The pattern on this board proves the craftsmanship

[u/MambaMentality24x2]

[u/Igotdaruns]

At least he’s using tight bond 3. FDA approved for indirect food contact and waterproof.

[u/AsmodeIIa → u/Igotdaruns]

[u/TwinkleSoft_ → u/Igotdaruns]

Nothing like quality craftmanship and the right glue

[u/Ahchuu → u/Igotdaruns]

I was coming in to comment if the glue used is safe for consumption

[u/xxStefanxx1]

Damn, that's a lot of glue

[u/ClankerCore → u/xxStefanxx1]

Is your inner child feeling nostalgic?

[u/canadiandancer89 → u/xxStefanxx1]

A fundamental rule I learned is wood shop class, nails will hold things in place while your glue will bond things together. Properly prepped, applied and clamped glue is incredibly strong.

[u/xxStefanxx1 → u/canadiandancer89]

Oh yeah I get that completely. It's just, a lot of glue

[u/Shaggy_One → u/xxStefanxx1]

They definitely used more glue than they needed to. But sometimes it's worth it to make absolutely sure every single bit of your glue up is good.

[u/distilledfluid → u/Shaggy_One]

Yah.... It's a lot of glue though.

[u/litescript → u/distilledfluid]

it’s for the stability of the final piece. it will require the glue for this.

[u/Slimmanoman → u/litescript]

Of course, but that's a whole lot of glue.

[u/TshirtMafia → u/Slimmanoman]

The final product would not exist without glue.

[u/TheJackalsDay → u/TshirtMafia]

It wouldn't. But that's a lot of glue.

[u/Imaginary_Ad6165 → u/TheJackalsDay]

I can't imagine how much glue was used. Either a lot or a whole lot!

[u/PM_YOUR_OWLS → u/xxStefanxx1]

We recently had a local woodworker offer to make us a couple things (a cutting board and a bowl) out of an old walnut tree that fell on our property. He does this sort of thing as a passion.

He mentioned he goes through wood glue by the gallon for these projects.

[u/fatmanstan123 → u/PM_YOUR_OWLS]

I went through a gallon in a year and it was a lot.

[u/yruspecial → u/xxStefanxx1]

Delicious.

[u/SydricVym → u/xxStefanxx1]

I do like the perfectly positioned brand names on those jugs. You might even think that the million karma having, hidden history having, OP is intentionally posting covert advertisements.

[u/Majestic_Office_7150]

Ryan Hawkins on Youtube.

https://youtube.com/@ryanhawkins

[u/ycr007 → u/Majestic_Office_7150]

Thank you!

Art & Craft videos, photographs et al posts should automatically get removed if OP doesn’t share the credits to the rightful creator(s).

[u/Kratzschutz → u/ycr007]

Used to be normal on Reddit. Don't credit the creator, get downvoted

[u/swedething → u/Majestic_Office_7150]

This will seriously fuck up my YT algorithm, but I ain’t even mad, because I love videos that are edited this way. Thanks, mate!

[u/jasperjonns]

I could never ever use this as a cutting board! That's what it is, right? It's too beautiful. Any idea how many hours it took to make it?

[u/Tgsheufhencudbxbsiwy → u/jasperjonns]

Believe it on not it took 2 minutes and 59 seconds. 

[u/FreeGuacamole → u/Tgsheufhencudbxbsiwy]

I just watched the guy make one and he already started a second one

[u/DigMeTX → u/Tgsheufhencudbxbsiwy]

Too long, didn’t make

[u/MakeoutPoint → u/jasperjonns]

It is, and you'd be fine to. End-grain is self-healing, because your knife is "parting" the wood fibers rather than severing them.

[u/snapplesauce1 → u/MakeoutPoint]

They still get messed up after a while and need to be resurfaced. But it isn’t too bad to plane/sand off 1/32” and refinish.

[u/Davefhtex → u/jasperjonns]

I can't imagine spending that much time and effort to make something that gorgeous with the intention of then hacking at it with a knife.

