Woodworking: Make a Groovy Cutting Board w/ Drew

This three hour class will walk students through the three day process of making curved-checkerboard cutting boards. Making this board will use a variety of tools in the woodshop and introduce a fairly niche technique to make curved joints on the cutting board using the bandsaw. 

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course students should be able to:

• Cut rough lumber to size on the miter saw

• Use the Jointer and Planer in a manner as to maximize remaining thickness of the piece, while ensuring flatness

• Cut doubled up boards on the bandsaw to create curved wood joints

• Trim boards on the table saw, using both rip-cuts and cross-cuts

• Glue and clamp boards together

• Round-over edges on the router table

• Sand using the powermatic sander 

• Sand by hand and with orbital sanders, and how to correct for any gaps in glue joints

• Understand the challenges of finishing cutting boards, and the continued care needed to keep them flat and unstained.