A few more "Fine Woodworking" cutting boards

Wow, very nice. Great color combinations.

-- Measure twice, cut once, then sand a whole bunch

LumberJoe, Not sure if I like cutting boards or art boxes better, so I will keep building both, you have done a beautiful job on this new technique of board building. Keep up the good work & keep posting….......Jack

-- Jack R. Ellis

Nice blog on the process, and a good looking board as well…BC

Great instructional presentations. Great looking cuttingboards.

-- Muskoka Jeff

Nice work. Thanks for sharing the how to process.

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Nice Joe. Good web album too.

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I learned a few things here

Great looking boards. Definitely giving me some good ideas for some scraps.

Nice boards Joe and great walk through.

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Really cool walk through. Thank you for sharing that and keep up the good work.

-- donald mee

Thanks everyone! These are a lot of fun to make. I get a lot of questions about the multi-step process of creating the curve. The most common questions are:

Why don’t you just cut it on the bandsaw in the first place?
For a few reasons, but the most important being you have to take out what you put in. Since I am adding 1/4” of material with the inlay, I have to remove 1/4” of material to make sure everything goes back together correctly. The profiles of your curve won’t line up if you insert material shorter or wider than the kerf

In the walnut board you can see this. One of the inlays is shy of 1/4”. As such it doesn’t line up exactly as it should after the second inlay was cut. Also, it’s a much cleaner cut with a router than with a band saw

Why not just cut all the way through with a router?
I wish I could. If anyone can find a 2 1/2” to 3” long 1/4” router bit, let me know

Why flush cut free hand vs in the router table?
Personal preference. The pieces get pretty narrow in spots and would be tough to hold in a table.

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very good job on this board and the instruction album was excellent, thanks got to favor it

-- Jesus Is Alright with me

Great board.

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Joe, I just went through your step by step, very informative and truly impressive, thank you for taking the time to post it and finally I can see how you look.( not bad, I say)

-- Bert

I like this Joe. Added to favorites. Now if I could only find some more project time in the shop. :)

-- Randy -- Austin, TX by way of Northwest (Woodville), OH