The Coolest Woodworking Cutting Board Ever?
See how one woodworker turned a potentially mundane project into a work of art
Mar 26, 2013
Let’s face it: if you’re an accomplished woodworker, a cutting board design isn’t exactly the most exciting of projects to produce. That is unless you’re Canadian craftsman Scott Lewis. Lewis—who also moonlights as a video producer—constructs a large cutting board adorned with beautiful intersecting curves of contrasting woods in this self-produced video.
By combining a router, bearing guided bits, and a bandsaw, Lewis is able to pull off a head-scratching design with relative ease. If you’re in search of a bit of woodworking inspiration, look no further. You’ve found it right here. This cutting board design is as beautiful to look at as it is satisfying to make.
(source for the 3/4-in. fluting bit used to make the finger grips)
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Comments
Isn't the expansion and contraction of the lumber going to make the glue joints on this board more likely to fail? Especially seeing that the strips are glued to some end grain on the curve and that the cutting board will be taking on a lot of moisture from cutting fruits and vegetables on it and washing it off in the sink?
My thought is that the curve is soft enough such that the grain of the strips is still going in the same direction (at least close enough) and therefore all pieces will be able to expand and contract with the movement of the rest of the board. Would be curious to know thoughts of others.
The video is very well done
The cutting board is beautiful
Thank you
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