Cutting Board!!!!

[dirt guy]

SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe my good fortune. I help cook for an annual picnic my church has. The man in charge of it also works part time in a cabinet shop. Over the years, I've brought a little extra food with me for the cooks to eat while getting the food prepared. It's been everything from hams, venison, sirloin, pork-u-pines, regular pork loin, trout, and even some tuna steaks one year.

A couple of years ago, he started bringing me a cutting board as a way of thanks for helping with the cooking and providing the extra goodies. Today, he asked me to stop by. He presented me with another cutting board. THIS THING IS A MONSTER!! It is 26" x 32" and a full 2 1/2" thick! I may build a table frame to put under this one. All I have to do is prep it with linseed oil and it will be good to go!

I'll bring my camera tomorrow so I can shoot a pic!

 

[travcoman45]

Yes sir, that'll be right nice! Nothin like a good cuttin board, I hate the whimpy ones that slide around er break when ya give em a good whack.

Waitin ta see the new prize!

 

[rdknb]

now that is a score

 

[denver dave]

Look forward to seeing it. I have made a few in my day. Nothing like a real cutting board.

 

[scarbelly]

It is a nice thing that you do and even nicer that someone goes the extra mile to show you that your work is appreciated. Congrats on the great score and from the sound of things you deserve it

 

[hoser]

That is a great score man.
Nothing like a wooden cutting board, and they are actually safer than the composite or glass boards according to all the testing results I have seen.
You are 1/2 as likely to have bacterial contamination on a wooden board.

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[jak757]

Good for you!

I think it's pretty cool to see so many of us excited about a cutting board. Many people I know wouldn't understand....but not here!

 

[rbranstner]

My dads buddy makes beautiful cutting boards out of several kinds of woods pressed together we just love them. My wife won't even let me use the one because she says its to beautiful. It sits on a stand display in our kitchen. Waste of a good board if you ask me. haha Congrats on your score you will love that wood cutting board.

 

[biggeorge50]

For cheap (as in free) cutting boards, I go to a local cabinet maker. He gives me the sink cutouts which saves him from hauling them to the landfill. When one warps, chuck it and break out a new one. They work great for fish cleaning too.

 

[dirt guy]

Thanks to everyone for the congratulations--and for understanding my excitement. Most don't.

Here's a pic. Behind it (left side) is the original cb I was given and still use. Behind and right is another still in the brown paper wrapper. I've given it to my brother to use.

I didn't want to shoot another picture to show the thickness. But as I said in the first post, it is a full 2 1/2" thick. Dimensions are 26"x32". All that's left to do now is get the linseed oil and get it prepared for use!

Ain't she a beaut!

 

[acemakr]

It's special when a good deed get's recognized especially when you aren't expecting it.

Looks like wonderful workmanship.

 

[timtimmay]

WOW that's awesome. Good for you for taking care of em.

 

[eaglewing]

YES, VERY GOOD LOOKING!!!!

Love the thickness, that is awesome!!

You did well my friend!!

 

[morkdach]

awsome cb nice job on helpen out

 

[rivet]

That's a beautiful cutting board you got- congratulations for your donated time and effort; certainly got rewarded for it. Nothing better than good wood and a sharp knife to prep some great chow!

 

[tjohnson]

Absolutely Beautiful!!!

We use "Mineral Oil" on our butcher block tops. It's food safe.

"Raw" Linseed Oil is food safe, but "Boiled" linseed Oil has solvents in it to allow it to dry/cure faster.


TJ

 

[mballi3011]

man thats a nice looking block there Bruce. I have a good one also it's a Boo's Blocks and it 2" thick and it does very well too. They say that a good wood board is better then the plastic ones for the bacteria is easlier to wash off with the wooden boards and the cuts will mend themelfs over the inbetween time of uses.

 

[rbranstner]

We use mineral oil on the cutting boards we get from our friend as well. It gives them that nice look.

 

[gh1]

How do you go about making a good ccutting board.I think it would help in the kitchen.thanks

 

[dirt guy]

Most are butcher block-styled. That means you have several thick boards glued together (elmer's wood glue is what I use). When in junior high school, we made a couple of cutting boards. Back then you could get solid maple boards around 24" in width and a full inch thick. Mine was pretty long--maybe 30" for mom to cook noodles on.

The very first one we made was only about 10" wide (actually two) and maybe 18" long. Both had to have a glue joint in the middle. You got to pick which one the instructor got to break. If it broke away from the glue joint, you got an "A". If it broke on the glue joint, he broke the second one. If it broke away from the joint, you got a "C" and had to make another to take home.

If the second broke on the joint, you started the process all over again the best grade you could get then was a "C" followed by a "D" if he had to break both the second time.