Buying the Nicest Wood on AMAZON & Making a Cutting Board
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- Опубликовано: 25 фев 2021
- In this video I order some hardwood from Amazon to make a cutting board...but is it cheaper to buy the already surfaced wood from amazon or should you buy rough sawn lumber from your local mill? That all depends on the cost of hardwoods at your mill and if you have a jointer and planer. I’ll break down the cost of the amazon lumber versus my local lumber mill pricing and show you how much you can save if you buy rough sawn lumber.
Tools used on this build (affiliate links):
Amazon Cutting Board lumber 3/4” x 2” x 16” - 18 Boards : amzn.to/3kqHboy
Starrett 13A Double Square with Hardened Blade : amzn.to/2NGFNSO
iGaging Premium 6" Steel Double Square : amzn.to/2Ph9kmv
Bessey 24-Inch K Body REVO Clamp: amzn.to/3aVfhOf
Titebond III Ultimate Wood Glue: amzn.to/3dM6tMD
Bahco 665 Carbide Scraper, 2-1/2": amzn.to/3dRBmPF
Mirka Deros MID650-912-5 6" Electric Dust-Free Sanding System: amzn.to/2O2Wvvy
WALRUS OIL - Cutting Board Oil: amzn.to/3bKj1BD
Filming gear I used on this build (affiliate links):
canon Eos M50: amzn.to/2KrtDJL
sigma 16mm f1.4: amzn.to/39N2oUb
manfrotto tripod: amzn.to/2KfMvvX
ronin sc: amzn.to/2L5xUVR
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I have purchased a couple of those hardwood kits because I don’t have a planer and jointer. I think they are perfect for people who don’t have those power tools but still want to make smaller projects like cutting boards. Good video.
This is in my opinion your most watchable video so far. Glad you’re finding your groove. Thanks for making it.
Well thanks! and thanks for watching!
Speaking of grooves … did Keith ever cut the juice groove in this for you?
I have purchased from this Amazon vendor also a few times now. Always had nice lumber in the boxes. It's not the cheapest method but a good stand by if you get in a fix. Great video.
I think another consideration is that you were able to buy exactly the right amount of materials for a single cutting board. The dealers around me aren't chopping their boards to 16" for everyone that walks in so I have to buy whole boards, increasing initial cost until I find another use for the remaining material. As a hobbyist, that may well be months. Also, I'm no fan of Amazon but people forget there are third party sellers (which the one you linked is) which means your purchase may well be supporting a small business. Is Big Daddy Bezos still getting his cut of the transaction? Of course, but it's not as clear cut as "Amazon bad".
All valid points and could for sure make a difference for a lot of weekend woodworkers that don't have time, tools, space, to deal with milling.
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Nick this was a great video! Keep it up the great work I appreciate your content.
Awesome breakdown!
Great work! Subscribed. I am turning my man-cave garage into a woodworking shop and I love your approach! I hope to be turning out some woodworking projects soon! Thanks!
This was great - solid vid for a common entry level DIY woodworking project.
Thank you very much!
Ohhh. This was awesome. Board looks good!
Thank you, SAM!!!
Thanks for the review. This is what I'm planning on doing to get started woodworking. Buy the wood from Amazon, make some boards and gain experience. Then move on to different projects.
Just came across this video. Glad you had better results than me. A year and a half ago, I purchased from the same seller. Boards were not uniform in height, nor straight and had some chips (probably from transport). I made it work, but learned my lesson and haven't bought wood from Amazon since. The seller did send me a replacement which was in better condition. Like you said, you never know what you are going to get.
Pretty cool video! Nice breakdown of detail
Thanks, Clark!
Great breakdown, Nick! The board turned out beautiful & I had no idea it would have been so reasonable to buy this material from Amazon.
Thanks, Bruce! ...after doing the math on it, I was shocked it wasn’t too expensive!
Ordered my own box as soon as you mentioned it on the podcast lol 👍🏼👍🏼
Awesome!
Great video! This popped up just in time, planning on making one as a wedding gift and am short on time. Might give this a shot.
Thanks! It’s a good option for a lot of occasions
This is an awesome video. I can see myself getting a few boxes of these for when I get officially started. Thanks for this information.
Glad it helped!
It did. I just bought my first box. Still got to get some clamps. That's coming though. Doing this piece by to start
Great video, interesting topic. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for watching!
Great video Nick! Awesome break down of the board foot calculation. Just one more step for Amazon to take over the world....
Thanks for watching!
Great video! It has popped up on my Amazon as well and was always curious of the quality! I have been tempted to order a small amount of exotic wood to add into cutting boards and other small projects.
thanks! could be the best way to get some exotic mixed in for sure!
I went to Home Depot and I think the board foot price for walnut was like $6000 plus a Bitcoin. So this is a deal for me.