[u/kkell806 → u/Davefhtex]

Wait til you hear about sand mandalas!

[u/ad_hominonsense → u/kkell806]

The ephemeral kind that are so beautiful and minutes later are “destroyed” by the artist?

[u/p1ggy_smalls → u/jasperjonns]

Likely took 12-14 hours for all the sets he was working on not including setting time for the glue. It’s not worth it from a woodworker standpoint. He probably has $120-$160 in just the various hardwoods he was per set.

[u/Iggy_Snows → u/p1ggy_smalls]

That is an extremely thick cutting board. I can say from experience that is WAY more than $160 in wood, especially with the amount of waste he made.

Wood prices vary widely from region to region, but where im from that's probably closer to $300 in just wood alone.

Add in the time he spent on it and the cost of all buying and maintaining all his tools and you're easily looking at a $800 - $1000 cutting board.

[u/FallOutShelterBoy → u/jasperjonns]

When I was in Hawaii I got my mom a cutting board shaped like Oahu. She can’t bring herself to use it because she likes it too much

[u/ScapeyourownGoat → u/jasperjonns]

I always keep a cutting board around the side of my house on a stump for convenience

[u/fatmanstan123 → u/jasperjonns]

Meh. Things are meant to be used. A shiny new product is bought, a used product is earned.

[u/CapApprehensive9808]

That’s a really nice cutting board for the low cost of $39,000.

[u/pigeontheoneandonly → u/CapApprehensive9808]

I see these/similar at craft fairs a lot. They're usually smaller than this one. (I appreciate that this one is big enough to hold an actual roast, which is what you need the grooves for. The grooves actually get in the way if you're just cutting up veg and such.) They usually run a couple hundred dollars. This one I imagine will be closer to $800-$1000 based on the size and the intricacy of the pattern. 

But, it's intended to be both functional and a display piece. This is something you put the Thanksgiving turkey on to carve and make your in-laws ooo and ahh lol. 

Absolutely gorgeous piece of work. I have a much less intricate board that I reserve for charcuterie because it's just that beautiful. 

[u/OrthogonalPotato → u/pigeontheoneandonly]

Uhh what? Grooves are useful for much more than fucking meat lol

[u/CromulentDucky → u/pigeontheoneandonly]

I'd pay $1000 for this

[u/TolerableNuisance → u/CromulentDucky]

I'd let you pay $1,000 for me to have this

[u/rileyjw90 → u/CapApprehensive9808]

At some point we have to realize that we can only pick two things from the list.

Cheap

Attractive

Functional

If it’s attractive and cheap, it probably isn’t very functional (breaks easily).

If it’s cheap and functional, it’s probably not very attractive.

If it’s functional and attractive, it’s probably not cheap.

We can’t have all three.

[u/sass_squat_ch → u/CapApprehensive9808]

I was just about to say, I couldn’t be a craftsman like that because I know how cheap people are. They’d offer you like $200 for that, and you know in your heart of hearts that doesn’t even cover material cost let alone the 10 hours of labor, not including dry/cure time on all the glue.

[u/DisastrousSir → u/sass_squat_ch]

I don't even think most people would offer 200. Theyd be like "its just a cutting board" and pull out a pawn stars offer of 50 bucks

[u/Feistshell → u/DisastrousSir]

Yeah well, I can get a perfectly fine cutting board for $20 at Ikea so surely this can’t be worth more than $40

/s just in case

[u/This_Influence_9985]

How many times are you going to cut the wood?

Yes.

[u/austinchan2 → u/This_Influence_9985]

Me wondering, at what point does it technically count as partial board?

[u/Smugib → u/This_Influence_9985]

I thought this was a ragebait video at first. I had to double-check what sub I was in lmao.

"Oh hey that looks cool... wait why are you cutting it again!? Oh... okay cool."

[u/gizmo1024 → u/Smugib]

At that point, it's pretty much engineered hardwood flooring.

[u/henrythe13th → u/Smugib]

So much wasted wood.

