3D Cube Cutting Board | Build It | Ask This Old House
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- In this Build It, Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O’Connor build a cutting board out of walnut, cherry, and maple to create a 3D cube design effect.
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Tom Silva and Kevin O’Connor work together on a shop project with a bit of a 3D illusion. With walnut, cherry, and maple hardwood in hand, the two create a unique end-grain cutting board that is less likely to scratch than other cutting board styles.
Time: 4 hours
Cost: Free and up
Skill Level: Moderate
Shopping list:
Safety glasses [amzn.to/3AiuJO7]
Ear protection [amzn.to/3lh49k7]
Walnut wood [thd.co/2YskBVq]
Maple wood [thd.co/3FnK43n]
Cherry wood [thd.co/3FnkdJa]
Wood glue [amzn.to/3uL0nCs]
Painter’s tape [amzn.to/3BinRBj]
Rags [amzn.to/3lfrWRb]
Mineral oil [amzn.to/3Bv5mtu]
Tools:
Thickness planer [amzn.to/3uLfyMd]
Table saw [thd.co/3DcwONc]
Tape measure [amzn.to/3mxvKNc]
Pencil [amzn.to/2YpAiN8]
Small brush for glue [amzn.to/3mvlXY3]
Miter saw [bit.ly/2SEU2tm]
Sandpaper [amzn.to/3AgcOri]
Router [amzn.to/3agmirM]
Wide planer router blade [amzn.to/304GFqb]
Roundover router bit [amzn.to/3iGi3KL]
Putty knife [amzn.to/3oDkUrH]
Track saw [amzn.to/3Fk3Ixv]
Where to find it?
Tom built the cutting board out of pieces of maple, cherry, and mahogany. He chose them because he already had the leftover pieces in his garage and because their variety of shades lend themselves nicely to the 3D cube effect.
To cut the angles of the boards, Tom used a combination of a Kapex KS120 sliding compound miter saw [bit.ly/2SEU2tm], which is manufactured by Festool [www.festoolusa.com], and an Industrial Table Saw [thd.co/3DcwONc] from SawStop [www.sawstop.com/].
Tom and Kevin secured everything together using some wood glue [amzn.to/3uL0nCs] from Gorilla Glue [www.gorillatough.com].
All the other materials required for the project, including sandpaper [amzn.to/3AgcOri] and mineral oil [amzn.to/3Bv5mtu], can be found at home centers and woodworking supply stores.
The other tools and materials Tom and Kevin used to turn the rolling pin, including the sandpaper and coping saw, can be found at home centers.
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3D Cube Cutting Board | Build It | Ask This Old House
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It’s a thing of beauty
Tommy: the only reason I watch TOH anymore.
That was a great demonstration. Need to try it myself.
Can't wait for this one!
I love it.😉👍
Beautiful 😍
Tom, you were right the first time. You were measuring to produce a rhombus, which is an equilateral parallelogram.
Really nice.
I watched with great interest how this cutting board was made. But there is a question: It has been said that the first (angle) cut has to be a 30 degree angle. In my opinion, this angle must be 60 degrees. If the first cut is 30 degrees, the resulting rhombuses cannot form a hexagon.
Gorgeous 🙌🏻
Not to much glue Sony. The minute that oil went on it was gorgeous
I want one💯
Nice work. What kind of cordless router did you use?
how did he clamp up the board before he trimmed the edges?
Looks like Q-bert maze.
MAKE ME ONE, POPS
Are they doing any new episodes anymore or is covid still an issue with them doing shows?
Season 43 and a new ask this old house came out like 2 weeks ago. Theyre making it work with masks and stuff like everybody
Can you use 3/4 inch thick instead of 2 inch thick?
You could. The 3D pattern would just be smaller. I’m trying this now.
Tommy and Kevin, Why use a router to surface the cutting board and not plainer?
They were worried about tear out because their dealing with end grain wood.
