Handcrafted Walnut Cutting Board // Making Proper Breadboard Ends Using Hand Tools Only

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Old timer once told me when I was breaking-in: The beauty of hand tools is they don't make you deaf, they won't fill the air and your lungs with dust, and you gotta work pretty hard/be pretty dumb to lose a finger to one.

[@awroesch]

Tommy Petraglia lol did you see the beginning of the video where he used a giant bandsaw and drum sander

[@chemist9895]

what about axes

Your wife is certainly right. Way too beautiful to use as a cutting board. The walnut is beautiful and every aspect of the breadboard ends, right down to the interior elongated holes that will allow the board to move but not break, make this a work of art. You're amazing.

[@thomasjohnson9768]

Cutting boards are fun to build and make great gifts. We use our large one to cover the sink or stove top for extra serving room for casual dinners in the kitchen as well. Incredible the way your band re-saved that 14” walnut.

[@user-np7pq2gy1v]

That was a joy to watch! Thanks for the demonstration. I am blown away by the skill with hand tools. The patience and craftsman ship are beautiful. I want a whole set of tools now.

[@myksbox]

show off! it's awesome. I like the lightweight big board idea. Just seeing the tools alone is awesome. I say, when you use good material to make a functional piece, don't backtrack on using it for that intended purpose. The things you use all the time are the things you see all the time, and having a great piece of wood go to that purpose is not a loss, it's a gain. Excellent vid

[@williamteglund5146]

Good job. I love walnut it's such a beautiful wood.

[@PGore9894]

Smells good too!

[@teddougherty6963]

Andy, I always enjoy watching you at your craft - your passion and mastery are apparent every time. Hope you and yours are safe and well

[@Harko-]

Thanks Andy! Take care and stay safe

[@alexmunn36]

Well done awesome work

[@kennethtomlinson2332]

Love your work man...gotta love a fellow Texan with talent

[@PGore9894]

Nice! Conservation of incredible, and limited wood is always worthwhile. Never thought about a 3/8” cutting board. COOL!

[@extreme.4576]

Looks like a young Paul Sellers working that chisel. Love your work my Brother!!

[@TomokosEnterprize]

It is always a treat to see what your up to my friend. Great panel ! I love these one off pieces for sure.

[@amandapouncey2816]

Love watching your videos. It's relaxing watching you use the hand tools. Beautiful outcome

[@anriroze11]

I still dream of one day having a shop like yours, beautiful and spacious. I have been working in a 2x2.5 meter workshop for years...

[@goadamson]

Nice work! Thanks for sharing this project

[@davetarrant6888]

That’s a beautiful cutting board Andy. Watching you use all those tools made me think 🤔 do we as woodworkers sometimes make things so that we can use all of the cool tools we have 🤔. So the question is do we have a lot of tools so that we can make things? Or do we make things so that we can have a lot of tools? 🤔

[@DonsWoodies]

Beautiful board. Haven't tried breadboard ends yet on anything. Gotta try that. Fantastic job on some really thin wood.

[@bernardsmith4298]

Need more camper videos, anxious to see it completed.

[@mikelakes3834]

I believe that lumber is what we call Butternut in WV. It's a BEAUTIFUL white walnut species! (But might be wrong)

[@endabyrne2901]

Must be amazing to have all that equipment years of work fair play!

[@KirstiePervinDavies]

That looks so beautiful! 😍 your hand tool skills are amazing. Definitely want to try making a thin cutting board like this. Thanks for sharing Andy!!

[@wef0711]

Got a new subscriber. Great looking board. Building my first dining table this winter out of some walnut I have been drying for a year. Gotten a lot of tips from you and others on breadboard ends. Thing will probably take me 2-3 months but hopefully, it'll be done right. Thanks for the amazing content man. Wes

[@AndyRawls]

Hey Wes, thanks for subscribing!! I’m glad to hear the channel is helping you out and best of luck on the dining table, doesn’t matter how long it takes just do it the best you can and enjoy it!

[@vjaneczko]

Hey Andy, just like all your other stuff, I love this! Thanks for sharing. If I can be "that guy" for a minute, I agree with your Mrs; I wouldn't call this a cutting board, they need to be real heavy & real thick so they don't move around when you use them, so this is an awesome serving or charcuterie board!

