Cutting Board

[LYU370]

This is probably the fourth or fifth one I've made so far. I finally remembered to take a few pics before I gave it away. Mostly Maple, with a bit of Walnut and Cherry.

[GeekMom]

Nice! I like the random design.

[charliex]

Okay! Another useful project that's too nice to use. You want to cut WHAT and with a KNIFE on my art-work cutting board. I don't think so..
Really is a nice looking board. Keep up the good work.

[djcannon]

Using a nice bord

That is a great looking board I needed some projects to use my scrap wood on and this is a great idea.

I made a similar board in High school for my mother, it was round designed for cutting pizza's. She only cuts on one side leaving the other unharmed it has worked well and has been used almost weekly for over 10 years. If the cutting side is up it looks very used, if it is down it looks like new. The only reason this has worked is I made it so both sides are identicle.

[John Hunter]

very nice, I like the layout.

[TheRic]

Been thinking about making butcher-block style items. What type of glue do you use? What type of finish, or is it bare wood?? Is the glue and/or finish safe for all kinds of food? What kind of maintenance / upkeep is required? Are the pieces flat sides just glued together, or some kind of joint? Would this same technique work on larger pieces like end tables, workbench, tabletop, etc.

Thanks for any and all help.

[SHADOWFOX]

Gorgeous looking board!! Very nice work.

[Pappy]

Great cutting board, Andy. I see some repeat patterns, but I can't tell how many edge glue ups were used.

[mater]

That is nice. I have been thinking about making one of them. I hope mine turns out as nice as yours.

[LYU370]

Great cutting board, Andy. I see some repeat patterns, but I can't tell how many edge glue ups were used.

Thanks. This one was one of a batch of three that I made, I think I had about 12-14 different edge glue ups that I used. Don't recall if this one used all of them or not.

[cabinetman]

Great looking board. You should open a business. Looks like a giant Rubik's Cube for woodworkers.



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[LYU370]

Been thinking about making butcher-block style items. What type of glue do you use? What type of finish, or is it bare wood?? Is the glue and/or finish safe for all kinds of food? What kind of maintenance / upkeep is required? Are the pieces flat sides just glued together, or some kind of joint? Would this same technique work on larger pieces like end tables, workbench, tabletop, etc.

Used Titebond III, waterproof, foodsafe, little longer open time. Finish is just plain old mineral oil, also foodsafe. Don't use vegetable, olive, corn oils and such as they can go rancid over time. You can also use a salad bowl finish. Also heard that you can use nut oils, but those are more expensive so I just keep it simple and use plain mineral oil. Maintenance is just some additional mineral oil every now and then. All the pieces were just edge glued then planed flat, cut into strips then glued up again.

[LYU370]

Okay! Another useful project that's too nice to use. You want to cut WHAT and with a KNIFE on my art-work cutting board. I don't think so..
Really is a nice looking board. Keep up the good work.

That's too funny. I made one for a friend as a Christmas present and she refuses to use it for that reason.

[lrogers]

I like it! All those glue ups must have driven you batty.

[Wood_workur]

looks like somebody robbedthe museum of fine art...

Just kidding. You did a wonderful job, espically with the feet (A nice detail).