Make a Chevron Cutting Board | How To Tutorial

This tutorial shows you how to make a beautiful round, chevron cutting board from walnut and maple hardwoods. It was my entry for the second Instagram Mini Builder Challenge.

Hello everyone, today I’m sharing how to make a round, chevron cutting board. This cutting board was created from some maple and walnut scraps I had laying around in the garage. I came up with the idea for the board while brainstorming ideas for the second Instagram Mini Builder Challenge. I love how it turned out and I’m excited to share how you can make one of your own.

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I have previously documented 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 chevron cutting board.

Tools

• Table saw
• Micro Jig GRR-RIPPER (A personal table saw must have)
• Planer
• Jointer
• Clamps
• Orbital Sander
• Router with 1/4″ Round Over Router Bit

Supplies

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

How to Video Tutorial

Watch the YouTube video below for a visual tutorial:

How to make a Chevron Cutting Board

This was a fun scrap wood project. Steps start after the boards have been milled to an even thickness (roughly 3/4″ thick).

Step 1: Rip the walnut and maple to final size

Rip the walnut into 1 1/2″ strips and the maple into 1/8″ strips. I used my Micro Jig GRR-RIPPER with the 1/8″ leg to safely rip the thin strips.

Step 2: Glue up the strips

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

Step 3: Cross cut board into strips at a 45 degree angle

Clean up the dried glue and cross cut the board into strips at a 45 degree angle on the table saw. This can be a tricky cut as you get to the last cuts. Take appropriate safety precautions.

Step 4: Glue up the strips again

Arrange the strips to form a chevron pattern. Use ample amount of glue and clamp together.

Step 5: Cut out a circle

Clean up the dried glue and cut the board into a circle. There are several ways to do this. I used a router with a circle cutting jig. In hindsight, I wish I made a circle cutting jig for my bandsaw and cut out the circle via that route.

Step 6: Dress up the cutting board edges

To spice up the appearance of the cutting board, I added a 1/4″ round over to the top and bottom edges of the cutting board.

Step 7: Sand and apply a food safe finish

Cycle through grits of sandpaper up to 220. Raise the grain of the cutting board with a damp cloth before one final sanding with 220 grit sand paper.

Apply a food safe finish.

I used a coat of mineral oil. Once it dried, I added a coat of Howard’s Butcher Block Conditioner.

Make a Chevron Pattern Cutting Board

I’m really happy with how the chevron cutting board came out. I love the look of the board and can’t wait to make a few more.

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