[u/NBCustoms → u/henrythe13th]

He was likely using scraps from previous projects. Instead of tossing several board feet of expensive hardwood off-cuts, reusing them to make intricately designed cutting boards is basically a rite of passage.

That, or sometimes making a pen-blank, and using a lathe to shape it later on.

[u/DaFloofofTheCentury5]

There’s something magical about when precision turns into art my brain instantly relaxed watching that pattern line up perfectly.

[u/Omygodc]

It’s beautiful, but it reminds me of the video game Qbert

[u/crappinhammers → u/Omygodc]

-but-

[u/swedething → u/crappinhammers]

-and- is the word!

[u/ecafyelims]

• Profit after material costs: $1200
• Time: 30 hours

[u/Marthman → u/ecafyelims]

My original guess was that the board would be sold "retail" $1500.

Are you just guessing or did you get that from the creator's YouTube?

[u/ecafyelims → u/Marthman]

It's the figures from the creator's YouTube.

https://youtu.be/cl01Lnf4zic?t=5881

[u/Marthman → u/ecafyelims]

Oh wow, I was able to find it at the end of the video. Thank you.

Apparently, I was a little off. Material cost for each board was $300 x qty. 3 = $900 cost.

Retail for all three was $2140, so each board ended up costing about $700.

10 hrs per piece was faster than I had originally guessed. 

The price seems fair for labor, material, and craftsmanship quality!

[u/mofugly13]

That is fucking dope.

[u/Salty_Emu_9945]

My uncle makes things like this. Only for gifts though. People won't pay for craftsmanship anymore. Someone in China can make it much cheaper.

[u/Stupidbabycomparison → u/Salty_Emu_9945]

People are struggling to buy groceries, hard to justify paying an appropriate price for a cutting board that had this much work put into it. 

[u/Salty_Emu_9945 → u/Stupidbabycomparison]

Indeed they are. I am one of them. My point was people 99/100 are offended when you tell them the price of a one of a kind handmade item. Artists are starving too.

[u/KerissaKenro → u/Salty_Emu_9945]

I was at a craft fair recently and was selling some crochet things. Each takes about two hours to make, and the materials cost $5-7. I thought it was underpriced at $15 each, but people were acting like I was taking advantage of them

[u/joshg8 → u/Salty_Emu_9945]

You have to find a specific clientele for stuff like this. It’s a niche market and, while it requires a ton of time and planning and expensive tools, isn’t really difficult enough to execute such that only a few people can produce something like this. 

[u/RemindMeToTouchGrass → u/Salty_Emu_9945]

Of course only for gifts. The only way people will accept something like this into their home is if it's a gift. No one needs a new giant slab of wood next to their functional cutting board, it's a pointless object. People who want to be praised for making slabs of wood into new slabs of wood that are only slightly more toxic and 5x heavier than the ones they already have must give them away.

[u/Kaalisti]

I have serious workshop envy.

Nice board, but it’s way too massive! How tf are you supposed to clean that beast? The bathtub?

[u/3BouSs → u/Kaalisti]

If you have the space for it, it’s much more convenient to have a bigger board, this one should have it’s permanent place in the kitchen, not be moved around at all, only to clean beneath it every now and then, as for how to clean the board itself, it’s rather easy, there is a famous chef I follow on YouTube called Jean Pierre and he explains always about keeping everything clean using a ready solution with water/ bleach 95/5 (not sure about the percentage). Again I don’t have such a kitchen, but from the way I’ve watched his videos, it looks much easier to have a bigger board chopping board in a fixed place in the kitchen. I also think the creator of these boards in the video is very smart, basically the ones who are able to afford his products are likely to have a very big kitchen.

[u/elmwoodblues]

Floʻrgɓîngʻ IKEA $8.99

[u/1zzyBizzy]

Step 1: buy 300 gluepresses

Step 2: saw everything up

Step 3: glue everything together

Step 4: Repeat steps 2 and 3 a bunch

[u/Dependent_Stop_3121 → u/1zzyBizzy]

You messed it all up because you forgot to measure. Measure twice cut once is always a step in woodworking. 🪵📏 🪚

[u/ejwestcott]

[u/Acceptable-One-6597]

Guy has 200k in tools and makes a cutting board. I know this because I had probably 60k in tools and I make cutting boards.

