Basic Cutting Board

[wellseasoned]

I've been browsing the site for yonks now and finally worked up the salt to join and post something. I knocked up this basic endgrain cutting board for the MIL for Mothers Day this year. The lighter squares are Blue Gum and the red squares are Padouk. I put a border of African Wenge around the outside for the hardness/wear factor. It's finished in Organoil.

[BobR]

Nice work Wellseasoned. I trust that you are aware that the padouk will change colour with age.

[ftje]

Very nice wellseasoned. Though i noticed you made it one square too big... If were 8x8 instead of 9x9 you could have kept it as a chess/checkers board )

It still looks good though

[watson]

But that's the sort of thing that would drive a MIL beserk given time!!

[wellseasoned]

Nice work Wellseasoned. I trust that you are aware that the padouk will change colour with age.

I didn't at the time Bob, but isn't that the idea of MIL proto's?

I am in the process of making a different one for her indoors out of some dark Jarrah and Blackbutt I found lying about

[Wongo]

Nice work mate.

I am a bit worried about the edges. The mitre joints may crack open as the board expands across the grain.

[Ticky]

Nice work mate.

I am a bit worried about the edges. The mitre joints may crack open as the board expands across the grain.

I was thinking the same thing.

I made one a while ago from Pine & Jarrah, & it looked a treat. Then it rained. The board didn't even get wet, but the mitres have about a 3mm gap now. I keep it in the shed to remind me that my knowledge base has to improve with my skill base.

Nice work all the same, it looks great. If I could get that board for my MIL, that would be a deal too good to pass up.

Steve

[meerkat]

nice

[maxdangerous]

Very nice indeed, that'll definitely put you in the good books
Cheers
Max

[wellseasoned]

Thanks for the tips re the mitres guys, I honestly never thought about it, not hard to spot a novice is it. I might give the edge a miss for the missuses board, or do you reckon a dovetail on the edging would work better?

[wellseasoned]

Happy to report a couple of months on that after plenty of use and washing in a sink of hot water on numerous occasions (yeah, you can't tell 'em) the mitres are holding up strong. Maybe its the finish

[Scally]

That is impressive.

We have had a bit of rain and now some hot weather. That is a good test.
How was the Padouk and Wenge to work?

[Buzza]

The best way to wash these boards is with a quick wipe over with a sudsy cloth, the dry it off straight away, and stand it on an edge to drain. Never leave them in water for any length of time.

[corbs]

Wellseasoned,
Nice board. I made a chess board when I was in high school and used 8 or 12mm (? it was a while ago) strips glued to a chipboard substrate with a mitred border around it. Its been about 15 years now and the board has been to Victoria, WA, QLD, NSW, WA and now ACT without any affect on the mitres. Just a thought for future models.

Corbs

[wellseasoned]

Well its almost 12 months on and I'm happy to say that the board is faring well. No visible cracks or splits. It is just about due for a sand back and recoat with oil as it's copped a floggin tho. I did give the MIL the washing advice re: leaving in water and sheseems to be following it so its all good.