Weekend Project

[shoottx]

Last week I acquired a three speed furnace fan to build an air clear. The cost of the fan was a cutting board and mallet. I had several mallets on hand, so I needed to build a cutting board. Well if I am going to make one why not a couple extras. The boards are walnut and maple end grain, 12 inches wide and various lengths. finished with mineral oil. As always critic and comments welcome.

[catta12]

Very nice. I like the contrasting patterns.

[SHADOWFOX]

Nicely done, bud! Great job and thank you for sharing!

[Whaler]

Those really look good.

[Bill in Buena Park]

Way cool. I'm going to have to try something like this myself.

[lrogers]

Way too pretty to do any cutting on.

[Ed62]

Looks real nice, Mike.

Ed

[Richard in Smithville]

Very good Mike. Have you thought about some type of non slip feet? I hate having the cutting board slip about when going through hard stuff.

[poolhound]

Really nice. I also keep meaning to make some to use up some odds and ends that have been lying around for a while. I have quite a lot of Walnut scraps but I was wonder what woods would NOT be good for cutting boards. e.g. I wouldnt think poplar would be a good choice and I know lots of folks use maple but does it have to be hard maple or will soft also be OK?

[footprintsinconc]

excellent! as roger said, they sure do look too nice to cut on!

[jgrobler]

Many fine grain woods (not open pores like Oak and Ash) would work for cutting boards. From what I hear, you just need to be careful when using walnut that the people who will use the board, or eat anything that was prepared on it does not have nut allergies.

[shoottx]

Thanks for the kind comments.

Richard in Smithville Very good Mike. Have you thought about some type of non slip feet? I hate having the cutting board slip about when going through hard stuff.

Yup I have a stash of silicone feet to go on each one. Thanks for the thought.

poolhound Really nice. I also keep meaning to make some to use up some odds and ends that have been lying around for a while. I have quite a lot of Walnut scraps but I was wonder what woods would NOT be good for cutting boards. e.g. I wouldnt think poplar would be a good choice and I know lots of folks use maple but does it have to be hard maple or will soft also be OK?

My concern would be uneven wear in the surface. A softer endgrain may wear out quicker than a harder wood. And these thing eat up a lot of material so save up your scraps.

[John Hunter]

Veru nice.