Cutting Board Builds

[motolife313]

5$ can’t beat that

 

[chopsaw]

So sure, there are better woods than Poplar, but the Poplar will still get the job done.

Been doing alot of this myself . Heck there's guys out there using cedar , and red wood .

 

[indaswamp]

My uncle has a really nice wood shop. I ought to make me a cutting board from the scraps....

 

[retfr8flyr]

I only make end grain boards for family and friends and usually use Maple, Walnut, or Cherry. My youngest daughter loves purple, so I made her one with Maple and Purpleheart. It came out fairly good.

 

[motolife313]

Do you guys use the boards when there that nice tho? Maybe just chop vegetables and not greasy meat?

 

[Preacher Man]

Do you guys use the boards when there that nice tho? Maybe just chop vegetables and not greasy meat?

I'll use my board for slicing. That's what it's made for.

If I didn't, I feel like it would be equivalent to smoking a brisket and just hanging it on the wall.

 

[motolife313]

Sometimes I make stuff too nice and don’t use it lol.

 

[Rmartinez2]

Went by my local fancy hardwood store and found some awesome wood planks in the scrap bin. I'm gonna build some cutting boards to enhance some aesthetics of my pictures.

And because I'm a man and like to build things.

Here's the first build in the early design stages.
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I'll throw some pictures up here as I get some done. I've got enough for 3 cutting boards and one small serving platter (for cheeses, breads, etc.).

Is this difficult to do? I need a good cutting board and making my own would be cool

 

[Preacher Man]

Is this difficult to do? I need a good cutting board and making my own would be cool

It's a piece of cake. Just cut, glue, plane, sand, finish.

And yes, one that you make yourself is way cool.

 

[Preacher Man]

Sometimes I make stuff too nice and don’t use it lol.

Maybe your should lower your standards lol

 

[motolife313]

Kinda like this axe that started as a piece of railroad And elm handle that started as a wood round. Most guys go to the store and buy half the project. I make it from scratch and have a lot of time into stuff. It was going to be for splitting my smoking wood next to the smoker but it’s too nice

its not done yet either lol

elm round behind the saw is the handle now

 

[johnmeyer]

What glue are you using?

I am asking because I have a friend who makes cutting boards and sells them on consignment through some of the galleries in Carmel. I've asked him what glue he uses and say he uses standard wood glue (you know, the slightly brownish stuff).

This seems like the wrong thing to use. I've seen what can happen if you use the wrong stuff because I had a cutting board I bought back in the 1970s which I left in the sink for about an hour before cleaning it. When I got around to doing the dishes I came back to a sink full of little floating, bobbing cubes of wood!

So, when I built some planters a few years later (about 1978), I used resorcinol glue. Those planters have been outside ever since, and are still out there today. The stuff was amazing, but you can't get it any more. As a result, I'm really interested in what glue to use for waterproof joining.

 

[motolife313]

Made my own chainsaw mill so I could do this type of stuff actually and make tables and stuff. Just bought a bigger saw with 43” and 49” bar over the weekend it’s 111 cc. The one in the pic is a 85cc 064 with 32” bar

Douglas fir

plum

the mill

 

[Bearcarver]

Poplar and walnut

Yup---Unmistakably "Green" Poplar Wood, if you live in an area where Poplar is Popular.
That's all I used for "Paint Grade" Cabinets, because it's the easiest to work with, and very few knots.
Around here the Poplar trees are mostly straight, and the lowest limb is at least at about 50'.
LOL---Not a good tree for archers, unless you have a climbing platform.
Known as a "Soft" Hardwood.

Bear

 

[Jonok]

Moto, I love the fact that you polished out that piece of railroad steel and did all of that Al milling and fabrication and just left your beads the way you laid em.

Clearly a man proud of his work.

 

[Bearcarver]

I only make end grain boards for family and friends and usually use Maple, Walnut, or Cherry. My youngest daughter loves purple, so I made her one with Maple and Purpleheart. It came out fairly good.

I have a Multi-wood Laminated Semi-Recurved Bow I bought when I was 15 years old (55 years ago).
It has one streak of "Purple Heart" running through it, from one end to the other. Very Pretty Bow.
The company "West Bow" was already out of business when I bought it used.

Bear

 

[Preacher Man]

What glue are you using?

I use Titebond III because it's waterproof.

 

[indaswamp]

Made my own chainsaw mill

As a guy that can trick out a fabricate a lot of stuff...I gotta say, hats off, I'm impressed!

 

[bluebombersfan]

Very Cool!!! I must have a homemade cutting board now!!

 

[johnmeyer]

I use Titebond III because it's waterproof.

Thanks! Very helpful to know.