Kitchen Cutting Boards - interesting

[AJMD429]

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Much of this video makes sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx_kY1a2-MQ

One answer to the warping and tipping issue might be to make it more triangular and shape and just use 3 ‘feet’ for support.

That might also make it easier to find a substantial size piece without checking or cracking.

Rubbing salt or a salt slurry after use makes sense for cleaning.

[marlinman93]

My youngest granddaughter has been making beautiful cutting boards since she was about 13 yrs. old. She stopped last fall when she headed off to college, but still gets requests on her site for boards. She told me she recommends cleaning with salt, but rubs the boards with a bee's wax she makes by thinning down the bee's wax to a thick buttery consistency. We have several of her boards in different sizes depending whether we're cutting up small veggies or a big piece of meat. Never had any issues with warping ever.

[piller]

I made one in shop class in 8th grade. Red oak. It never warped.

[earlmck]

About 15 years ago a cousin had a little business making cutting boards out of Masonite. I got three of them, one small and 2 mid-sized and won't need to worry about cutting boards ever again: these'll do me for the rest of my days. The three together don't take up an inch of space sitting on edge under the counter and are always handy. Cousin quit that venture but it is an easy thing to cut out a desired sized board. I think you need to pay attention to the grade of Masonite.

[marlinman93]

When I remodeled my wife's kitchen we had granite counter tops made, and I asked the guy who measured for the counter top what happens to the piece they cut out for the sink? He told me they get sold for scrap to people who want smaller pieces. For a small fee I had them cut it down to a 17"x12" piece and I stuck some small felt pads on each corner to protect our counter tops. Wife only uses it for larger cutting as it's big and heavy, but it wont ever wear out!

[AJMD429]

When I remodeled my wife's kitchen we had granite counter tops made, and I asked the guy who measured for the counter top what happens to the piece they cut out for the sink? He told me they get sold for scrap to people who want smaller pieces. For a small fee I had them cut it down to a 17"x12" piece and I stuck some small felt pads on each corner to protect our counter tops. Wife only uses it for larger cutting as it's big and heavy, but it wont ever wear out!

Wouldn't that dull a knife in just one use...???

[GunnyMack]

I've been making cutting boards for a very long time. I have a trout pattern, a gunstock pattern, rabbit, pig.
I also do glue up of strips using alternate woods like maple, walnut, mahogany, cherry.
These are all from scraps.
Normally these become Christmas gifts.
I've done end grain much less than long grain mostly because they aren't as pretty.

The most important thing I tell people is DO NOT SOAK these as they will come apart over time.

[Bill in Oregon]

I made one out of the sink cutout from my rubberwood/hevea butcherblock countertops and need to throw away all the plastic boards I have on hand. Might keep the really big one for those rare times when I have a salmon to butcher. Not many salmon here in New Mexico -- but some big kokanee from Navajop up north!

[marlinman93]

When I remodeled my wife's kitchen we had granite counter tops made, and I asked the guy who measured for the counter top what happens to the piece they cut out for the sink? He told me they get sold for scrap to people who want smaller pieces. For a small fee I had them cut it down to a 17"x12" piece and I stuck some small felt pads on each corner to protect our counter tops. Wife only uses it for larger cutting as it's big and heavy, but it wont ever wear out!

Wouldn't that dull a knife in just one use...???

Actually granite is not as hard as some people think. It's very easy to make marks in it, and a regular file takes material off with ease. If you look at someone's older granite counter tops the areas around edges often have lots of marks just from bumping pans, or other hard objects against an edge. I'm sure it dulls a knife faster than wood, but not that tough on blades since you're not pressing that hard normally.