How to make end-grain cutting boards

Last week I finished up a cutting board, made as a gift for a friend who just got married. I posted photos on social media and a few people asked how I did it. So here's a high-level view of the process on a new board I made this week.Ideally, if you want to build your own cutting boards, the best way to learn is by searching YouTube for cutting board tutorials, and watching a few of them. I describe my process here but I'm skimming over details you'd see better explained in most YouTube tutorials.A finished board I made as a wedding giftFirst things first: figure out your ideal sizeThe first thing you want to do before making your own cutting board is determine what size you like to use in the kitchen. Personally, most places I've lived had a pile of pretty tiny boards that I could use to chop just one thing at a time, then I'd have to wash them to chop the next ingredient. A few years ago, someone gifted me a much larger board, over a foot long by two feet wide and I became a huge…