. 💯🔥
as a person with a workshop, who keeps every single little scrap to repurpose, i think there is something to be said for making art from what would usually go in a land fill. it definitely tends to be more labor intensive, but its just a good thing to do in general. it makes it special, and i think these boards are very special!
You are so honest and straight to the point! Love it!
I very much want to commend you on your work, but in particular that you use mainly time lapse in your videos, which is really nice. I still get to see what you do, and how you do it, but I also get to see the progress of your project so much faster. In many other videos, it's almost painful to wait for someone to get through a step in building something and it's obvious to the viewer what is going on, and not necessary to drag it out, thank you!
As an amature/hobby woodworker, i love your content. Seeing how you use the scrap gives me good inspiration for the use of mine, and I have a ton. I used to work at a custom cabinet shop and collected a bunch there. Thanks again for the great video! I'll keep watching!
This is the best end grain cutting board video hands down
Thank you for explaining why many woodworkers put glue on both sides of the joint!
You bet!
A hardworking woodworker, a work ethic that is unquestionable. Great boards with such a unique design. I do hope that your hard work and great videos that help others like myself is fully rewarded.
I upgraded to the 735 Dewalt. Total game changer. Found one in the box a guy used for one project....Facebook find $400. Virtually no snipe...thinking about adding the helical replacement...but that's more than the cost of the planer.
It’s nice to see actual quality woodworking done with average tools and not the latest and greatest. Nice job.
7 mins in while cleaning my shop area I subscribed after listening to your reasoning……I probably would have anyway this is my 1st vid I’m seeing of yours.
I think those boards are great, and being a construction guy that’s been woodworking a couple years now for fun, I appreciate the time and love put into these. Ok, now for the construction joke….. has anybody ordered an OSB plywood cutting board lately? Sorry, couldn’t help it! Really those things are awesome and worth more than you are asking.
These are absolutely incredible. If I could afford it, I would absolutely pay $620 + for these. They are absolutely stunning. Beautiful work!
Very nice. Your honesty about everything involved is refreshing.
If you were to choose an upgrade for one tool in your shop I would highly suggest putting a Shelix head in your planner. It would reduce the risk of exploding the wood in the process you were discussing by quite a lot. I put on in mine and it gives smoother cuts, cleaner cuts, I have not yet experienced any chucking, chipping or exploding on anything I run through it. Just be sure to buy the OEM size one as there are 2 different diameter heads. The smaller one yu can technically install without removing the cutting inserts but makes your measurement marker and depth gage inaccurate. The OEM size you have to remove the cutter inserts to install but is the exact size as the OEM straight knife head. Best tool upgrade I've done to date, by far.
Lots of work!!! Great idea laying it all out for us … it’s amazing how many people probably think you do these in a day and can’t justify the expense and cost of 1
Thanks for watching!
Caro Ryan,
tutte le volte che vedo il tuo lavoro, molto complesso e che richiede anche molta pazienza, mi entusiasmo e resto sinceramente ammirato. Purtroppo non conoscendo l'inglese "fluente", non comprendo le tue spiegazioni che mi farebbero capire tutti i numerosi passaggi: un vero peccato (per me).
Congratulazioni vivissime per la creatività con la quale realizzi le tue bellissime opere!
Ciao dall'Italia!
This was the first 'subscribe' message in a video that didn't put me off and got some very concise points across. Well done
Appreciate that!
Awesome video and really appreciate the transparency of all the cost / time spend making these boards shown in detail.
I recently bought the Dewalt 735X with the Shelix head...WOW! YUGE difference. You won' be changing blades for a LONG while. Allred Woodworks
That breakdown was excellent what i need to hear. I am trying to start my own router business and always get disheartened when i add up costs vs take home on certain idea's. Great video.
Im from Chile. Men, your work is perfect.
This is the Visual Wikipedia for cutting board. The details are very informative.
Great video really enjoyed the open honesty and the idea of using scrap wood in a creative way
I’m a computer PhD, but I wish I had a wood working workshop like yours and working and working and working with lovely pieces of wood. Good luck and enjoy your job
Thanks!
600 dollars a board is reasonable. It looks so unique. Im a woodworker myself. Some times its just better off buying then making.