[@TheJwebb7]

I think you are confusing a wooden butcher/chopping block to a standard cutting board. Most cutting boards are thinner and can be more easily stored away. Thick butcher blocks are very thick (as you are suggesting) and they tend to stay on the countertop full-time. Just some clarification.

[@JamesC-tx1uc]

Great work! Thanks for sharing.

[@tenaciousjeebs]

I don’t even want to think about how much 14” walnut would cost in this area

[@rushtonpaul1754]

Great to see you with another excellent hand tool project build. Beautiful job!

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Beautiful cutting board

[@michaelpeavey3264]

Nice work Andy

[@jimfelton1]

That is beautiful!

[@reddragonstacking5247]

Definitely way to nice to put a knife anywhere near it lol but I would definitely prefer using it to a bit of plastic so use it and get the enjoyment of seeing such a beautiful cutting board and the good thing is that you definitely have the skills to always make another one as a serving platter

[@karebildare123]

You could’ve offset the plugs a little bit to help pull the breadboards tighter to the cutting board. It’s a common technique when making breadboards. Other than that, awesome work as always!

[@karebildare123]

Just Some Kraken With Internet Access Yeah that’s probably true, but by drilling the holes in tenons a bit further in would allow the plugs to actually pull everything together when pounding them in.

[@austinveatch6993]

The tenon is too thin for that. It’s called “draw boring” and he knows what it is. He uses it often in his furniture pieces where it is appropriate. Definitely would break a tenon here.

[@sgtrutters5892]

Great looking board, but I wish you would have shown how you transferred the mortise slots to the main board

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

absolutely beautiful.

[@nemo4907]

Did anyone else have CC turned on? It interpreted the coping saw sounds as LAUGHTER and the drilling as APPLAUSE!

[@TastyGravy1]

Love your videos man. Very inspiring

[@dimitrivos7088]

Love the toilet paper on your workbench😂👍🏻

[@AndyRawls]

Haha! Still got some lingering around the shop!!

[@kellyvinson6605]

Nice, Andy. May want to hang on to that toilet paper, HEB is crazy!

[@benjamingiese841]

‘Hand Tools only’ oooo! (Clicks video) Bandsaw, sander....

[@themartin2629]

I think he meant only the breadboard ends

[@chanpod]

"Making Proper Breadboard ENDS Using Hand Tools Only" Not "Making a Breadboard using hand tools only"

[@benjamingiese841]

chanpod groove in breadboard ends? Magic!!

[@Terrythemaker]

Great work as always, what’s happening with the trailer? I can’t wait to see how it’s coming along

[@AndyRawls]

It’s coming along! I worked on it most the week and should have a video up early next week.

[@Terrythemaker]

Excellent, the trailer video has become like my favourite weekly TV show, love it👍👍

[@chriserhard8724]

I love all your hand work!! Awesome. My wife said it was too nice for a cutting board too. Lol. One question, why elongate the end holes for the pins?

[@AndyRawls]

Yes it allows for wood movement

[@woodworking267]

I've been waiting on you to do something like this This is great

[@derrick1125]

What rabbet and spokeshave did you use. That turned out beautiful. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@aidanc8434]

Bloody hell andy you nailed that joinery 🥵

[@PatrickRueter]

>>>>Great work Andy

[@samdang8271]

Do you think adding a 1/8 inch thick metal inlay around the perimeter, set in about half the depth of the metal, would cause the board to warp over time and use? I’m referring to Crafted Workshop copper cutting board he made but to put the metal inlay concept to a breadboard ends cutting board.

[@eyecraveoptics7475]

Mad skills!!

[@АлександрСтепанов-ч2ю]

Ли Нелсон отличный инструмент.❤

[@thomasnichols7788]

Great work, but I have a question. Why did you put glue on the outside pegs? Would that no destroy the work you did to create the oval holes for movement? I generally use a draw bore technique and no glue at all on the outside pins. I have never had one fail that way.

[@papaw5405]

How did you cut the initial groove? Plow plane? Router plane?

[@AndyRawls]

Cough cough, table saw!!

