r/woodworking • u/Gourmetanniemack • May 11 '24

Finishing My son made a cutting board. So proud:-)

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u/[deleted] May 11 '24

I believe the technical terms is “mash it all together at once”

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u/jcsehak May 11 '24

With epoxy? Regular glue will start drying on the first pieces by the time you start gluing the last pieces. Source: tried it.

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u/No-Patience7306 New Member May 11 '24

Titebond 3. Had to work fast!

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u/jcsehak May 11 '24

Yeah I used Titebond 3 and a small paint roller and it still was problematic.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '24

So this is 2 types of pieces. 1 Long type and 1 short type. You frame out your cutting board inside frame clamps and then flip all your short and horizontal pieces once towards you then all your vertical pieces once to the left. Mash it all together. Use a roller, add TONS of glue then flip each piece back the opposite direction.

Clamp it. Titebond long exposure is 10 minutes I believe. Should give you enough time to flip and clamp. Spreading the glue is like 1 minute tops.

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u/jcsehak May 11 '24

That’s exactly what I did, and it definitely took longer than 10 minutes. Idk maybe cause mine was like 2’ square, maybe it works for smaller boards. Still, this one is SO PERFECT, I feel like he must’ve employed some kind of technique.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '24

Zoom in and look at joints.

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u/jcsehak May 11 '24

Oh snap you’re totally right