Nice job Ryan
I agree sometimes i cant make it for what you can buy, but there is a massive amount of satisfaction knowing i made it, and the look on peoples face also when you gift them with something like that and they say or others say, where did you get it, and then you tell them you made it, and they are left awestruck. its a great feeling.
Hello Ryan, to me this cutting boards are amazing!!!!!!!!
I'm currently an joiner apprentice and while I have high end tools at work, at home I'm happy to have a bosh proffessional tablesaw XD
but I really really love your way of glueing, Specially those pipes on wood, I think I'll design something similar for myself. Great vids!
Overwhelmed with joy seeing you picking up steam. I remember one of the early videos you made almost giving up.
One of the greatest creators on youtube. Wish you the best 🙏🏻
Beautiful work. You will solve many of your issues with a power planer or just an old school hand planar and a solid track saw like a Mafell or festool.
Well first time viewer to the channel. I gotta say I love how you explain things and break down how you do them. the average joe watching can understand a bit more of whats going on with how you present it to the masses and it got a like and subscribe from me. I will be sure to watch some more vids and see what else you have done in the past and look forward to what you do in the future
Thanks!
I love these boards. Chaotic like my personality. Wish i could afford 1...or 2. Great work!!
I really like your approach to talking about costs associated with the project
You should do a shop tour
Great looking boards sir.. nice :)
A handy hint to minimise or avoid snipe, is to sent the boards through with the waste 'legs' first, that way, any snipe is on that material which is cut off later.
Adding a sacrificial 'leg' to the 'tail' end of the board during this step is advised also.
crazy job with amazing results
For scrapping off excess of glue, especially when there's a lot of joints and it's a hardwood I'd use a fibre disc on angle grinder, grain #36 or so. To prevent the glue clogging the disc, a bit of WD-40 or silicone spray applied to rotating disc is recommended. (Powdered chalk sprinkled onto the wood piece may also help, but I wouldn't recommend doing it indoors.)
Also, couple of years ago one could buy an additive to PVAC glue to make it "totally waterproof/ water-resistant", which was water solution of aluminium chloride, AlCl3 (that's lowercase "L", not uppercase "i") - a bottle of approx 50 ml for every 1 kg of glue (1.7 fl oz and 2.2 lbs), don't know what concentration though - just pour it in, mix well, and "voila!" - and the only "catch" was you had to use it up within a week or so, otherwise the glue would set (jelly style I guess, not really hard - still, unusable).
Aluminium chloride is tad acidic, and I guess this made the glue to cross-link (when drying) better, hence higher water resistance. Sorta acts like a hardener, in a sense.
I am so jealous of your gluing table. Wish I had the room. I can hear an echo when you talk. That’s something I’ve never heard in my 20’x20’ shop.
Wow, congratulations on the work, I'm from Brazil - São Paulo.
Pure chaos! Truly impressive work man
I neither have the space in my kitchen nor the money for such a great handicraft! But I have fun looking at your great work and can therefore only reward you with a thumbs up! greetings from GER
what a great job!! I really admire what you do. Thanks for sharing.
I greet you from Argentina!!!
These truly are beautiful! Great work!
Great video , thanks.
Very educational and informative.
I think that 620 dollars for a unique and lifetime asset like your cutting boards is very attractive.
My son is a professional chef so you have just given me some great ideas. Thank you.
I would not be surprised if those boards will sell faster now that the video has been released. They do look good and I am not a fan of that style of board. Personally I prefer the original end grain or even long grain boards. It's good to see your workshop taking shape, you have came such a long way in the last couple of years. Well done.
Thanks for being part of the journey!
You knew all the tricks of the trade! Good job and thx for sharing
These are very nice cutting boards. I’m a chef and for me, having a nice board design to look at while chopping makes the task much more fun. An easy 10/10 for me and your craftsmanship resulted in me subscribing. Thank you for this great content!
Have you ever done a video on the glue-up table you have? That thing looks AWESOME!! Plus the other jigs you've made. Very cool!
Well I think the boards and the wood work that you make are all quality! Just the other day at Lowe's I was wish listing a plainer for starters lol Good job and superb work!
I love the cost breakdown! Thanks for the hard work!
Ryan, first & foremost, thank you for posting your videos and giving guys like me inspiration and ideas for new board designs. So I do have a few questions to ask.