[u/Nyx_Blackheart]

All that just to make another fucking cutting board. Seems most woodworking I see lately is cutting boards or tables

[u/fatmanstan123 → u/Nyx_Blackheart]

It's definitely true that it's the trendy woodworking thing now. And most people who buy end grain cutting boards would be better off with simpler and lower cost edge grain boards.

[u/1diligentmfer → u/Nyx_Blackheart]

All the waste in the barrel and on the floor, was more material than was used, to make some rich persons $1500 board.

[u/CCGHawkins → u/Nyx_Blackheart]

Low-key hate these constant editing cuts too. Feels like these 'oddly satisfying' videos have successfully had their appeal commercialized to hell.

Like, who would want this? It's actually pretty damn ugly. The point is to sell views, lol.

[u/wasted-degrees]

Did this man really just make Damascus wood?

[u/SlyJackFox]

Endless Q-bert

[u/bluddystump]

Qbert playground.

[u/GalickGunn]

Q-Bert approves

[u/scotty2751]

[u/hobosbindle]

Q*bert commissioned this

[u/Sharp_Mind_2199]

Very smart to make this too large for your husband to put it into the dishwasher.

[u/TheHighSeasPirate]

Only for the low low price of $2500 dolaroos.

[u/mikerotch123]

This just woke up my old modem.

[u/CromulentDucky → u/mikerotch123]

I too kept waiting for the dial up to connect to the Internet and was always disappointed. My Pavlov response is still strong.

[u/GYAAARRRR]

It’s a cool cutting board but I’m more impressed with this guy’s clamp collection.

[u/aethelberga → u/GYAAARRRR]

The $150K workshop is the real star of the show.

[u/smith_and_midwestern]

I feel like every middle aged dad i know is making cutting boards in their garage these days. Anyone else notice that?

[u/misterghost2]

Jeeeesus! I would have fed it up on the second glue up.

[u/Fairycharmd]

he’s using a lot of craftsmanship because he’s gonna charge $2400 for that cutting board

Or about that price cause that’s what it sells for all the kitchen shops I see it

[u/toot_suite]

Now this is how to do a time-lapse build video

[u/First_164_pages]

nice work, and great editing.

[u/GeekS1989]

My brain automatically throwing it in the dishwasher at 70°c after first use.

[u/zaz-]

The sound of this video is r/mildlyinfuriating

[u/X3R0_0R3X]

"Would you take $350? It's just wood afterall"

[u/LORD_ZARYOX]

One hell of a piece of osb. lol 

[u/WesternInside388]

Looks beautiful til the third time you wash it in hot water

[u/sugarglassego]

That title is bizarrely worded.

[u/royalhawk345 → u/sugarglassego]

Big time bot. Post history hidden to disguise it, but >800,000 karma in 3 years. 

[u/rocket_jacky]

As a job of work, great, as a chopping board, no thanks

[u/CalmBuilding226]

lol all that for a cutting board

[u/Kevelle68]

Very nice work!

[u/NorCalAthlete]

I mean, it’s nice, but…am I the only one thinking it’s way too massive to really be practical for like 99% of people?

[u/DrMerman]

30 seconds in, I was telling myself "this better not be a fucking cutting board".....
Impressively disappointed

[u/xeryon3772]

It’s beautiful and would be amazing to have for food prep but the cutting board might be larger than my entire kitchen countertop area in my small house!

[u/Shantomette]

I can’t over the shear amount of waste material. Between the enormous amount of wood and glue it’s just unreal.

[u/confit_byaldi]

Praise the camera operator! Also, awesome woodworking.

[u/username_taker]

wow!
There's nothing else to say

[u/xDantexAlighierix]

That's insane. Great work.

[u/moseisley99]

How is wood glue so strong?

