Rare Earth Magnet Cutting Board

this is the multitude scrapbook project all these pieces were left over a little bit oak ash walnut poplar and even little cherry it was all four quarter meaning it's one inch rough sawn lumber and I had to mill it which means I had to basically get all the pieces to be usable get them all squared up and flat and get all the wobbles out of them to use for this project after I got all the pieces straight flat and squared I was ready to start gluing them up based off of the serving sizes they would be so if for example walnut walnut might be a small serving plate maybe a dessert plate that would have some crepes on or something like that and then the oak might be a large dinner size thing that have a big cheese spread on it I got them all glued up with type on three which is one of my favorite ones that it has a little bit more of that waterproofing or water resisting tendency after letting the pieces dry overnight I started sanding all the wood glue squeeze-out and all the rough joints nice and flat I started with 80 grit keep in mind this is hardwood so you'll have to put a little bit of work to it went through 120 and then of course to 20 to finish it off next comes the fun part this is where we start drawing all the shapes I went with the five classic shapes that I found really suiting for this the hexagon at the Pentagon the kite the triangle and what I call the circle but really it's a variation of a half circle half pac-man it's got a little fun twist on it I drew everything out using all the square tools that I had making sure they're all symmetrical and straight and then I brought it over to my bandsaw to start cutting all the shapes out now knowing you would leave some saw marks on the edges I brought it over to my sander my bench top oscillating sander and I started cleaning up all day just to make sure they're nice and sharp the less curvature they had or grooves the smoother and slicker and cleaner this project looked just when I was ready to leave the project alone I felt that it was missing something so to give it that added Flair I decided to install a walnut piece inlay that would run across all the geometric pieces to symbolize that they all belong together like this is where they connect so to accomplish this I set up a dado stack which is an accumulation of different thicknesses of blades that are meant to chip away a large portion in a clean cut on your table saw you can also accomplish this using a rout that's perhaps with a three-quarter inch cutout bit and set it to about 1/4 inch depth that's what my inlay was I applied some type on three wood glue and I set the piece of walnut in and I taped it and let it dry overnight the next day when the pieces were dry I then removed the tape used the hand saw to trim off all the excess walnut inlay and then gave it that final sanding to make sure the inlay is flush with the cutting board or serving cheese plate as it should be now to give the cheese boards or the cutting boards that magnetic magic I picked up a pack of the half inch rare earth magnets from my local arts and crafts store they're not expensive at all usually under 10 bucks for like a pack of eight now I lined up exactly on the boards where the two would connect on each side then I took a half inch Forstner bit and I bought a hole that's about three-eighths inch deep a little bit on the wider side and a little bit on the deeper side mostly because I wanted the glue to be able to get the air bubble out of there I mixed up some five-minute epoxy is just a two-part resin and one part harder set it in with a little brush and I set in place those little magnets once they're in place I taped them over as a little light clamping pressure you don't want to squeeze out all the epoxy out of there and of course let it sit overnight yes it is a 5 minute epoxy but I wanted to give it that added strength once that was done I then came over for the final sanding of the 220 grit and brought my three-eighths inch roundover bit to give it the the groove the nice smooth effect along all the edges once that was sent I was ready for my food-safe application which is the Howards oil and wax application have used this for years and apply so easy it's just a couple of coats of that oil and wax mixed together let the board's hydrate and soak it ill and once it was in wipe off all the excess and you're ready to start serving hey well that is it for me this week if you have any other ideas for this video leave them down in the comment section down below make sure you like comment and share it with your friends most importantly make your brain of the channel make sure hit the subscribe button right over there tap that notification bell that way you'll be alerted every time a video comes out follow me on social media tune it up this week we'll see you guys next week see ya bye