Herringbone Cutting Board

[@knowbody4903]

Just discovering this channel... Can't wait to dive into your content. Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@iampumaa]

I am learning so much from your channel thank you for taking the time to nake these videos

[@mikes-mz5xb]

Most KZbinrs that use a table saw are terrifying to watch. You sir are very safe and efficient. A joy to watch.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks for saying.

[@pacmanly]

​@@WorkshopCompanionnoob question here; why don't you at least use a riving knife?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

@@pacmanly The old delta table saw we use wasn't built with a riving knife in mind. We can attach one but it doesn't adjust with the height of the blade so we are always taking it out to use different jigs like our double sided saw sled. We've been trying to be better about using it in our videos and when ripping boards. - Travis

[@pacmanly]

@@WorkshopCompanion thanks for the quick reply! I guess that makes sense.

[@johndiego3105]

Wow! You are a real master at you’re craft. Not sure how I found this video but I’m sure glad I did.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

We're glad you did as well.

[@MrMarkpeggy]

Wow Nick,that's beautiful! It's really great to see you again. I used to watch you o on the Shopsmith videos and wondered what had become of you. Thanks for great video. I loved the music also.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks, Mark -- after Shopsmith let me go I began to build pioneer aircraft and flight simulators for aviation museums worldwide. It's still my day job, but I so much wanted to get back to teaching -- so here I am.

[@gitaseldiy9525]

beautiful idea mate..... really I want to be like you

[@WorkshopCompanion]

It's not difficult. You just have to start working wood when you're seven years old and keep at it for an epoch or two.

[@GeorgeCooper_LoneWolf]

Wish mine came together that quick and looked that amazing. Love your board clamping setup.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

If you're interested, you can get the plans for that set-up at workshopcompanion.selz.com/item/assembly-tables .

[@eileenmacias8330]

Very colorful and one of a kind, Love it. Would like one for my collection.

[@MrVDG-nk1xx]

I like to watch these videos. Super!

[@Charlesnsmile]

Thanks for sharing your unique woodworking tips! Very helpful for me :)

[@WorkshopCompanion]

You're welcome. It's good to get back to teaching.

[@davidfredman1749]

Awesome woodwork

[@ladykenja2700]

- Luv, luv the color mix. Unique, different.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks for you kind words.

[@richarddunn504]

👍 I like your clamp setup for boards.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks!! We're going to try to do a video on that jig before the end of the year.

[@terryangel7393]

@@WorkshopCompanion cant wait to see that one

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Waiting is over -- see kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6bNhnlrqNB2sKs

[@JaspisB]

Great video and really nice and inspiring project!

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks for saying.

[@A_F_Makes]

Magic!

[@larrystone5749]

Good video enjoyed it thx for sharing looks great Be safe

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Most welcome.

[@chrisbeck9513]

Dude. Great Video! Love how you cut right to the chase. No plugs, or need for expensive tools from the sponsors. Much respect! Question: what is the jig you use on the table saw right after you use the double sided tape for? I plan on buying several of your plans, btw. Def want the one for your large glue up clamp!! Love the idea. Beats me using 10 plastic clamps bc I don't want to dish out the cost of the good ones.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks for the kind words. Did that video a few years back; memory is a little cloudy. Can you give me a time reference for the jig?

[@JaswinderSingh-bb3nx]

nice job

[@rockinjuliescott]

Good video. Thanks!!

[@Glenfiddich101]

Nice board and nice music too (Hunter Quinn, Country Gold)

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks. See my reply to Goodbear.

[@markswaggerty4958]

Great work, Makes me want to try

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Then do it! Hardest (and, according to my better half, the most important) thing about woodworking is remembering to shake all the sawdust out of your clothes before you come back in the house.

[@michaelfisher8351]

Love your videos fun to watch

[@brianmagnusson7498]

Good job I like that

[@shimiperets]

beautiful

[@JorgeGonzalez-cy3ds]

Q material uso como sellador y q para el acabado . felicidades muy bonito Es un profesional

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Gracias.

[@steveheeres2418]

Nice work

[@ateliemaritom]

Simplesmente obra de arte pura 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Es muy amable al decir eso.

[@fruechtler1812]

Wow, very nice

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks.

[@johnapp7826]

Great video. I’ve been making these for approximately 15 years and have sold several thousand I’d guess. Here in Hawaii, we have some amazing wood varieties too. Mine are a little different but you have some super methods. I admire your clamping platform. Do you have instructions on how to make one.? I enjoy all of your excellent videos, thanks for sharing

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Most welcome. We show the assembly table in detail here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6bNhnlrqNB2sKs . You can find the planes here: workshopcompanion.selz.com/item/assembly-tables .

