Wood recomendations for cutting board

[Glenn M]

Well I am sure those of you that collectivly shook your heads at my near enough should be good enough approach will be happy to hear that I found an old $10 hand plane that I bought from Bunnies a couple of years ago and never used. Anyhoo, I figured I would give it a shot and lo and behold, I now have a flat cutting board with no ridges!

Still needs some personal time with the orbital sander but the ridges are gone and the board is now flat. How about that, eh

Should finish it off over the next night or so, heck, I might even post a picutre when I'm done, ooooooooohh goody, a picture of a cutting board, now that is something to look forward too!!
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Glenn
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[Joseph King]

Well I am only 20 years late getting to this thread but better late than neve I guess. I am bored stupid in the present lockdown which you guys 20 years ago would never have dreamed could happen and getting wood is a bit of an issue with only Click & Collect being available. Last week I had to do a Click & Return after receiving some badly damaged pieces so after reading the previous posts I guess I can unleash myself and use some pine to make my first cutting board messes with. I want to eventually get something nice and make my daughter a cutting board set that I saw Paul Sellers make on his YouTube Channel. It looked very nice and almost within my skillset.

Thank you for all the previous information as it is greatly appreciated. Glenn, I hope you board turned out really wee and your client was ecstatic with the result.

[Tung tied]

Hi Joseph,

Never too late, welcome.

You're right, click and collect can be a bit tricky on the quality. I've rejected some boards while they're loading it into the car before I leave. What I tend to use occasionally is pallet wood, especially if you can pick up the odd hardwood pallet. Sometimes I'll mix the light pallet wood with some darker stuff I get hold of sometimes. This plus using waterproof glue can churn out some nice cutting boards.

I can only recommend getting stuck in and if you like what you make then you're winning.

Cheers

Bryan

[Midnight Man]

What I tend to use occasionally is pallet wood, especially if you can pick up the odd hardwood pallet.

Whilst I'm sure you're aware, I wanted to post for any newer woodworkers who come across this thread in the future.

Be very careful when using pallet wood in a food-safe situation, and be sure to know how the pallet was treated (in terms of timber treatment), and also, be careful what was transported on the pallet... leakages/spills do occur, and are not always obvious.

[woodhog]

Disclaimer: Zero liability, past, present and future.
Just my theory.
A Non Toxic close tight grain hard wood should absorb less bacteria and moisture and be very durable.
All my cutting boards purchased at retail stores are thick made of hardwood glued together.
I forget the correct wording.
Cutting, flipping and gluing the wood strips correctly supposedly reduces warping.

[verawood]

Welcome to the forum Joseph