- Good day, folks, Uncle Knackers here
from DIY for Knuckleheads.
Remember last week I made this pretty nifty
little pellet wood serving tray
complete with bottle and glass holder.
Didn't turn out too bad.
If you haven't seen it,
I'll link to it below.
But what I think the serving tray really needs
to finish it right off
would be a cheese board or a chopping board.
(birds tweets)
Wait for them to go.
(birds tweet) (playful music)
Now, where was I?
That's right, a chopping board or a cheese board
and I wanna make something that's really simple to build,
now we're talking my language
and maybe even something a bit antique-y or vintage.
I like the idea.
Let's do it.
Just trying to find a piece of wood
for this cheese board.
We're in this old junk yard.
I love these places.
That's interesting but a bit thick and heavy.
We'll keep looking.
You never know what you'll find.
No, nothing down there.
Mountain bike, anyone?
No, the search continues.
Anyone for a kayak?
Going cheap, 40 bucks.
Bargain.
(playful music)
And this is what I came home with,
an old lump of hardwood.
She wanted $10 for it
and I said you're dreaming.
Walked out of the shop, she chased me down
and said how about $3?
And I said you've got yourself a deal.
Three bucks.
I'm happy with that.
Bargain.
Now, this old lump of hardwood
in its current state is a bit too thick and heavy
for a chopping board or a cheese board,
so what I decided to do
was with the aid of my table saw
and a hand saw was to cut the board into two pieces.
That way the board's thinner, lighter
and you also get two boards for the price of one.
I like it.
With the chopping board now cut into two pieces,
we ready to work out what size
and what shape is going to suit this serving tray.
The size of an A4 sheet of paper.
Seems about right.
Now, as far as the design goes,
look, we're not flying to the moon,
we're making a vintage-style chopping board.
Lines aren't straight and nothing's quite symmetrical
which gives the charm of a vintage piece.
I'm going to make mine really simple
but the aim is to make it look as though it's been around
for the past 100 years.
(knocking)
Should be good.
Fingers crossed.
To get the shape of the cutting board under way,
just place that sheet of A4 paper
onto the cutting board and mark it out.
Once that's done, then grab an old funnel to make the curve.
I was happy with the positioning,
so I put the curve down the other end.
Then just grab your circular saw.
Wow, that cut
and cut the chopping board to size.
The jigsaw's very handy
for cutting around those curves.
Beautiful job.
Lovely.
Time now to drill a hole for the handle.
Whoa, I'm gonna start a fire.
(lively music)
Whoa.
Now that was hardwood.
Whoa. (puffing)
And basically that's all there is to it.
We have a hole here for our handle
and a curve at the top as a bit of a design feature
but the rest is still fairly plain
and the reason for that is that I think
that's how an old vintage chopping board
would have looked like
and to authenticate that look even further,
just grab a Stanley knife and score some marks
in the top there
and that'll make it look as though this board
has been in use for years and years
and to finish it off,
just grab a sander
and we'll sand down those edges,
roughly sand it back
and I don't want to use a router around the edges
'cause I think that will make it look a bit too neat.
All righty, let's do it.
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And this is how it turned out after that quick sand.
And tell you what,
that looks awesome.
You could almost say that this is now done and dusted
but I can't help myself.
I think I can do one more thing to this
which will really top it off.
Let's do it.
Uncle Knackers' got fire.
Fire good.
(lively music)
And now I just wanna lightly hand sand this.
(scratching)
And take the black off
where I don't think it's needed.
(scratching)
Starting to look pretty good.
(lively music)
Okay.
That's all done.
Now all you need to do is to apply the finish.
Now, just before I apply that finish,
I want to announce my latest competition
where you can go in the draw to win one of these genuine,
DIY for Knuckleheads,
Uncle Knackers approved vintage chopping boards.
Yip, that's right.
Could all be yours.
How cool is that?
And just as a quick side note
from that one piece of old hardwood
at the start of the video,
we managed to make not one,
not two, but three vintage chopping boards.
Not too bad.
Now, to qualify for the competition,
you have to be either subscribed to my channel
and have that notification bell clicked,
so if you haven't done that, do it now.
And what I'll do is I'll select the first 20 correct answers
and they'll go in the draw
to win that signed vintage chopping board.
All right, the questions.
How much was the kayak in the junk yard?
And what type of oil did I use to finish those boards off?
All righty, good luck with that
and now let's go and apply that finish.
Now, the finish that I'm applying
to my chopping board is a food safe mineral oil.
It's really important to remember
that whenever you apply a finish to a chopping board
that it has to be food safe
because there's gonna be food in contact with that board.
Simply apply the oil
and then rub it in with either a paper towel
or a soft cloth.
It's pretty easy.
Okay, here comes the fun bit.
Just apply this oil.
(squirting)
You see there how those colours are starting to pop.
It's looking good.
Give it a good coat, don't be shy.
That's it, get right in there.
Okay.
We gonna rub that in.
That's looking fantastic.
(squirting and rubbing)
And we'll now just hang these chopping boards out
and leave them to dry
for the next 24 hours.
Beautiful.
The cutting board/cheese board is now dry
and as you can see, it fits beautifully
inside this serving tray.
I love it.
Anyone for cheese?
So, that's it, folks.
The cheese board/cutting board/chopping board
is now all done and dusted.
Great tip, knackers.
Okay, don't forget to head over to my blog
at diyforknuckleheads.com where I'll have a post,
everything cheese board/chopping board related.
For those dimensions, I might even throw in a template,
tools I use et cetera, et cetera.
So, make sure you check that one out.
And as per usual, big thumbs up for the video
is greatly appreciated
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You know what?
That cheese looks too good to waste.
So, 'til next time, be safe
and I'm out of here.
Cheers.
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