Gifts & Small Projects

Waterfall Edge Cheese Board

With the holidays coming up, you may be planning to host people for parties.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 3–5.5 hours
Cost: $

About this build

With the holidays coming up, you may be planning to host people for parties. One of the best food items to serve for a large group is a cheese or charcuterie plate. If you want to make a real impact on your guests, try building this waterfall edge cheese board custom for your kitchen island!

Tools

Essential

Drill / Driver
Miter Saw
Pocket Hole Jig
Random Orbit Sander
Router

Optional / nice to have

Tape Measure

Materials

Item	Qty
Board, 1x3 72"	2 board
1 1/4" Kreg Pocket Screws	40 each
Roll of magnetic tape	1 each

Overall cost: $. Lumber prices vary by region, species, and season, so we give a band rather than a figure we would only be pretending to know.

Cut list

Part	Qty	T × W × L
Top Center Board	1	3/4" × 3" × 28"
Top Outer Boards	2	3/4" × 3" × 30"
Middle Side Boards	2	3/4" × 3" × 8"
Outer Side Boards	4	3/4" × 3" × 7"

What to buy

Buy 2 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 3"

2 boards

30"30"28"
8"8"7"7"7"7"

Assumes 8 ft stock, a 1/8" saw kerf, and buying each part at its own width. Change the board size or kerf on the full board plan →

Start building →

Instructions

1Make Cuts
Make all cuts in the cut list. We used wide boards of cherry and poplar to give a striped look and trimmed them down to exactly 3" wide each. You can use standard off-the-shelf 1x3 boards as well.
2Drill Pocket Holes
- Drill pocket holes in the necessary boards. In the Top Middle Board, drill three holes in each direction, evenly spaced along the board, and two holes on either end. On the for Outer Side Boards, drill two pocket holes on one end of each.
- Finally, two opposing holes in the middle of the Middle Side Boards.
3Build Top
Connect the Outer Top Boards to the Middle Top Board using Kreg 1 1/4" screws. There should be a 3/4" gap on either end of the Middle Top Board to the ends of the outer boards.
4Attach the Waterfall Sides
- Attach the three side pieces.
- Attach the Middle Side Boards to the Middle Top Board inside the gap and the Outer Side Boards to the underside of the Outer Top Boards.
- Then connect them all together with the opposing pocket holes in the Middle Side Boards.
5Round Edges
Use a router to round off the edge of the top.
6Router Magnet Strip
Use a router to carve out a strip on one of the sides and attach magnetic strips to hold knives or other metal items.
7Add Cutting Board Oil
Coat in food-safe cutting board oil and let dry.
8Serve Delicious Food!
Have an awesome holiday meal with friends and family and serve a fun cheese platter.
9Visit www.CharlestonCrafted.com
Visit www.CharlestonCrafted.com for more projects like this!