[@Keithmwalton]

Let us know if it moves on ya. That’s a pretty wide and thin single board. Wonder if the breadboards will tame it.

[@AndyRawls]

Yeah the verdict is out but I think we’ve decided to only use for serving on, which might help because it won’t require heavy cleaning.

[@Keithmwalton]

Andy Rawls right on, definitely should be better off not getting wet. I never made one that size so I’m just curious, not doubtful of your work. 👍🏻

[@idontthinkso666]

Screw that,throw caution to the wind and USE THAT THING! Cut, chop, wash it, dry it, and do it over & over. Then come back in a year and show us how it held up. Sure, it’s dang pretty, but use it for its intended purpose.

[@thaynegouse576]

Andy....Any update? I am looking to make a few charcuterie boards and like the proportions for that purpose.

[@justinwoods240]

To make that @2:00 they have hand planners for that since your using hand tools

[@dr.sawdust4278]

This is Just perfect! Nice video, good details, a Guy who knows what hé is doing. No music, Just work sounds. I love the resolt and the clip. 1 question, I love working with Wood and learning. Why did you only put glue in the middle when you did put on the side peases? Again, great video. I subscribe 👌

[@paulhansen5508]

Arco Kemp it allows for expansion and contraction of the main panel (it can slide inside the breadboard). If you were to glue the entire width the cutting board would like warp over time.

[@davegoldy1025]

Nice one andy.. Nice clean walnut A bit thin isnt it?

[@ApexWoodworks]

Hey, Andy what blade are you using for the resawing? As you're aware, I'm doing quite a bit of resawing of hard maple for the dining room cabinets I'm making and don't think that the 1" blade I'm running is doing a very good job. Suggestions? Now, regarding your cutting board, congrats! Great build and thanks for sharing your techniques with all of us!! Stay safe, mon ami.

[@Ken-qh6xx]

I would like a cutting board, just like that. Perhaps a little smaller. Where do I find your products for purchase?

[@davidkuhns8389]

I'm old enough to remember when breadboards were a common feature in kitchen cabinets, they slid out from the cabinet so you could use them as cutting boards, or - hence the name - no knead your bread dough on Ours were never made from walnut, though.

[@maxwellyedor7610]

David Kuhns Weirdly I’ve restored/rebuilt/replaced a lot of those pull out breadboards and never seen one that used an actual breadboard end. I’d probably be fixing far fewer of them had they been properly built breadboards in the first place

[@RonWaller]

Andy, just curious what do you use for designing your projects? Wondering what you process is.

[@Shlambez]

Great video... Except for the industrial sized planet lol. Not a "hand tool" I shave around 😆

[@jamesblevins6078]

Ho-Lee-Cow on that re-sawing!! ☺☺☺☺

[@Nick_Graham_Woodwork]

I have a miter sled just like that but I can’t seem to find a saw large enough to track. Where could I find one?

[@James-ys7gj]

Out of curiosity will you be making an urn box for Mark

[@lukehansen6111]

RIP mark

[@samueltomka2966]

Are you suppose to glue the side joints on breadboard ends ? Doesn’t that ruin the purpose?

[@buffalojones341]

shar-KOOT-err-ē 😊

[@טלשדמה]

How is that i never see you sanding, do you sand your pieces?

[@timocz3886]

Best!😄

[@lauramariaherrenolozano7531]

Love it

[@TheBeerbelly007]

That's like way nice Andy---

[@64bry]

Do you have a set of plans for it or measurements for the mortis and talon

[@mmccullough3951]

Take a leap of faith my friend and just guess. Make your version yours ! There's no perfect right or wrong measure for something like this ..but if you prefer to be told..make the mortice 1/4" wide by 1.25 inch deep ! Have fun!

[@AndyRawls]

Total length of the tenon was .75”. Width of middle tenon is around 2” and the width of the two outside are 2.5”. Mortise size is .125” thick

[@jmd18]

Nice board! It is a shame to cut on something so new, but if you never do it will never get used. Just like buying a brand new car and never driving it. Or rebuilding a camper and never letting your kids use it because they might break something in it 😀😀 One question, why did you only glue the ends in the centers? Wouldnt there be more strength all the way across if you glued the whole thing?