1) What are you using for your glue boards? Is that PVC on the rails?
2) What is your thought on a router plate mounted on a radial arm saw (obviously the blade has been taken off) and using that configuration for doing juice grooves or surface planing?
3) Besides the videos you upload here on RUclips, how else are you getting sales and traffic on your website?
I'm fairly new to the sales and promotion side of things and am interested to see how you're getting the sales.
I wish more people understood why a cutting board like this cost $600 dollars. Consider the cost of making it. Like the tools, wood, glue, time, and knowledge. These cutting boards will last a lifetime. $600 dollars for a lifetime of use. Honestly can't beat it.
unfortunately they will not unless the owner puts in quite a bit of work.
He mixed the woods whcih will wear out uneavenly meaning the owner will need to work on that more regulary.
a good board can be 600 usd, but you can also get a good walnut endgrain board for 200-400 which takes the same amount of time and effort to make but is not made from some randome scraps. 600 usd is just overpriced and not competetive. Lucky for him to find people who either collect cool stuff or have no idea about better boards existing fro less money.
Hi Ryan ! Alex from Sao Paulo city, Brazil. Amazing work !!! Congratulations !!!
I think these boards are so nice. I wish I had that kind of disposable income. Thank you for the breakdown.
Second of your videos I’ve watched - brilliant.
Thank you so much for your work and talent
I’m so envious of your shop!
That’s dedication. Making 600 some dollars each board from a byproduct of other jobs is being efficient. You should have thrown in another equation of selling all your cutoffs on the Facebook marketplace because in reality, unless you’re “Booe”, only people that making cutting boards are people that are new….. How did you make the panel glue-up boards? Those would be nice for tabletops and other panels….I’m sub’n now. Thanks for sacrificing your time for the RUclips world.
Great job! You only know how it cost until you make one, but the satisfaction to do it is priceless.
This is by far my favorite cutting board pattern you've made do far
If only I didn't live in Europe and had the money lol
Hes back with a full video yaaaayyyy!! Whens the one with the barrels and the barrel steaming box coning?? They look wicked dude. I dont generally like end grain boards but these are stunning. Am looking at doing some chaos boards just in next few weeks. You inspired that thank u! They should sell allot more and quickly!👍🏴
Was thinking of you when I hit publish on this one 😁 - the steam box video is on the list but I can't be trusted with timelines😂
@@ryanhawkins well that's always nice that ave made an impact on someone. They came out stunning. And no you can't be trusted with time lines!🤣🤣 As long as it's coming a can wait just dont keep us hanging to long. 🏴👍
Well done!! Very intelligent approach
1:23 - I have the same problem with my planer (snipe, that is) - which is, I think, not the result of "how you put a piece of wood in" but an inherent fault of planers with kinda flexible bed (or "table"). That is, when a piece of wood is grabbed by the first "cog" roller the table gets pushed down a little, and when the wood reaches the second, smooth roller it adds more to the push and the table flexes down even more - so the head cuts slightly higher in the wood piece. (My planer snipes nearly 5 cm /2 " on each end of wood going through it.)
To reduce this you can push in pieces of wood continuously (just like you did here) or just reduce depth of cut (yes, more time, but then better results), and use this "lobster train" technique only when doing the finishing cut. It also helps to get flat surface when you use the planer as a jointer (which I also do sometimes, especially with shorter and "to be glued together" pieces).
Great video. Really enjoyed it and I do like the explanation as to why u do certain things. Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it!
The thing is people are used to visit their local stores. Buying a thing like this direct from the manufacturer, there usually are unusual payment options involved. And most important of all I need to know your shop exists. Your shop is very much more interesting than the eastern Europe and Russian market. Will I buy one? - Not today but perhaps later since I'm really tempted. In my country (Sweden) some manufacturers did make end grain cutting boards, some as expensive as 300 usd for just a small plank - and then they started other projects than cutting boards.
The Quality is fantastic but as someone living in Wales with a tiny workshop. My envy for your setup is off the charts!!lol I can only dream of that kind of workshop and your access to so much great timber. Would be hugely expensive in the UK for the timber you use. Great vid though Ryan Da iawn (well done! in welsh)
Hey thanks for all the advice and ideas I love the end grain stuff !! Your awesome dude
It’s like Damascus steel but In wood form. Awesome work!
