Made a pair of basket weave end-grain cutting boards out of maple, cherry, and walnut. Really pleased with how they turned out, especially the continuous end-grain sides. Design is taken from Caleb's Fine Woodworking, who has an excellent build video for those wanting to build their own.
Bought this LITERALLY yesterday, used it a little last night and a bit mid day today. Didn't put in the dishwasher. Just used, washed quickly over the sink w soap and water, dried w a towel, then leaned it against the wall to air dry the rest of the way.
Now I grab it for dinner and it's concave, splitting, and stained already. I want to cry, I really thought I had looked up how to care for it right. My plan was to oil it monthly and be careful to dry it well after each wash. What did I do wrong?
I want to paint some cutting boards and after sanding and staining, I went to paint them. I first sanded lightly but when I went to paint with the acrylics it went on terribly and the wood grain was absorbing the paint like crazy. I see people sell these all the time so I’m so confused how they get it to work? Every time I look it up the internet tells me a different way to do it. I’ve done one on top of the stain that worked well but I’m afraid of it cracking. I do seal all of my work but I want to make the paint last as long as possible. I see a lot of people just painting over sealed wood but I’m not sure if it’s okay??
Few cutting boards I have made as a hobbie. Don't really sell them, even tho they are piling up. Have a few hundred I think.
I recently did a class at Woodcraft where we learned how to make cutting boards. Really happy with how it came out. They had us use Real Milk Paint half n half to finish and said that should be good. Really just did one nice generous coat. Do you guys recommend using something additional after that?
Made a second side grain blank yesterday, and ran it out into an end grain today. Black walnut, 15x25 cm or so, and plain mineral oil finish.
A couple of days in the making, this black walnut board came out pretty nicely after starting from scrap wood. It’s about 25x40cm, and probably 5cm or so thick. Simple 45 degree router on the edges, nice and clean. I’ve got a matching end grain one in the clamps setting up for tomorrow.
This was a fun pattern to make. Not overly technical but spent a lot of time finding the right balance number of unique row patterns with randomness to minimize waste. In the end I used 4 different rows patterns for 12x16 boards, 1-1/2” thick.
Shout out to u/MediocreHat1823 for the inspiration
Bricks are walnut, padauk, and cherry. Mortar is maple. Board is finished with Booz Mystery Oil and cheese board is finished with Walrus Oil to see if there was a hue difference.
Bricks are 1.55” x 0.66”, mortar is 0.15”.
I am failing so hard right now.
Not sure if this is gonna be even salvagable.
I build a routersled to flatten my board before the last cut and glue up - but I did something wrong
It's leaving massive difference in thickness.
Any advice on how to move forward would be appreciated worst part is , it was fairly flat maybe I should of just sanded :(
i'm just researching to develop a cutting board for commercial purposes and thats when I found this subreddit.. but never expected 39k weekly visitors.. so can anyone just tell me what exactly is everyone looking for in this sr, i mean apart from displaying their make.
Hi all! I have a close friend who is a professional chef. They are getting married and I would like to gift them a nice cutting board but am unsure what makers/brands are reputable and what wood is best. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
Made another bog oak and fossilised(river) ash boards.
Mixed Bog oak with river ash, and river ash with walnut, all endgrain.
Made this board a while back but wanted to share it with you guys. what do you guys think.
On all my chopping boards and cheese slicer boards i use food safe mineral oil,
What's your go to finish
Hello everyone,
I'm planning to buy my brother his first cutting board for his birthday, but I honestly have no idea what I'm looking for as I don't really cook much.
When he does cook, it's usually salmon, pork chops, caulifower, and/or mashed potatoes so he'd probably use the board to cut all of them. I would like to get him something that doesn't require any maintenance beyond just a simple wash; he's not going to keep up with anything beyond that. I'm not sure how he feels about cutting sound, weight, or aesthetics, but I know he'd be happy with anything I get him.
Ideally, I'd like to keep my budget under $50, but I'm flexible within reason.
TIA for any help!
I make endgrain cutting boards, usually sanding from 80 up through 240/320, adding a mist of water after 180. All well and good. I use a Mirka 5" ROS and HEPA dust collection unit, and use Diablo Sand Demon discs. I think the glueups are fine, with no globs of Titebond to sand off, and everything fairly level. I use a drum sander (22/44) to level the boards (both sides), then start to work with the ROS.
Trouble is, for a 12x15" board, I will blow through 3 (at least(!)) 80 grit discs removing the drum sander striations, as well as clean up the roundovers, and usually 2 each of the higher grits. I toss them when the business side of the disc is smooth, compared to an unused disc of the same grit. Is this your experience? Is this normal, or are there better (and not exorbitantly-priced) discs out there with more staying power? Why do I use Diablo? They're at my local big box store.
What do you sell your boards for? How do you decide price?
I have three and I literally figured it out by using ChatGPT to research comparable boards online and see how much they’re selling for 🤷🏻♂️
I know there’s a lot of variables, and I’m certainly new to this, so I’d love everyone’s input.
there’s no wrong answers, no one judge anyone based on their process please
Somehow pink mould has grown on my chopping board. So annoying , i’m on my second round of lemon juice/salt scrub and it’s not looking hopeful. Anyone here know if it’s salvageable?