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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:24 pm
by cobalt60
JPG40504 wrote:Red oak = open = bad]< I am referring to the end grain total openess of red oak.
Truth be known, wood is not a good candidate for cutting boards from a health and allergy standpoint, but have been used with minimal concern for quite some time.
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Anybody wanna address the grain orientation(all same way/alternating/random)?;)
I thought the wood vs. plastic was disputed, but actually favor fell on the side of wood these days.
UC Davis research:
http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/facul ... gboard.htm
or this article seemed OK:
http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/cutting_board.htm
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:59 pm
by jtomwoods
I have made about a dozen end grain cutting boards using various combinations of red oak, white oak, cherry, hard maple, and black walnut. I've never had any issues with red oak by the way when going end grain. Each was finished with 3-4 coats of salad bowl finish.
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:27 pm
by beeg
Cobalt60, thanks for those links. I found them interesting and think I'll stick with WOOD cutting boards.
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:36 pm
by JPG
beeg wrote:Cobalt60, thanks for those links. I found them interesting and think I'll stick with WOOD cutting boards.
Yeah! Interesting how yesterday's 'sound scientific advice' becomes today's 'old wives tale'!;)
That happens when 'research' is actually an attempt to 'prove' individual opinion and statistics are 'used'! Hopefully the truth WILL OUT!:)
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:13 pm
by moggymatt
Thank you all for your suggestions. I will be using Black Walnut and Maple. My dad is going to teach me how to rip cut and cross cut to make it 1 inch thick. The pattern will be dark, light, dark, light and so on. This will be fun. We will post pictures of our proggress. And we will be using the 4-H guidlines for presenation.
P.S. I really liked reading your responses thanks!
Cutting Boards
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:14 am
by derekdarling
Spalted wood. If you look into it, you will find that spalted wood got that way for a reason. Those lines got there through a fungal process; it is one step toward total decay.
I don't know about you, but I'm not going to put food anywhere near spalted wood. I'm just sayin'
Derek
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:31 am
by kalynzoo
moggymatt wrote:Thank you all for your suggestions. I will be using Black Walnut and Maple. My dad is going to teach me how to rip cut and cross cut to make it 1 inch thick. The pattern will be dark, light, dark, light and so on. This will be fun. We will post pictures of our proggress. And we will be using the 4-H guidlines for presenation.
P.S. I really liked reading your responses thanks!
Enjoy your project with your Dad. We will all be waiting to see photos of your finished project.
Best wishes from one woodworker to another.