A few more mix ups and you would have made your own particle board
Lol
Amazing work. You lost me about halfway through the mixing up portions but your set up is crazy productive. I only have half the equipment you do and couldn't even begin to have the patience to go through all those steps but kudos to your quality and creativeness!
Thanks!
Do you have a list of all the tools in your amazing shop? Can you describe the gluing table in detail for us wanta-bees? How large is your shop ? How did you come to being able to afford all this dream ? Any tools you absolutely adore ? Hate and would never have again? Where do you live and have access to wood? Do you cut and dry trees yourself? What is your preferred moisture content? I am blown away, I have small 2 car garage and move tools out in drive way to work and quickly back in garage if rain. You are an inspiration for a retired 74 year old man. Thanks , jack trotter , currently in Idaho but looking to move where wood is easier to find
Enjoyed your video it was put together very well. We all face the same issue, how to market our art work. We can sell 1 item for $1,000 or 50 items at $20. Its been my experience that people will spend the $20 faster than the 1 spending $1,000 but all it takes is that 1 person so more patience is needed, thats all. We have to be more creative in marketing to reach our market thats all, its out there just be patient
Those are beautiful cutting boards. I love the look!
I like your videos thank you again, I'm starting to make end grain cutting boards thanks.
Great video Looks great im going to make a maple walnut and cherry cutting board out of leftover unfinished hardwood flooring end grain style love that you use tight bond 3 👍
Well done, keep the content coming!
Beautiful work!
Can you show us how you done your glue up table? I'd love to have one..
Caro Ryan,
tutte le volte che vedo il tuo lavoro, molto complesso e che richiede anche molta pazienza, mi entusiasmo e resto sinceramente ammirato. Purtroppo non conoscendo l'inglese "fluente", non comprendo le tue spiegazioni che mi farebbero capire tutti i numerosi passaggi: un vero peccato (per me).
Congratulazioni vivissime per la creatività con la quale realizzi le tue bellissime opere!
Ciao dall'Italia!
Let me know what language you would like the subtitles translated to and I can make it so! 🙂
@@ryanhawkins I am italian!
Italian subtitles added!
@@ryanhawkins Grazie Ryan, sarà molto, molto interessante!
Your boards are stunning! I like the chaos pattern as much or even more than the geometric patterns you make. The amount of work though-yikes! Beautiful as always, thanks for sharing your construction techniques. WOW.
Glad you like them!
You are a madman ! I really enjoyed the vid, love the boards, I am subscribed !
Step 1: find someone who will pay $600 for a cutting board.
Love the video mate. It’s amazing how much work and time goes into something that looks simple. Takes a lot of time. Well done I think they look so cool
Came across this randomly but you have a subscriber from me now, your work and video was great!
Those boards are a knockout, and you have every reason to be proud! I can’t afford them, but your pricing is reasonable. I was just thinking that those boards are about the size and heft of a table top for a side table. If the same thing, minus the handholds, had a base, they might be sprinting out the door. Why not glue up some more scraps into a monumental bass to attach to one of those gorgeous boards? I don’t mean a.Chaos Base. Just a scrapsexy base. Your work is fun. I’ll look for more.
Dude you are good! Thank You.. You inspire me!!
Wow those are killer. You rock dude.
You're so cool to watch ! Great shop, great tips, beautiful work !!!! I build boards also, of many designs, and find that everyone likes different styles. Keep up the great videos !!!
Ryan, the only thing that really matters is that you enjoy what you do. If other people enjoy your work enough to purchase it, well that icing on the cake! Good work!
I know everyone has their own blade preferences ....but if you haven't ever tried, you should get one of those 'glue-line' rip blades...I recently got one and I think it's safe to say it's the best blade I've ever used on a table saw...and it lives up to it's name!
Dang i really wish i could afford one of those. Your work is awesome. Hopefully one day i can afford one and even try making one for myself also. Good luck and keep it up.
Great video Ryan the boards look amazing. It’s great to see a video from you keep up the great work.
THANK YOU RYAN 💖
Those boards look amazing
Glad you like them!
I have one of Ryan's chaos boards and I LOVE it. All my friends are jealous. :)
😁😁
Awesome video! I see u built a new glue up table. I love it….very efficient