How to Make a Wood Cheese Board with Resin Inlay

I love cheese!! And I like to present it on a beautiful cheese board. I added a resin inlay on this cheese board.

Supplies and Equipment for Making the Cheese Board with Resin Inlay

• Piece of hard wood 9" x 6" x 1¼"
• Two part epoxy resin
• Paste wax
• Proxxon MICRO Bandsaw MBS/E
• Proxxon Disc Sander TSG 250/E
• Proxxon Router Base OFV
• Proxxon Delta Sander OZI/E

Instructions for Making the Cheese Board with Resin Inlay

1. Use the bandsaw to cut your piece of wood to size. I use a scrap from a hard maple stair tread.
   
2. Sand the edges of the board using the disc sander.
   
3. Secure the board to a work table, and router the edges. I used a 45° angle cutter bit.
   
4. Measure and mark the longitudinal center line. Then, on each side measure and mark a line half way from the center line and the edge. You now have three parallel lines. These serve as boundaries for the resin channel.
   
5. With a core box router bit, rout your design. I chose to do a freehand design. Alternatively, you can pencil a design to follow with the router.
   
6. With the Delta sander, sand any rough edges from the routed channel.
7. Mix clear resin according to manufacturer's directions. Add appropriate resin dye, if desired.
   
8. Slowly pour the resin into the channel, allowing the resin to dome. Let resin fully cure overnight.
9. With the Delta sander, using progressively finer grits of sandpaper—80, 150, 220, and finishing with 320—sand the top of the cheese board. 
10. Finish with several coats of a food-safe paste wax.
    

Carole