@@brianhoefer3043 Thank you Brain, I did not think about that, Your right.
its the best and safest way to do it
@@thomashajicek2747 You build your way but i have made 100+ end grain boards and i use a router sled and a drum sander
Notice how they don't even show the final glue up? That's because it's a nightmare. There will be a lot of gaps between the hexagons. This is by far the best way to make this board:
ua-cam.com/video/5n0LdU8ZOJU/v-deo.html&ab_channel=mtmwood
It awesome for sure but without a full woodworking shop with all the necessary tools… no ones making this
You just need the common tools - table saw, miter saw, planer, and router. Not everyone might have the planer but everything else is fairly common.
Ah, so you get a little glue every time you chop something. lol
😂 Kevin tried to touch the boards ( as usual ), and Tommy pulled them away.
It's funny, he's so unnecessarily involved. Always just grabbing stuff and trying to be a part of something he doesn't need to be there for. Like a small child "helping".
@@llevity I'll be polite. He is annoying.
Wow, that's beautiful. Definitely saving this video for when I finally get my own woodworking space one day. Would love to make one for myself.
I bet this thing lasts 100 years. Beautiful.
@@nathanrice3890 8 years
In my boston accent
Waoh! That luks grate tawm!
Looks awesome. Would have loved to see the final glue up though. Anyone have any idea how you could glue this up without the pieces shifting all over the place? Seems like it would be difficult to use clamps on this one.
Agree...I don't see how it would be clamped.
I know I’m late to the party, but this board looks amazing. Just one question, in this video you say cut a 30 degree angle. In the article for this video on the TOH website you say 60 degree angle. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.
60 degree is the right angle, I think he meant 30 degrees off 90 which is 60. 6 sides at 60 degrees equals 360
QBERT WOULD BE JEALOUS :) NICE WORK :)
Qbert ? Haven't heard about that game in years !!
Did anyone see the block that wasn’t turned the right way, bottom left corner when adding oil. Board came out BEAUTIFUL!!
Now I see it. Literally unusable 😒
AWESOME! The 3-D effect hurts my brain trying to figure out how its done even though I watched it being done! MAGIC!
I'm in the process of making this and it's coming out nice so far and i thank them for sharing this.
Last night I did the final glue up( as shown at 5:00 ). This was a challenging glue up and it would have been nice to have seen their clamping procedure,but they cut that part out.
My initial thought was using calls all the way around-but that caused everything to shift.What worked for me was(starting with a dry fit) using calls on the side where the blocks had a pointed side on the outer edge with one clamp in the center.On the side that the blocks had a flat spot i used a clamp on every row of blocks and no calls.
it does seem like there may have been a better way but this way had minimal to no no shifting and woulda been nice to see how they did it
ratcheting band strap might be the best solution here due to the weird shapes.
@@andrewfischer6055 strap is my approach when I try this in a couple weeks
@@kevinhaley1 how'd it turn out with the strap? or would making walls to clamp it down have been easier?
Oversized rubber bands.
you could cut the edge blocks flush and then use any usual clamping technique
lots of extra work & precision required though
I priced the wood needed to make this today and assuming you could get 8/4 lumber in 3 to 4 foot lengths like they showed in the video you would have to spend between $100 and $150 for the material. They had the cherry and maple at between $40 and $50 a board but they only had walnut in 8+ foot lengths and it was going for $14 a board foot. It was a nice idea while it lasted. I thought I might be able to substitute mahogany for the walnut but they didn't have that in 8/4 in shorts either.
@@thomashajicek2747 Yes, after looking at the 8/4 lumber I though the boards on the video looked thinner - I wish they would have included a materials list. It looked like Tommy was ending up around 1 3/4" after planning so I figured he was starting with 2" stock. At any rate there wasn't a lot of short boards to pick from in anything other than 3/4". Everything thick seems to be going into live edge boards these days because that's where the money is.
So how did they do the final clamping?
From all the gaps in that board, I'd say poorly.
They hired an audio engineer!
Yeah!
No more saws destroying our ears.
