Woodworking @lemmy.ca sneekee_snek_17 @lemmy.world 4 mo. ago

Cutting board questions

So I just picked up this 12"×6"×10' maple beam at an auction today and had to chop off two feet of it to fit it in my car. I'm thinking of making a couple end-grain carving boards for friends with what was cut off.

I'm tentatively thinking of just slicing it into 2" cookies and gluing them together, but I've never seen a cutting board like this that wasn't a collection of like 1" pieces glued together. Is there any reason not to use larger pieces when gluing up a cutting board? Thanks in advance

This is the face that was cut today, feels bone-dry

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I have a two inch mahogany cutting board all one piece, it's a nightmare to clean because it's so big, but it looks fantastic.

I see no issue for you
- Two things:
  
  sick username
  
  do you have any pictures handy? I couldn't find a single image of a cutting board like I'm imagining
  
  That's it there. It's kinda dirty now
  
  I'm specifically wondering about an end-grain cutting board, but that's really good looking!
  
  Ah my bad, I missed that part, sorry.

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