Optical Illusion End Grain Cutting Board

This course demonstrates how to build a large optical-illusion end-grain cutting board from maple and walnut. It covers lumber preparation, patterned panel glue-ups, flattening, sanding, and oil-and-wax finishing, including the installation of feet.

Syllabus

**Missed a detail: At , I cut the maple the same as the walnut; into 22" pieces.**
Intro
Milling lumber
First cut list
First pattern assembly
First glue up
Prep for 2nd glue up
Second glue up
Flatten glued up panels
Whoopsie
Crosscut end grain strips
Rip end grain strips
Second cut list
Final pattern assembly
Final glue up
Flatten in router sled
Initial sanding
Squaring up
Sanding
Oiling
First wax
Install feet
Final wax & finale