Was that Walrus Oil for the finish? Would have been nice to give them a shout out 😜 Awesome video, thank you!
Oh wow never thought about that. Couldn’t do it any way. Anyone close to McDonough ga. I’m putting all my wood shop up for sale.
Beautiful work--always a treat to have a front-row seat at the foot of the masters.
Too bad there is a piece upside down…🫣
What is the angle for the third piece?
Great board. I noticed an error in one of the corners (6:18 lower left corner) where they didn't turn/align the pieces correctly, it's nice to know others with lots of experience also make mistakes.
um ok, whatever you say.
now do a 4D cube cutting board.
Whoah, an optical illusion, suuuper cool.
I have made Two of this type, yes the hardwood is expensive , every cut has to be right on. And the glue up is CRITICAL.
take your time. The Blocks Glue-up portion you must work fast if you use Type 3 Tiebond. I am going to use a slower setting
Glue Titebond dos Make one. Tom is a Master woodworker and makes it Look very easy.
I made one just like it but it was much larger. This is a nightmare to build because there is no square angles despite the look, nothing is square except the outside perimeter. But the work is worth it for the effect.
How much water to spread on the board before gluing ? Thank you 😊
If you all think that is something, Pink Floyd built A Stairway to Heaven.
Idea great, board beautiful but without showing the complete glue up and clamping is it is incomplete.
Thoughts on trying this design with 4quarter boards? Lots more to glue. Any other considerations I’m missing?
Is it possible to flatten with a wide planer or sander vs the slab flattening mill. I don’t have one of those..
The only thing bad about This Old House, they offer no plans for anything they do
Is it possible to make this board and use it as an outdoor table top? Could I use a polyurethane to protect it?
Tommy, I’m shocked you didn’t mist it first with water to raise the grain then resand then finish
amazing what you can do with a couple hundred dollars worth of tools, imagine what it would cost to buy those things. If you make one built in with your tools you more than paid for them.
No riving knife?
Yes I noticed that too. I have an old Craftsman table saw and I’m looking for a way to add one. I do use a Magswitch fingerboard whenever I can.
what i found absolutely impressive as ever was when tommy marked the length of the 2nd side and it was ABSOLUTELY DEAD ON when he measured it!!! shows how much he measures things and knows it by eye.
Tommy rocks. There could be a whole video just on the planer jig for the router.
how did they clamp the pieces together?? Anyone?
With the love of God !!!
Poorly. Just look at all those gaps.
Kevin Should check into doing commercials, he has the talent to do that
What are the measurements on the original boards?
what are the dimensions of the wood used in this video?
Pops!?
Beautiful job...Pops.
The bokeh lens this was filmed with is also blowing my mind!
Wouldn't trust that glue up.
Did you call Tom "POPS"???
Hexagon is the Bestagon
Tommy that is the most beautiful cutting board I have ever seen
Clamp envy here.
EXCELLENT Project TOH!!!
Really, really nice.
Please put some on sell
That cutting board is awesome.
Wow!! 👍🏻 Absolutely amazing!
That was excellent
cool 3d cutting board 👍👊
I love this...
Tommy is the man
Amazing!!
You make it look easy
SUPER ☺☺☺☺👍👍👍👍
What a beautiful board
Holy crap, now THAT is cool!
I want one!
Nice
Nice 👍
Cool
Beautiful
Was anyone able to discern the thickness the boards were planed to?
It makes no difference. Make it any thickness you want.
That is the coolest cutting board I have ever seen.
Thats amazing, I would hang that on my wall as its a work of art
Is there a more efficient way to cut and glue up the boards?
Yes.
That turned out really good.
That is so cool! Beautiful cutting board!
OUTSTANDING!
Beautiful!!!
What type of tape was used for the glue up on the three pieces before they were cut into blocks?
Just painters tape
I agree, it’s awesome!
The sides are 1 11/16”, not 11/16”! I was trying to mock this up but it didn’t look right.
wow, beautiful
That was AWESOME!!!!
I came out amazing, great job !
Amazing!