Cutting Board Project

mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:33 am

My oldest daughter wanted a cutting board, but something a little different with a natural look.
I found this piece of walnut at the local wood supplier. It was awesome to use the planer really for the first time-with newly sharpened knives

. The horizontal bore I thought would be very precise and simple, but I did notice that the pressure put on the board, and where, will make a difference as well as a little table slop on the 54 greenie.

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holsgo · Post by **holsgo** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:12 pm

Now that's a nice piece of wood.

Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:27 pm

Now, that's pretty cool.

jcraigie · Post by **jcraigie** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:41 pm

Now That's a nice cutting board.

jc24fan · Post by **jc24fan** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:54 pm

Nice!!!!!!!!!! What did you use to treat the wood with? Also, do you thing red cedar would hold up for a cutting board?

mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:15 pm

jc24fan wrote:Nice!!!!!!!!!! What did you use to treat the wood with? Also, do you thing red cedar would hold up for a cutting board?

I just used an oil finish from Lowes, can't recall the brand as I'm not at home. It was for salad bowls ect on the label. A local spoon maker just uses mineral oil from wall greens. I looked on the label I have but it was too vauge to tell if thats all it was.

I am fairly new to woodworking, but from what I understand cedar would be too soft. Hardwoods are what I was told.

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:59 pm

jc24fan wrote: Also, do you thing red cedar would hold up for a cutting board?

It's to soft to use for that application.

fiatben · Post by **fiatben** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:02 am

I don't think I would ever have thought about a natural edge cutting board. That is so cool. I can see that, especially with bookmatched grain. Very unique and very simple, two things I really like in any project.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:11 am

It looks very nice, and you did an excellent job, but did you accommodate expansion across the ends?

mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:29 am

No sir I guess I did not. I glued and doweled between the slabs and the ends.
I have a cutting board that was made for my wife 16 years ago that has warped or cupped up on the ends. I had seen a table being built on the woodwrights shop, and putting the end pieces on the table with dowels or pins would prevent that. I didn't think about expansion at the ends.

I need to make another one...suggestions please.

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Cutting Board Project

Cutting Board Project

Neat idea