[@goodheart1965]

Awesome board! Awesome table, Awesome music. Name of the band?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Travis is the music man here at Workshop Companion. He searches Epidemic Music for just the right score for each video the way old-time miners used to pan for gold.

[@hansenleal]

Would like to see you do that on a macro level like us floor guys love the Chevron

[@WorkshopCompanion]

It would make an interesting floor, that's for sure. Design-wise, however, it might overpower everything else you put in the room. I'm not sure I want my floors to be that exciting...

[@ErnestoRodriguez-fn1sh]

Trabajo complicado pero muy bonito 👌👍🇪🇸

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Simplemente parece complicado, pero es simple cuando ha hecho uno. Gracias por tus amables palabras.

[@adriamiraguilar]

Excelente !!! Te felicito !!!! Genio !!!!

[@WorkshopCompanion]

No estoy seguro de merecer todos esos signos de exclamación, pero gracias.

[@genofromrenoprospector6940]

That cutting board is so pretty I would be afraid to use it. Lol. What would that board sell for? 🇺🇸👍

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Ive sold them on facebook marketplace from $100-150 depending on how many boards I glue up and that's without a juice groove. -Travis

[@bojangles271995]

The book provides clear illustrations kzbin.infoUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO diagrams that cover many of the essential topics. The projects at the end of the book are valuable for enhancing your skills and creating your own furniture. A digital platform linked to the book that could offer the plans for other woodworking projects with the cut sheets would have been a nice addition, but overall, the book is excellent.

[@firerescue3214]

I love this board. I’m really interested in the jig you built for clamping. Any plans??

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Yes, we have a video covering it and you can get plans at workshopcompanion.selz.com/item/assembly-tables

[@shanep5121]

Is there a way to plan it so the wood you cut from one side of the herringbone board can be glued to fit the other side, so that beautiful wood is not wasted?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

It's possible; or you can use the waste for smaller things. See my reply to Thomas Russel.

[@oldhess]

Hey just found you on here, great vids! I love the glue up station you have there. Is that an original design? I'd love to see more of that. Keep up the good work

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks for the kind words. You can see more of the "glue up station" in kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6bNhnlrqNB2sKs and the plans are available at workshopcompanion.selz.com/item/assembly-tables .

[@chompers11]

Beautiful! What did you finish it with?

[@brianstarnes2718]

After the second glue up and you made the cut of the zig zag, I thought you were going to glue that end to the other side. I figure they would fit together.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Theoretically, they do. Practically, they don't. Unless the clamping pressure and the amount of glued applied is precisely the same across the length of the cutting board, the glue joints will be a little bit wider in some places than others. The stack-up of tolerances insures that the two pieces will not fit without a great deal of hand work. It's much easier to (1) make the zig-zag edges part of the cutting board or (2) use the cut-offs to make smaller items such as coasters and cheese boards.

[@ErikHovedskou77]

Wow that's a nice pattern, and I definitely want to try that. At 4:47 what is that tool called?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

It's a cabinet scraper, one of the most useful tools in my shop -- www.amazon.com/DFM-Tool-Works-Cabinet-Rectangle/dp/B079BJRH4X/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=3TT6J5GWW82C8&dchild=1&keywords=cabinet+scrapers+for+woodwork&qid=1635543008&sprefix=cabinet+scraper%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzUElCQlkxQVVCNkpHJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTQyMzM4RTAxSVc1N1cwMkZCJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA1NDU1MTVSVEg4QVhDU0NON0Umd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

[@ErikHovedskou77]

@@WorkshopCompanion this cabinet scraper was the only tool we could use to make our finish for our final test as a shipwright no sandpaper was aloud 👍 and it has been a while since I have seen some one use one.

[@thomasarussellsr]

A cabinet (or card) scraper.

[@ronaldosouza7263]

Acho que a peça ficaria mais bonita se não tivesse cortado aquelas pontas.... poderia fazer somente um acabamento nelas e ficaria uma belíssimas tábua diferente.

[@abangkumis1973]

Good vidio

[@gordonblythe7229]

Nice job. I was wondering how much this cutting board sold for?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

$100-$150, depending on the size.

[@VinceEspositoJr]

Very nice. The glue up at 3:00 is pure end grain to end grain?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Same as a miter joint, so yes.

[@navarroedwards8031]

“WOW” I need 2 Tylenol after watching this video, but it was well worth it. Love your board . Thanks

[@WorkshopCompanion]

I needed a couple myself after making it; i takes some real stamina to make one of these things at 60x speed. Thanks for your kind words.

