To start, use your table saw to cut a few strips of walnut the same length and height as your board, each around a quarter-inch wide. If you generally make face grain cutting boards, cut an inch ...

We made our cutting board from strips of 3/4-inch white ash and mahogany. Both were scrap wood. But you could make it from pieces of walnut and maple, maple and cherry, or cherry and ash.

Easy Cutting Boards. Materials. Slab of wood of any size or type, but hardwoods are preferable. Sander and sandpaper with different levels of coarseness, starting with 80 grit and then ...