Could be used for things like jewelry box, birdhouse, cheese board, picture frames, etc.
Hey, I see My Old Kentucky Home there in the background!
I’m weird too!!! I enjoy milling the lumber as much as the assembly, mostly because it allows me to spend more time in the shop!!!
That turned out nice.
thank you!
I ordered this wood also. Made mahjong racks out of them. I was pleased
I just purchased this same pack to make my wife a cutting board for Christmas. I found the lumber was mostly funky, twisted, and not flat. if I hadn't had as many clamps as I used, it would not have worked well. I had to stand them up to have a taller cutting board to make it work. Unfortunately, we don't have a hardwood lumber store here in NW FL. Yours turned out well!
Might be the humidity
Remember those are sitting in a delivery truck for at least 2 days and wherever this wood came from had a different humidity than Florida
Great video! I’ve purchased Spanish Cedar on Amazon for my humidors, but I’ve not thought about hardwood.
Great breakdown of how it could/couldn’t be cost effective.
Thanks, Andy!!
Nice brand placement for Bits and Bits. That board turned out beautiful.
I think so too, thanks!
I like order my lumber through Amazon with Barrington Hardwood - the lumber is the best.
Amazon lumber was how I started making boards... I didn't have the tools and the wood was definitely good enough. I'll still grab a box here and there
Great video, Nick! It was very well produced. I'm surprised to see that the Amazon board actually turned out well. It does seem pretty economical for someone without a planer or jointer.
Thanks! It would make for a great first project for anyone just getting started.
@@KeyWoodworks that would be me .I still have some tools and clamps to get.
Very interesting test. I am glad you did it so I know and I don't feel tempted to try it. I enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching and you’re welcome 😜
Also, I love the shop sounds podcast. Thank you for being informative and entertaining!
Good video. I have wondered how some of the Amazon wood and comparable prices would be. I didn’t see you mention your glue down matt. I always like comparing different matts.
Thanks steve
This year I did buy 4 boxes of "Scrap" from Amazon. the reason being that some of the species I wanted for my cutting boards and cheese slicers were not available locally. Three of the boxes were absolutely great the fourth one was a bit on the questionable side. Several pieces had knots and voids and were not full length. For me it ws worth it just because the species I wanted was not able to get in my area.
I ordered a box of 12" x 12" x 1/8" Baltic Birch plywood sheets (for laser cutting projects) from Amazon once. It looked exactly like a stack of very large Doritos.
I bought some of this several months ago just because I wanted some hardwood to put a few cutting board together quickly. I ended up using some purple heart and padauk and was able to get two boards. Quality was great. I decided to order another pack and the quality isn't there. I had to run all of them through my jointer. They weren't square and every long 3/4 edge was pretty rough. It also kinda looks like I got six walnut and twelve cherry.
Surprisingly affordable, also with rough lumber there is waste for checks and knots. When you factor in saving a trip it's even better. One thing to consider as well, there is often discounted shorts or cabinet shop waste that could fill those parameters. I recently bought a few boxes of cutoffs for $40/box it was probably 20 board feet each and could be made into cutting boards pretty easily. I'm using it to make a bunch of handles on my lathe. Anyways, cool video!
All good points. Thanks for watching!
Interesting! I love how it comes completely open to the air to absorb moisture. 😂 I think I'm even more surprised at what maple costs where you live!! It's comparable to a pint of maple syrup!
Right?! I totally forgot to check the moisture content on them before gluing them up. doh!
@@KeyWoodworks LOL. I'd be very curious to know what it. Although, it's winter and everything is pretty dry right now, but come summertime you may be getting a box of soggy pulp.
you just have to check your forecast before ordering in the rainy season
I bought over 4 boxes and have made 5 cutting boards for my wife. I picked the best boards from each box to make them.
I have bought a lot of lumber for cutting boards from amazon - I have had great luck with what I have gotten - I don't think I have gotten one board that I couldn't work with. Loved the video and the board. Go Kentucky Wildcats!!!
Go Cats!!
Good god another frik’n cutting board video!
Rough prices are high by you wow! Even lumber that’s crazy. But this is an awesome idea for someone like you said who doesn’t have all the tools. Also they can dip a toe in to see if this woodwork hobby is for them. Good video as always Nick. I like the dewalt screw driver in there
Thanks man! I really do love that little dewalt!
Thanks very much for the information !! The wood, as you mentioned, did not look too bad, which surprised me. I know this question is not related to this video, but I've been looking for a shop apron for my small woodworking shop, where did you get yours ? Again, thanks for this information !!
David M. Clunk - Woodworking Made Simpler - Ada, Michigan
Great video, I just order the kit. Can you tell me what blade are you using or recommend for the table saw thanks in advance.
Nice Trash Panda's hat. Need to get you a Montgomery Biscuits hat too :)
That's a cool experiment man. Seems like it's more viable than you'd think.
