I also used a couple of sacrificial boards on each side (see photo below) so as not to mar the cutting board with the clamps. You’ll want to get the boards as flat and as lined up as possible, to minimize the tedious task of sanding later on. I love using these parallel bar clamps for this task. Then I turned the boards back on edge and clamped them together until the glue dried. After determining which edges I wanted to be the top surface of the cutting board, I laid the boards on their faces and applied wood glue. I made this cutting board much like this one – I cut the board to about 16 inches long, then using my table saw, I ripped it to 1 1/2 inches thick. I dug through my scrap wood pile for some black walnut. Black walnut or other dense hardwood, such as maple or cherryįirst, we need to make the cutting board.

Walnut Cutting Board w/ Epoxy Resin Inlay Tools: I could not have done this project without my X-Carve 3D carving machine from Inventables, the sponsor of today’s project.

Obviously, hand-carving and -cutting bone inlays is beyond my skill set, so I came up with an alternate plan.

Inspired by these furniture pieces with intricate bone inlays, I wanted to translate a similar design to a cutting board. And so this cutting board sat in my garage for months, quietly waiting for me to find the time to finish it. I’m so glad I finally did because it turned out to be one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever made. Do you ever have those projects that get pushed to the back burner over and over, and what should have taken you a week to make, ends up taking you months? This DIY Edge Grain Walnut Cutting Board with Epoxy Resin Inlay is one such project.

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