r/Cuttingboards

What have I been up to? My knees in cutoffs. But people kept asking so I thought I'd put it all in one place.

Curious to know what everyone’s finishing application for cutting boards is. This is my first board, and have applied Tung oil as it was already in the workshop.

I had some left over Tasmanian Oak which I machined and glued up. Thinking of trying a checkerboard pattern next time.

Let me know if I should take a different approach next time around!

I saw a video of a guy who made a sled and table for a power plane and he was able to flatten a large cutting board in under a minute…. made me curious.

if so what brands are good and what are crap. there’s a vast difference in price from $38 to $300.

and how hard is it to find the hardware to build your own sled? (the rods and sliding holes)

Maple, cherry, and walnut for the center design. Then African mahogany with an ebony inlay for the boarder. All I used was my contractor table saw, an orbital sander from harbor freight and a cheap router from harbor freight. Already figuring out how to do the next one better.

I still have a few coats of oil to do, plus conditioning. I'm also going to add little rubber spacers on the bottom. Its a late mother's day gift.

I love this multispecies brick board. It has almost every species I have in it - Sapele, Black Walnut, Black Cherry, Wenge, Paduak, Zebrawood, Peruvian Walnut, Tigerwood, Canarywood, Brazilian Cherry, White Oak, Mulberry, Honduran Mahogany, Purpleheart, Black Limba, Yellow heart, and Bolivian Rosewood.

I was just trying to clear out some self space with this one and I feel like it's almost a perfect combo of wood. Maybe it needs to be a bit lighter in tone? 21 x 15 x 2.

The second one is wenge and zebrawood, and I absolutely hate it. I thought it would look so clean and elegant but no. For one I can't seem to take a good picture of it. It looks better in person than it does in the pictures, but it's just wrong. The proportions aren't good, It's too thick the glue lines shine for some reason (more so in pictures than in person.) I just hate it. And it cost a small fortune to make too. 18 x 13 x 2

Questions comments and criticism please.

Good idea / bad idea? End walnut grain glue up with pine snipe / tear out sacrificial add ons. To be flattend with the dewalt 735.

Am I about to destroy this work?

We shall see…

Edit:

Hell yes!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cuttingboards/s/JKoKobzh91

Or rather, no… no tear out, successfully flattened with a planner.

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I’ve been experimenting with different wood combinations for this pattern and ended up making two variations.

• Walnut & Maple 60 × 30 × 5 cm (≈ 13 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 1 5/8 in)
• Walnut & Purpleheart 34 × 21 × 4 cm (≈ 23 5/8 × 11 3/4 × 2 in)

Both have a completely different feel one more contrast-heavy, the other a bit more subtle.

Curious what you think: Purpleheart or Maple?

Just got my garage set up as a shop and made my first pieces. They're all imperfect, which is fine because two are staying with me and the striped one was a mothers day gift this last weekend. But I'd like some thoughts.

The end grain board uses blocks of walnut for "feet", the other two have little rubber ones. I also used some excess of the end grain to make coasters for my place, so it didn't go to waste. (Couple blocks delaminated on some strips, so they didn't fit the board anymore)

Pictures are all shortly after oiling them, so they're a bit shiny in the shots, but.. that's what I have on hand.

Walnut, padeuk, purpleheart, and maple. (Hopefully in a pattern that will still work when they all begin to "brown")

End grain with sacrificial wings run through a planer for science!

The shallowest, slowest passes possible: zero problems.

Just got this cheap bamboo cutting board and the store clerk told me it's really to use, but this does not look realy to use. It actually looks and feel like it was just cut lmao. Should I give it a coat with some oil? Is cooking olive oil suitable for that?

Hey everyone, just wanted to share my latest end-grain board made of maple and walnut.

When it was dry and ready for oiling, the contrast looked exactly like Italian Stracciatella ice cream. That was the initial name I had in mind. But as you know, wood always has the final word.

After soaking it in mineral oil and organic beeswax, the maple darkened into this rich, warm hue. It completely shifted the vibe. It no longer looked like Stracciatella – now it reminds me of a luxurious Nocciola (hazelnut) or a piece of traditional Gianduja nougat. I love how Italian words sound, so I decided to officially name this design "Nocciola Intrecciata" (Interwoven Hazelnut).

It was a custom request for a client who wanted a specific basketweave pattern, and honestly, seeing the oil bring out these warm tones was the best part of the build.

What do you guys think? Do you prefer the high-contrast dry look, or this warm, honey-like finished look?

Hickory. End grain. 20" x 17" x 3". Finished to 220 grit on the end grain and 400 grit on the sides. Slight round-over edge. Cast iron handles. Mineral oil and beeswax finish.

I have this edge grain maple cutting board. I’m a new user and read around that I could take out onion smell from the board using baking soda paste. So I did that but left it overnight and when I cleaned it up it looked like this (and on top, it doesn’t seem the smell is gone). Before applying the baking soda paste, I do a previous treatment with vinegar. The top left corner of the image shows the original color then all got darker. After I left it drying for two days I’m now trying to sand it manually with 220 grit, but I don’t think is helping or at least not fast enough. Is there any hope to return this to its original beautiful maple color? Any advice on how to proceed?

I thought I’d share this precious photo I took tonight during dinner. Our family was sharing our pros and grows from the day when I noticed a near tragedy unfolding before my eyes. Juices flowing freely…yet there she was, doing her duty to protect. Sacrificially providing table protection by her own void. The groove saved the day. I know there is a lot of hate on here for the groove, but tonight the groove showed up strong. 💪🏼

19” x 19”. Bloodwood, walnut and hickory.

It's been just over 2 weeks of applying oil daily sometimes twice a day. Every time I pour oil on and then wipe it in with a microfiber cloth that I'm keeping drenched in oil. Every time I apply liberally and every time it sucks the oil dry to the touch in 5-10 min. Is this normal and when should I switch to conditioner? Should I be doing both together?

Was one heck of a process of learning and correcting mistakes, it's not perfect but I am happy with the end result :)

Was a gift for a mates birthday. Beech and Cumaru finished with tung oil and then a 4:1 tung oil natural filtered beeswax boardwax.

Got this massive beauty for $50.