For the brick pattern you decide your brick width and main wood.
Brick cutting board dimensions.
And the total cost was around 25 dollars.
I made a beautiful brick pattern end grain cutting board out of maple cherry and walnut.
Total time i spent making this cutting board was around 5 hours.
In this woodworking video from woodmaster tools paul mayer walks you through all the steps to create a beautiful end grain cutting board with a cool brick w.
In order to help me visualize and determine my plan of attack for the cutting board i modeled each stage of the cutting board in sketchup each brick was 2 long by 1 wide and the mortar was 1 4 wide.
A brick end grain cutting board as a christmas present.
After that i lowered the bit and put about a 1 8 chamfer.
In this video you can learn from the mistakes that i ve made.
Your bricks i chose maple for my bricks for no other reason except we had a ton of maple.
I used 25 maple for the mortar.
Set these aside while you cut the wood for your mortar.
Standard thickness for cutting boards range from 1 1 4 inches to 2 1 4 inches.
I cut the walnut into 1 4 end grain strips after that and then glued it all into a brick pattern.
On one end you will use half the brick width to create the running bond in the second glue up.
The thickness of a board will depend on the make and type of material that is being used.
I cut five 2 wide strips that were about 16 long.
The cutting board measures approximately 17 x 12 x 1 1 4 thick.
This was a huge help in picturing each stage before any cuts were made.
In my case it was 1 25.
I used 2 5 walnut and 25 maple for the mortar.
I glued the 2 5 long grain strips with the 25 strips between.
Will dull knives and very noisy while cutting.
Commercial blue plastic hdpe cutting board nsf certified 18 x 12 x 1 2 15 99 12 77 commercial blue plastic hdpe cutting board nsf certified 18 x 24 x 1 2.
Cutting board standard sizes.