The most popular questions at my shows seem to be “How do you make these end grain boards?” or “What is an end grain board?”. I also spend a lot of time explaining why there is a significant price difference between the face grain and end grain boards. In this post I am including a video by Marc Spagnuolo, affectionately known in woodworking circles as the Wood Whisperer. Mark has a wonderful web site dedicated to woodworking, and people like me get a lot of enjoyment out of his articles and videos. There are many different design layouts for end grain boards, but Mark came up with one a while back that has become very popular with my customers.
This video is in two parts with the first one covering the construction and the second covering how to season the board. This video is part 1 and shows the most important aspect of what it takes to make a board. The only thing Mark doesn’t show is selecting the wood, planning it down to size, and cutting the strips to width before the glue up process. This is simple stuff, but just adds more time and labor to the process. Enjoy!
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