As a Star Wars fan, I already made a smallish Yoda-themed cutting board some time ago: [ Ссылка ]
This time I go to the dark side and make a much bigger (470x290x45mm) "First Order" cutting board. It is made of end-grain beech with inlays in padauk and iroko (also end-grain).
For this project, I used Vectric VCarve and a Euro Makers Aureus 3X CNC, which is similar to an X-Carve or a Shapeoko. I've inserted a picture of each bit used at every carving step.
The video is rather long, sorry, but as there are overlapping inlays, there are lots of steps.
If you are looking into planing end grain, please see mtmwood's excellent safety video on the topic: [ Ссылка ]
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