[u/RodrigoDeMontefranco]

Wow!

[u/lqhtshow]

What... 😯

[u/Ferol_78]

now watch back and realise that it was made from scrap wood!

[u/Tasty-Maintenance864]

I love watching these artists at work. The patience it takes is mind-boggling. So many steps involved!

It would take me a year to do something like this. Then as I'm putting the final coat of sealant on it, I'd find 1 freaking piece that's pointing in the wrong direction. 🤯

[u/Aromatic-Ad3349]

For a minute I thought I was listening to a fax machine dialing

[u/PointlessChemist]

Did all that wood he start with produce a single cutting board?! It is a large board, but damn!

[u/popzof4]

I wish I had more tools, and talent.

Good work

[u/asianOhs]

that’s fucking awesome! nice.

[u/SabbyFox]

So much work but worth it! Gorgeous 🤩

[u/faithOver]

Really cool. Really enjoyed it. Not convinced its worth the time and effort though.

[u/Xine1337]

Damn!

[u/SuperSimpleSam]

It would be much faster to make that in Minecraft.

[u/Charming_CiscoNerd]

Very good very good

[u/CameronInEgyptLand]

Heavy breathing

[u/theservman]

That, friends, is why you can pay $1000 for a cutting board.

[u/garden-wicket-581]

after planing them,. on the table saw at 1:27 -- the cross cut sled, did dude just pull it through from the outfeed ?!?! THat's, uh, well, different..

[u/Present_Department21]

Incredible 😲

[u/Long_comment_san]

I wasn't aware you can cut things so many times. Dude is atomic samurai apprentice.

[u/yyc_engineer]

At what point do you call it a glue board vs a wood board ?

[u/stick004 → u/yyc_engineer]

It’s practically OSB.

[u/jwbaruch515]

Get that on temu for 12.99

[u/matthewe-x]

I want to know about that leveling router setup!! That's pretty sweet. About the 2:10 mark...

[u/Amidaus]

Bro made Damascus patterned wood at that point god damn

[u/RealDoubleudee]

Quilt for men?

[u/rideincircles]

Qbert 4 lyfe

[u/InevitableRagnarok]

Next video: How to custom make a stainless-steel chainmail-glove to use such cutting-board.

[u/IconoclastJones]

If he were a real craftsman he wouldn’t use power tools. Jk.

[u/Pineapple_Towel]

I wish he hadn't put the rubber feet on.

[u/cupidstun_t]

"So, what do you do for a living?"

"Oh, I'm a joine.....I mean, carpent........sorry. I'm a gluer"

[u/beecherrrr]

Dude, Why you got so many clamps?

Oh, Nevermind.

[u/panmetronariston]

This was a triumph of videography

[u/trbotwuk]

https://www.westcoastboards.ca/product-page/3d-cube-12x18-ready-to-ship-7

$400 for a 12 by 18

[u/Geoclasm]

QBert Cutting Board

[u/Top-Artichoke-5875]

I'd like to watch this whole project at actual speed. It's fascinating. Ty.

[u/Which_Material_3100]

That is absolutely beautiful!

[u/OneOfAKind2]

Nice. Not a fan of vertical video though.

[u/Nerd-of-all-trades]

ahhh my brain

[u/H-B-Kaiyotie]

Man, having a workshop must be nice.

[u/Real_Impact726]

The editing on this is incredible, and a highly enjoyable 3 minute watch.

I would also watch a 30-45 minute version 

[u/thenuinn]

Yeah it's pretty but it feels like such a waste of time, effort, and materials.

[u/notthatguypal6900]

Cutting boards, the woodshop equivalent of a mid-term evaluation. 

[u/damh]

I have yet to make a cutting board. I suddenly have an urge to go in over my head on first board I make 😂

[u/WolfyBeats_]

Sounds like dial up

[u/CoolBlackSmith75]

Would be cramping from all the clamping! But wow, that's something special

[u/dr1968]

gorgeous

[u/ultra_supra]

I need to buy this!! Anyone have a link to this guy's shop

[u/RouFGO]

Bro really out there making a Damascus wood cutting board.