[@ericanderson8556]

Does the glue affect the planer at all?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

If the knife catches a hardened glue bead at the wrong angle in its rotation, it can chip. Doesn't seem like it would be hard enough, but this happened to me several times. This is why I started scraping off glue squeeze-out before I plane.

[@ericanderson8556]

@@WorkshopCompanion thanks!

[@benius42]

Umm first time viewer... it’s really hard to watch a woodworking video while I’m dancing a vicious jig! Final product was very 👍

[@WorkshopCompanion]

A vicious jig? You should film that and post it -- sure to go viral. Thanks!

[@youlookcold3938]

What is the name of the liquid you are wet sanding with

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Tung oil. You can also use linseed oil.

[@stewwolfe1]

What are you using when you”wet sand?”

[@WorkshopCompanion]

240# wet/dry sandpaper and the finish itself (usually salad bowl or another food-contact-safe finish).

[@stewwolfe1]

@@WorkshopCompanion Thank you!

[@bclamore]

Why not Titebond 3?

[@thomasarussellsr]

Why not just cut it down the middle and glue one zigzag edge to the other? The strips are all of identical length, it should be a perfect match-up. There would be a whole lot less waste. Just a thought. A little pre-planning and you could either use less wood, or get two boards out of the glue-up with just a little more wood. Beautiful pattern, just hate to see so much of it cut off.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Theoretically possible. I've fit sections of these cutoffs together to make coasters and cheeseboards. The glue squeeze-out and a stack-up of tolerances make for a lot of handwork to get a good fit. But it could work if you were to take extra care during the glue-ups.

[@robertfuhrman2122]

You added paste wax to the finish...I thought paste wax was not food safe? Am I wrong?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Our wax is made from paraffin, beeswax, and carnauba, all non-toxic. As for commercial paste waxes, I got into their chemistry pretty deep when I wrote my book on finishing. The MSDS (Materials Data Safety Sheets) will scare you to death, but these don't tell the whole story. Most if not all the toxicity is in the carrier (solvent). This evaporates immediately upon application. If you properly buff the remaining wax, you'll be left with a layer just a few molecules thick -- and most of those molecules will be paraffin and/or beeswax . As woodworkers, we touch waxed/buffed tool surfaces all day long, then bring our fingers to our lips and eyes -- yet I've not found a single professional craftsman that has missed a day of work because of wax poisoning. But just to be safe -- and to set a good example -- we make our own non-toxic wax for food-contact projects.

[@trippleaaaaaaaaaa]

Didn't appear to lay flat in the end, could see the wobble. otherwise great job, love the wood choices.

[@LouisEmery]

That was beautiful. Just a woodworking spectator, but that's a lot of glue. But why the blue grass? Why is woodworking or DYI always bluegrass? Don't have to answer. I've never seen "wet sand" finish. I thought at 1x speed you were just sanding. I ran with 0.25x speed to see. Bluegrass sounds better too at 0.25x speed. ;)

[@yourrightimsooosorry884]

I only have two clamps

[@WorkshopCompanion]

There are videos on making clamps...

[@jordanl5628]

That would be a chevron pattern not herringbone. Good work nonetheless!

[@WorkshopCompanion]

THanks for you kind words -- nonetheless.

[@herenthere10]

herringbone? I think more zig zag

[@TomKaren94]

If this board is for actual use, poplar and cedar are not good choices.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Respectfully disagree. I've had a pull-out poplar cutting surface in my kitchen for 37 years, and it probably has another 37 years to go. I also have an old aromatic cedar "butter board" (small bread board) that belonged to my grandmother. It too has aged well. Cite your reasons/source.

[@chrisbeck9513]

Poplar is closed grain, so great for boards. Cedar is poor for cutting boards. Soft, open grained, porous, soaks in bacteria like a sponge. So, I agree with you mostly.@@WorkshopCompanion

[@WorkshopCompanion]

@@chrisbeck9513 Beg to differ. Aromatic cedar is a traditional favorite among some for kitchenwares precisely because of its anti-bacterial properties. According to the National Institute of Health, both cedar and cedarwood oil have antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory effects. And because it is a conifer, it has closed grain -- no pores.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

@@chrisbeck9513Some info you might want to consider: The National Institute of Health cites cedar and cedar wood oil for its anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-inflammatory properties. And because conifer wood has no pores,, cedar is considered closed grain. (Its tracheid cells fulfill the same function as pores in deciduous wood.)