[@Dave-xq2jb]

nice job

[@philipwarren7335]

i miss the voiceover, this a Norm Abrams level work. Oblonging the inner dowel holes very New Yankee Workshop, did you watch that show when you were younger?

[@womanofsubstance8735]

Loved that show! Back in the day, Norm Abrams was my fantasy male . . . because I wanted access to his shop tools and knowledge. Alas, it didn't happen. ;-)

[@AndyRawls]

I think I am going to voiceover this video and post it early next week. There’s a lot of techniques I’d like to explain

[@design_guild4431]

Hand tools only . First 2 shots are with industrial tools

[@AndyRawls]

Like the title says, I used hand tools to cut the joinery for the breadboard ends.

[@design_guild4431]

Andy Rawls oh I can’t read, apparently

[@AndyRawls]

No worries!!!

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Is that a flush-cut trim saw so you don't mar the work? 10:42

[@AndyRawls]

No. It’s an old dovetail saw with very little set. It won’t mar the wood

[@puertousbmonkey]

I don´t know why I´am whathing this, I don´t even own food to cut

[@WoobCrab]

Does anyone know what type of shoulder plane that is?

[@michael.knight]

I think it's the Lie Nielsen 140 Skew Block Plane

[@TomokosEnterprize]

I got mine at Lee Valley. Love them. Great to have indeed.

[@ricko4209]

He used drill, is it a power tool?

[@michaels.8663]

Nice

[@jvirgilio8880]

Flings toilet paper at 1:03

[@AndyRawls]

Haha!! I was hoping somebody would catch that...although I don’t think you can call it toilet paper!

[@paultay23]

Quality

[@hamish9917]

Did you finish it with mineral wax and beeswax?

[@akirch9]

What blade are you using on the bandsaw to resaw with? That looked like a pretty good cut. I’m using a 1 1/4 to resaw on my big bandsaw and the blade ends up about wherever it wants no matter how much I tune everything 😐. Awesome project!!

[@AndyRawls]

It’s a carbide tip wood master blade.

[@KennyB9871]

🙌

[@jurgenei8702]

Thin, thinner, proper breadboard....

[@tdimccullough]

didn't realise cutting boards came so thin

[@С.И.Н-ю7д]

Супер привет из Крыма

[@lukehansen6111]

I remember the saw from 9:12

[@giovannipetitti1588]

👍

[@ralphmausehund332]

What you charge for one

[@oldskooljules]

Using hand tools only?

[@majong_da]

Abueno mãíster

[@wolverinebear5357]

Wouldn't it be safer to chop the mortise an then run the groove? Less chance of bruising the groove? And your not using a $200 coping saw, how can you clean out that waste so precisely? this is a new concept

[@a-2000]

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[@justinwoods240]

I thought you said hand tools @8:00

[@AndyRawls]

Geez people! The title says “proper breadboard ends using hand planes”, that means I used hand tools for the joinery on the breadboard ends. You’re splitting hairs complaining about me using a drill...it’s a tool in my hand right!!

[@justinwoods240]

@@AndyRawls wow but it's not like the old days with no electricity and using a proper non powered hand drill not a DEWALT

[@jasonmeyer8877]

Andy Rawls it's just the peanut gallery. Every one would be hating on me. My version would have been completely done with machines. Shapers, wide belt, bandsaw, etc. My customers won't pay me to build with hand tools. Nice build. 👍🏻

[@saraha.9149]

Laughing as you toss aside the "toilet paper."

[@ejtakach]

Must be your art on the whiteboard. I don't think your kids can reach that high!

[@roncannell4665]

This is somebody having a laugh. The biggest bandsaw and sander I have ever seen. Utter rubbish.

[@chanpod]

He refurbished that band saw b/c he wanted to. I'm sure he's aware of newer ones. The sander is industrial. So yes, it's going to be big. I'm guessing it'll last longer and gets the job done quicker. That or he just likes the larger industrial equipment. Who cares if he likes it and it works just as well.

[@juanymedio4301]

Personally, I think that's a lost time. Sorry, but only is my opinion

[@mauriceryton]

Looks awesome, great job.

[@mureutfurniture2682]

good work