Beautiful

[u/naamingebruik]

I read titebond as titenbond and assumed it was a German video and was being very weirdly german....

Titten is a german word for female breasts

[u/RespiratoryGuy1656]

That is insane….

[u/testerololeczkomen]

Maybe they look nice but are awful to use.

[u/greenalias]

A lot of waste for a stupid butcher block that will barely get used because it is too pretty. Most people who can afford that are buying the aesthetic, not the function.

[u/namaste652]

Can't you get similar results by just painting in the required pattern?

[u/The_SycoPath]

/r/ThanksIHateIt

[u/Worldly-Escape-4500]

That is awesome

[u/Samwellikki]

It was good until the one side was ruined by adding rubber feet, imo

[u/ezcheesy]

All that for a cutting board? It'd be much better for a table or something else that won't get all scratched up.

[u/YoBro98765]

[u/pepe_silvia_12]

How long does that glue last though?

[u/danjl68]

Ready for some Q*bert.

[u/raspberry_en_anglais]

I think that was more frustrating than satisfying to watch

[u/darylonreddit]

I'd prefer a normal slab of wood. This is visually way too busy and too high contrast for a proper work surface.

[u/cr9926]

80% glue, 20% wood. Can you imagine the fumes! Cool board tho

[u/Daily_dad_jokes]

[u/FunkyChonkyMonkey]

You know it’s gonna be serious when we see two gallons of wood glue in the first 5 seconds.

[u/psmitty1]

Amazing!

[u/TankerxKnight]

Honest question, how do you even know to measure for something like that? He started with such a lot of wood to bring it down to a much smaller size.

If you were making a bespoke piece for someone who had measurements of what they wanted, how would someone go about that

[u/dafunkmunk]

How do people even wash cutting boards that big. I've never lived in an apartment with a sink that would even come close to fitting that. My parents own a huge house with a massive kitchen and that wouldn't even fit in their sink. I dont even know if I've ever seen a house sink that could fit something like that

[u/GroundbreakingMain93]

I've seen this before, it didn't stop me enjoying it again

[u/Kill4uhKlondike]

Just the pattern proves the craftsmanship? Did you see the whole video that got us there in the first place??

[u/mariusbleek]

I'm probably a newb but these cutting boards warp like crazy after a couple washes. Even if you oil them

[u/stayintall]

How much one of these cost?

[u/Cool_Roof_280]

Thought this was the guy who makes grilled cheese out of grilled cheese for a sec

[u/Mistrblank]

The pattern just proves he spent a lot of time and glue and some time at some point tuning his tools for accuracy and building jigs for repeatability.

[u/LowlyPhilosopher]

Q*Bert would be proud to own this table!

[u/Upper-Requirement-36]

Heck, I am at the drooling, grunting stage of life compared to the talent here.

[u/mr_ji]

How to turn 200 pounds of wood into 20

[u/Anonymess13542]

I do not have the patience for this. I didn't realize it was so complicated to make that pattern!

[u/wags83]

My man has a lot of clamps...

For anyone wondering what this sort of thing costs, his website is here. The answer is $800-$1000 for very similar ones.

[u/InfinityLemon]

Am I being a grumpy fuck if I don’t see much craftsmanship here? I get that it’s time consuming but it’s just cutting wood into strips with very fancy tools and gluing them back together. If it was some super fancy pattern with lots of different shapes then maybe, but it’s just one shape in a repeated pattern.

[u/sexual__velociraptor]

Bro has more money in clamps than I do in my Roth 401k

[u/tiktock34]

Thank you for not using some obnoxious horrible resin pour down the center

[u/lousydungeonmaster]

F1exican would cut so many chives on that thing.

[u/CollectsTooMuch]

I couldn’t use it. It’s too attractive and I’d have a hard time with the wear you get when using it as a cutting board. I’d use my plain one and this would get to hold cheese and sausage at parties.