Much more viable...but was I just lucky? Maybe 🤷🏼♂️
Funny thing is I was looking at buying that package a couple weeks ago lol.
I have a thickness plainer and jointer. However I don't have a mill I can goto :(. Closest thing to that is either Homedepot, Lowes or Rona lol
Surprised to see a Trash Pandas hat! Came straight to the comments, instant subscribe. Wonder if Alabama Woodworker has one 🤔
Great video and breakdown. Wow lumber is expensive near you. I can get rough 4/4 walnut for around $7.50 BF and maple and cherry around $3.50-$4.50 BF.
Supporting local over amazon is a nice choice as well, even if its a little extra
The the use of the Cnc machine. Flat surface to put more stuff on! 😂🤣
It becomes a table so fast!
nice wood nick :-)
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I just check Amazon here, 2nd Feb 2022, same order to Perth, Western Australia is $84 AUD +$64 shipping
Woah
Daaang who knew?! Great if you don’t live near a mill 🙌🏼
Yeah for sure!
Great video. Looks like better quality than big box lumber. I was surprised how the price compared to your local prices. I haven’t been wood shopping lately but your prices seem high. I did check the link and it looks like they upped the price to $45.
And of today $56 1/26/2022
New sub here! I’m a fan of the Bourbon Moth channel, but you know Jason is too good to reply to any of us lol. Anyways the podcast led me to find your channel and I’m excited about what I will see.
Thanks for the sub and for listening to the podcast!
where did you get the table for your drill press?
I suppose it would depend on what the board would sell for as to weather its worth buying the wood from Amazon
Thanks for a great video on Amazon wood. Where did you get the feet for the board? Your link to Amazon list isn’t working.
Updated that link but here it is: www.amazon.com/shop/keywoodworks
Nice cutting board. I like all the different angled chamfers. At my lumber supplier, the bf of s4s lumber is calculated prior to milling, so for 1bf you’d actually be getting around 0.7bf of s4s lumber. Maybe it’s different at your supplier, but that would bump up the cost comparison.
Thanks! I'll have to check with my mill to see if they are calculating their s4s bf before or after surfacing! Thank for the info!
Yep all mills and lumber stores calculate bf prior to surfacing. 4/4 s4s is usually 13/16ths thick but you are paying for 4/4
I do not shop or support Amazon but that isn't too bad of a deal. It looks really nice. I buy my lumber from Rockler. I have had great success. I enjoy going and picking out my lumber. I usually get S3 S. I should try to find a lumber yard. I do not have a jointer but I do have a planer and a table saw. How is the oil you used? Does it have an odor. I bought some sorry can't recall the name but it was the oil and wax in one but it had a pretty strong odor.
Plus with rough sawn u would have to get slightly more board ft to account for your loss in milling no?
i have a question can i use pecan or mesquite for cutting boards
It's a very cool board but for the money I feel like I'd have to rip them in half and get 2 boards an inch thick to make it worth the value to me. And even so you make 20 bucks by the time they're both gone. Granted with virtually no effort. I'm with you, I'll mill it myself tho largely because I can get the material cheaper. I have family with a mill. All in all tho cool board and cool video.
Hey I am in Texas where do you buy your lumber from if I may ask
I'm from central KY and visit all the time. Do you have a couple names of places to buy lumber that I could visit to buy?
I have a couple issues with getting lumber where I live.
1. Being female and a new woodworker, people typically send me to Woodcraft or other big-box stores when I ask about lumber.
2. I don't know any woodworkers. So, asking someone isn't really an option.
3. I have looked on FB marketplace but it is usually sold by the time I see it.
Who would have thought it would be so usable...one more step towards never having to leave my house again haha
no kidding! I was expecting so much worse looking lumber.
Nice cutting board!! What knife what that that you opened the box with looks cool
Thanks! It's a Gerber knife amzn.to/3d4iLOa
@@KeyWoodworks thanks
Depends on whether or not your selling them and how much you get for them. For an easy build like that, it may very well be worth it. It's an end grain cutting board. All that picking out your own lumber is lost at glue up. They're just stripes of color at that point. Unless you have a way of getting much better prices all you're doing is adding labor. Sell that for double your cost and you've made about $17-18/hr. Milling all of that has to add at least 1-2 hours to the project. I can't believe you can mill that in less time then it takes to glue, shape and finish it. Not including dry times of course. So, in short, to save 5 or 6 bucks you reduce the value of your labor to less than minimum wage only to put glue on all the beauty your so painstakingly took the time to choose. Add THAT labor to the project (it takes a lot less time to click than to go to the yard) and you just kicked that whole $11 you thought you were saving and now make about $3 an hour, less if you actually have to drive a distance to the yard. You could easily kick $5-10 in gas alone. Get into an accident on the way and it could rack up your costs into the thousands, so buying from Amazon could save you 5, 10, 15k and if you like the occasional beer while cutting, even save you from jail and a DUI. That's a pretty damn good bargain if you ask me. Not that anybody actually did ask me. But I digress.
