Thread: Cutting Boards

Originally Posted by Greolt

Can I jump in here and ask a question?

What is the method for joining the strips and which glue is recomended?

Thanks, Greolt

Everyone has their favourites, but I use these days polyurethane glue (Titebond from Carbatec) and butt join them. I have used biscuits in the past, and two part glues etc - but this works just as well, is a lot quicker, and is also waterproof.

Same here.
Butt joins, polyurethane "Gorilla" glue and clamp them up overnight.
A good glue join is usually stronger than the wood itself so no need for anything fancy.

Cheers

Ian

Thanks Ian and Daryl

One more very basic question.

How thick do you prefer to end up? Maybe that varies with the overall size?

Greolt

How thick do you prefer to end up? Maybe that varies with the overall size?

I usually aim for 20mm thick, I'm mostly working with 25mm rough sawn boards so thats just how it works out. Last 2 have been 15mm and 30mm , both look good even though the thicker one is actually smaller.

Gather up some offcuts and make a couple, see how they come out and what proportions you like

They also dont have to be rectangular, they can be round, have handles, or be shaped like a pig if you want

Cheers

Ian

What oil is best to use? Have to be food safe?

How do you get the wavey appearance in them? I have seen several cutting boards but I do like the effect you have made.


Scott

Originally Posted by bennylaird

What oil is best to use? Have to be food safe?

I use no oil, and if you happen to do a search you will find that Niel agrees with me, a lot of others don't, so what else is new.

Originally Posted by Greolt

Can I jump in here and ask a question?

What is the method for joining the strips and which glue is recomended?

Thanks, Greolt

Same as DarrylF. Titebond 3, it's waterproof and foodsafe.

Originally Posted by Firewalker

How do you get the wavey appearance in them? I have seen several cutting boards but I do like the effect you have made.

Scott

Pick the right pieces of wood

With things this size you can pick those interesting pieces with the curly grain or a little piece of q-sawn wood that shows ray flecks well. I mill my own wood from all sorts of interesting trees so I get lots of 'interesting' and knotty bits of wood that I can trim up for little projects like this.

The wood that shows the ray flecks is q-sawn NZ Lacebark which is really just a large shrub, but my American friends tell me that your sycamore has the same look.

Cheers

Ian

Originally Posted by bennylaird

What oil is best to use? Have to be food safe?

I have read "Mineral Oil'" or "Salad Bowl Oil" but where do you get it? Supermarket maybe???

Greolt

Originally Posted by Greolt

I have read "Mineral Oil'" or "Salad Bowl Oil" but where do you get it? Supermarket maybe???

I use Wood Wipe - made by Organoil, buy it at Bunnings (black bottle, in the finishing section with the other Organoil products). It's a citrus oil - food safe, easy to use, goes a long way and does the trick nicely.

Thanks Darryl

Nocked up a couple of boards for You Know Who.

Black But & Jarrah, and Mebau & Alpine Ash. Just stuff I had lying around.

Used polyurethane glue and Wood Wipe as recomended. All went well.

Then I cut up her old plastic board and made some new zero clearance inserts.

She hasn't realised this yet.......Don't tell.

Greolt

Originally Posted by bennylaird

What oil is best to use? Have to be food safe?

Try Olive oil or vegetable oil, it brings the timber up wonderful & comes from the shopping budget as opposed to the shed budget.

any oil looks good on timber & helps to protect it. I have even used WD40 on small shop jigs that I just want to protect & maybe make look like I have put in more effort than I actually have.

Ticky