Walnut Cutting Board with Maple Stripes | DIY TUTORIAL

A step by step tutorial on how to make a wooden cutting board from walnut and maple hardwoods.

Hello everyone, today I’m sharing details on how to make my latest project: a walnut cutting board with maple stripes. This is a really simple cutting board to make and it’s a great way to use up leftovers from a previous project.

I have previously documented detailed steps on how to take rough sawn lumber and mill it into ready to use lumber. CLICK HERE to read my detailed tutorial on how to make a cutting board. In this post, I will skip over the milling steps.

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Tools and Supplies

The following items are some of the tools and supplies I gathered to create the walnut and maple cutting board.

Tools

• Saw (table saw and miter saw)
• Micro Jig GRR-RIPPER (A personal table saw must have)
• FeatherPro Feather Board
• Jointer
• Planer
• Router with 45 degree chamfer router bit
• Orbital sander
• Clamps

Supplies

• Mineral Oil
• Wood Glue
• Walnut
• Maple
• Howard Butcher Block Conditioner

How to make a Walnut Cutting Board with Maple Stripes

This was a fun scrap wood project. Steps start after the boards have been milled to 3/4″ thickness.

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Step 1: Rip the Walnut and Maple to final size

Rip the walnut into 1 1/2″ strips. Rip the maple to 1/4″ strips.

I ripped 4 pieces of walnut and 3 pieces of maple.

Step 2: Glue up the strips

Use ample amounts of glue and clamp together the walnut and maple strips.

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Step 3: Clean up the glue lines and trim up the ends

Run the board through the planer to clean up excess glue. Trim up the ends of the cutting board on the miter saw or table saw.

Step 4: Adorn the edge of the board with a 45 degree chamfer router bit

Route around the edges of the board with a router bit to dress up the edges. I used a 45 degree chamfer router bit with ball bearings.

Step 5: Sand the cutting board

Sand the cutting board cycling through grits of sand paper.  After you sand the cutting board 220 grit paper, wipe the board down with a damp cloth to raise the grain. Sand the surface on more time with 220 grit sand paper.

Step 6: Apply cutting board finish

Soak the cutting board in mineral oil. I applied two coats of mineral oil. Once it dried I followed up with a coat of Howard’s Butcher Block Conditioner.

Walnut Cutting Board with Maple Strips

I’m pretty happy with how the board came out. It’s an easy weekend project and would make a great gift too!