It’s actually a side grain cutting board. Not end grain. An end grain board would require much more work and produce a smaller cutting board.
Wonder what you could re-sell that board for? Maybe it would be worth buying the S4S lumber from amazon until you made enough money from sales to purchase your own milling equipment.
This is the EXACT package of wood that I used to make my first cutting board which has turned into a very good side business for me three years later. Obviously not using Amazon wood anymore.
You broke asl
And if you was to sell cutting board, how much would you sell it for?
And subbed and liked, ty for the video
That beard is coming along nicely, I bet you're gonna get a lot more views from now on.
Haha! That’s what Jason tells me!
Would probably need 2 orders to make a decent sized end-grain board though right?
great video - food for thought for sure.
Checked the price of a similar pack in the UK and it's almost $190 (£138), it would be cheaper for me to buy the one you link to and get it shipped to the UK for about $97 (£70).
To make any profit you'd have to sell it for at least $250 (£180) - not sure people would pay that much for a cutting board.
Thanks for watching! Those prices are insane!
They are bonkers pricing, we don't have huge forests for wood so we import a lot which increases the prices.
I'll have to check our local wood yard and see what they are selling it at.
Hey. Whens your next video coming out?
not sure! haven't had much shop time lately
Let's go Trash Pandas!!!!
Gonna list the cutting board for sale on Amazon? Complete the circle?
That’s a brilliant idea!
Do you have an Amazon link for that double square? I’m in need.
just updated the description for the one I used in the video and another cheaper version I keep on my workbench....but here's the Starrett link : amzn.to/2NGFNSO
would have been nice to know moisture level of that stuff, in a pinch, not a horrible option to have
I was worried you we’re going the Amazon route for a minute.
Nah, too many variables that I still want to control.
checking this amazon kit now the price is 20 dollars more, didn't lumber prices drop since early 2021? lol
If I went to my local hardwood supplier of 3/4 thick hardwood and redid their calculation by 0.75 they'd laugh at me.
Amazon is now $48.00 for the package, big jump.
Woah, my bad.
Support your local mill! This s ridiculous. I can’t believe Amazon is getting into this market! I dare you to pin this!
If there’s a distribution center in my town does that make it local?
Trash pandas? Are you around Huntsville?
That better be stainless steel
come again?
Almost one year later and the price is now $56...
Literally came again just to see if there were any thumbs down. There weren't... I hovered over it... But it's just too sexy to smash the thumbs down on...
hahahaha
I can see people taking advantage of this and knocking out a bunch of cutting boards for a small profit and undercutting the competition. I hope I didn’t give those people that idea. But then again I’m not that smart.
Haha that’s not a bad idea
So for about $40 including everything you have a very nice cutting board, and Amazon saved you , what??? 2+ hours in going to get the lumber then milling it. How much is the 2 hours worth to you?? Just a thought.
This was a really good video. I liked the way you discussed the board ft calcs, etc., while you were making the cutting boards. I gets annoying when someone is showing the steps of a project with a voice over describing every single thing. I'm like, "I already know how to use a pocket hole jig. Show me something I don't know because I am never going to build any farmhouse furniture."
Anyway I enjoyed the way you put this together. I just sort of stumbled on to it as a "you might also like:..." and I'm glad I did. Very refreshing.
By the way, I bought some 2"×12" 1/8th" purple heart and yellow heart. I'm going to use it on my laser engraver to cut out the pieces and engrave my company's logo on the back (actually going to carve out every thing around the logo by a smidge) to make business card holders.
If you brought rough sawn lumber you would not save $11. The yard calculates the BF based on the size as is. Plane and joint 3 BF and you'll yield less than 3 BF for your project. If you need 3/4" you'll need to buy at 7/8 or 1". You'll waste between 1/4-1/8 of an inch planing, more jointing, so you'll have to add about 5-6 dollars for cost netting about $5.50 in savings, absolutely not worth the time, labor or mess, IMNSHO.
And another reason to not leave my house 😂
Soon everything will be deliverable. 🤣
So so cheap over there ll
I was so tempted to hit the thumbs down. I just listened to Shop Sounds Podcast ep 22 and 23 while cutting my lawn so I figured I’d check out the Amish Prime Hardwood.
Glad you held off!
You’re buying through Amazon from a vendor/mill, and not buying from Amazon.
support local. avoid amazon
I was going to thumbs down the video because the podcast was very enticing to do so.....but I couldn't bring myself to hit that(👎) button. Sorry but really not sorry. Awsome video.😎✌😁👍
Haha thanks!!
So slow