Super Segmented Butcher Block!
My wife and I have some friends who just bough their first home and we are so happy for them. They’re having a house warming party next week and we want to give them cutting board to go along with another gift. Nicole really liked the first segmented butcher block I made (you can see that here) and wanted me to make another one kinda like that.
How It’s Made
It starts with 12 strips of wood with different widths. The overall board dimensions are 17″ long, 12″ wide and at least 1.5″ high (as you can see there are height variations and we will address that in a later step).
Picking Out Wood
Trimmed & Ready To Glue
All Clamped Up
72 hours in the clamps.
Off To The Planer
After removal from the clamps its time to prep the block and get all the surfaces perfectly flat with the Ryobi 13″ planer. I have been using this planer for about 6 years and it still works like it did the day I bought it. I’m usually not a fan of Ryobi products at all, but this planer was recommended to me so I took a chance and so far I’m happy with it.
Cross Cutting
After planing the surfaces super smooth I cross cut the the board into 1 & 1/2″ strips. This is so we can expose the end grain.
Flip The Strips
The strips are now flipped let and right to create the design.
Back Into The Clamps
Another 72 hours
Then lot’s of sanding, and routing the edges.
The Segmented Butcher Block All Done
