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My family had one from decades ago that's falling apart, so I made a replacement. I went with toothpicks as little dowels to help join the crossbars to their supports, since the flat glue joint didn't hold for all of them.

toothpick dowels

I had this one on my list for a while, but also recently found a video from 3x3 Custom doing the same project.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

TIL these are a thing. Nice work! Have a picture of the box it sits in without the insert in?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! I didn't get a great picture of that before leaving it with my mom, but it's in the background here. Just made slots (dados?) for 1/8" plywood for the back.

clamped box and insert

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Thanks for the photo! I now realize that the top sits on the pieces that run perpendicular to them and it all comes out as one piece. For some reason I was thinking that they fit onto a lip or something on the box side.

Clearly, I've never seen this style cutting board before lol.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

My life has changed. Transformed. I can now go forth and multiply,

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Looks great! Really nailed, err, tooth picked it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Damn, that's really clever, I've never seen anything like that but it's a brilliant idea