Building A Hardwood Cutting Board

Quickly spread glue with a fingertip then lay it flat and butt against right side piece image 2.

Building a hardwood cutting board.

You can find pre glued and planed pieces of hardwood at the hardware store. It has squared shape. The standard cutting boards come with square corners and have a 1 8. They are food grade and the conditioner contains mineral oils vitamin e as a stabilizer bees wax and.

A cutting board acts at any given moment as a chopping block food preparation surface or serving station sometimes all three. Apply a bead of glue along one side of center piece of wood image 1. In this episode i make a hardwood cutting board using some european beech. Then fasten the template to the cutting board with double sided tape.

Rough cut the shape with a band saw or jig saw keeping the blade about 1 8 in. Made from solid hardwoods these cutting boards are practically indestructible. Maple walnut and cherry are the big three domestic hardwoods that are most popular and probably the best choice if you want a domestic hardwood cutting board. It comes in different sizes and of different material like wood and fiber.

Woodworking cutting board kitchen. Make sure edges are lined up. A small drop of butcher block material from an undermount sink cut out is repurposed as a new oversized cutting board. A pattern bit guided by the template produces perfect curves.

Cutting board is one of the most significant household items that is usually used to cut different type of vegetables and meat. Hardwood lumber company offers a wide selection of quality cutting boards. Howard cutting board oil and howard butcher block conditioner are the 2 products that i use on all of the cutting boards. What is the best domestic wood for a cutting board.

The video moves along pretty fast so head over to our blog to if you want more details on each step. Mark curves onto the cutting board by tracing around a template made from 1 8 in.