DIY Wooden Chevron Coasters

Learn how to make a beautiful set of chevron wooden coasters from scrap wood, a perfect DIY homemade gift.

Hello everyone, today I’m sharing how I made a set of chevron wooden coasters. This is a nice little scrap wood project that can be completed within a weekend.

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Tools and Supplies

The following items are some of the tools and supplies I gathered to created the chevron cutting board.

Tools

• Table saw
• Micro Jig GRR-RIPPER (A personal table saw must have)
• Planer
• Clamps
• Orbital Sander
• Router with 45 degree chamfer Router Bit

Supplies

• Wood Glue
• Red oak scraps
• Howard Butcher Block Conditioner

How to make Wooden Chevron Drink Coasters

This was a fun scrap wood project. I started it back in November with hopes of gifting it to someone as a Christmas present, but things got in the way of me completing the project. The dimensions of the coasters are roughly 4″ x 4″.

Here’s how I made them.

Step 1: Rip scraps into 3/4″ strips

Rip the scrap wood into 3/4″ wide strips on the table saw. I used 5 pieces of wood for my coasters. 

Step 2: Glue up the 3/4″ strips

Apply wood glue to the edges of the strips and clamp the pieces together. Allow the glue to completely cure before moving onto the next step.

Step 3: Clean up the glue up

Remove the excess dried glue. Use a scraper to remove any large chunk and a planer to quickly clean up the surface.

If you don’t own a planer, a belt sander is a good alternative. Just take care to remove the material evenly.

Step 4: Crosscut the glue up

Set the miter gauge on the table saw to 45 degrees and cross cut the glue up.

Step 5: Final glue up

Take the pieces created from the previous step and glue them together. Allow the glue to completely cure before moving onto the next step.

Step 6: Clean up the glue up, again

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Remove the excess dried glue a second time. Use a scraper to remove any large chunks. Running the coaster through the planer is a not a good idea at this point so use a belt sander (or drum sander) to make quick work of cleaning up the surface of the coasters.

Step 7: Trim up the ends

Carefully cut off the jagged ends of the coasters on the table saw. Before you make the second cut, make sure the coaster will be square.

Step 8: Route the edges of the coasters

Add a nice touch to the coasters by using a router with a 45 degree chamfer to route along the top and bottom edge of each coaster.

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I have several unfinished projects that I want to complete before starting anything new. 😱 So here’s unfinished project 1 of 10 (possibly more). This is a set of chevron coasters. I made it from red oak scraps. I started this back in November. 😅 Anyways, I just need to sand and apply a finish and then it will be done! . All my in progress projects are making it difficult to maneuver around the shop so the time has come to either toss them or finish them. 😅 . #chevron #chevronpattern herringbone #herringbonepattern #woodencoaster #scrapwoodproject #woodwork #woodworker #woodworking #unfinishedproject

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Step 9: Sand and apply a finish

Cycle through the appropriate grits of sandpaper (80 – 220) with a orbital sander.

Once the sanding is complete, apply a finish. I used a food safe finish, Howard Butcher Block Conditioner.  

Step 10: Enjoy!

DIY Wooden Chevron Drink Coasters

I’m really happy with how the chevron coasters came out and I love that I reduced my scrap wood collection in the process too!

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