thanks! our teacher showed us a few pictures at the start of the class for different cutting board styles and we decided which one to do. i chose this since he said it was good for practicing with the table saw. he helped me with providing some initial measurements but i deviated from that plan since I didn't have enough wood and i really wanted a side grain cutting board rather than a face grain so i had to figure out some new measurements.
you have to decide on several thicknesses that get smaller and cut both woods to those widths, then alternate large to small for each in opposite directions and alternate the colors.
it's basically a statewide organization of woodworkers and it hosts several community woodshops in our state with classes, open shop hours, events, etc.
paying rent sometimes feels like throwing money into a black hole