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Using thick branches to make an end-grain cutting board?
I've read about branches having internal stresses and twisting/warping.
The main reason not to use wood from branches normally is that it's full of reaction wood, wood that has internal stress from ...
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Special considerations for a very large, engraved food serving board
Needs to be food safe, durable and easy to clean. I know that beech is a good material to use as I have a beech chopping board at home, but would it make it even more durable / easy to clean by oiling ...
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Adding a 'juice collection' section on a cutting board
If you don't already have one, get a 'router guide bushing' that suits your router. (You might have to replace the base plate to find a bushing that fits.) The only sizing requirement is that the ...
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How do you make 45 degree cuts in herrigbone cutting boards?
How might I make the necessary cuts?
I don't think there are cuts where you think there are.
The walnut 'inlays' here are not all inlays I'd bet, I can't be sure but I'd bet the boards are built ...
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Special considerations for a very large, engraved food serving board
Needs to be food safe, durable and easy to clean. I know that beech is a good material to use as I have a beech chopping board at home, but would it make it even more durable / easy to clean by oiling ...
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How do I use a handplane to smooth a cutting board?
I had this idea that I would be able to run the hand plane over the surface of the (already smooth) cutting board and peel off whisper-thin shavings.
Yes that is exactly what you should be able to do ...
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Is it possible make the surface of wood harder?
The comments have a lot of good discussion about wood choice, but to directly answer your question, yes. You can use epoxy to make a surface harder. However, you need to be careful about your choice ...
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Can this end-grain cutting board be saved?
I bet this was a shock, goes to show the power of expanding wood!
I think strictly speaking the answer to the question in the title is yes but it's likely beyond the scope of what a non-woodworker ...
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Special considerations for a very large, engraved food serving board
A colleague of mine has just come up with a good suggestion so I thought I'd post it as an answer so that anybody looking at this in the future could see it:
Use a pre-made kitchen worktop. You can ...
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Using thick branches to make an end-grain cutting board?
Interesting idea; it never occurred to me. I have a few narrow branches that I thought weren't going to be usable for much more than veneer, but using your approach if I can get a few 1"x1" cross-...
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How do I use a handplane to smooth a cutting board?
Odds are your that your plane is not sharp enough and is not correctly set yet for your project. A quick test is to attempt shaving a few hairs off of your arm with the iron. If the blade tugs ...
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Cutting board wax?
It should be perfectly safe as far as the solvent goes. Regardless if it's made with all real turpentine or only partly with turps, added for the smell, while partly (or mostly) being another solvent1 ...
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Identification and maintenance of cutting board counter
Because its a cutting board, you could scrape it with a razor blade, if any finish comes up, its finished. From the pictures it looks clearly unfinished.
I also agree with one of the comments that ...
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Food Safe Finish for Cutting Board
I made one as well and used grape seed oil. It’s working well after 6 months of daily use.
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Food Safe Finish for Cutting Board
Mineral oil is a food safe finish for cutting boards. Though because it is not a drying oil meaning that it will not harden. It also means that the finish can be washed off. This results in proper ...
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What plane should I get for planing an antique end grain butcher block
Technicaly, you would be able to do it with a good smoothing plane with very tight mouth and really sharp blade - low angle plane could help (but only if the real cutting angle was lower than on "...
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Filling screw holes in cutting board
Since this is an end-grain board filling the holes by glueing in dowels seems the ideal fix.
But you could fill with a mix of sawdust (sanding dust) and glue and get a somewhat similar look. The ...
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Possible to fix cupped end-grain cutting board?
It can depend on WHY it's cupping. if there is something in the wood, such as stresses that are being released, not much you can do. It doesn't sound like it's a poor job gluing it up, (as in to ...
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Cutting board wax?
It may be difficult to know what exactly is in the turpentine in your product so it is difficult to even determine what residues are left when the turpentine evaporates. Reviews I found on the ...
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Filling cracks and imperfections on a cutting board
Depending on the width and number of cracks, the diameter of knot holes, etc, you could make your own "filler" with matching sawdust and a bit of the glue you originally used.
Without seeing a ...
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How do you make 45 degree cuts in herrigbone cutting boards?
The joint you're referring to is normally known as a "dovetail key" or "butterfly joint".
The usage you see here is not typical. Normally this would be used to keep a wider board/slab from "...
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Safety of commercial oil for cutting boards
I can't find a MSDS for Hard Top Oil, but I suspect it is probably safe. However not knowing exactly what is in it would make me very unlikely to use it for anything coming in to contact with food - "...
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How do I use a handplane to smooth a cutting board?
An addition to existing answers. I used to surface complexly grained woods such as Brazilian Rosewood for guitar backs and sides with planes.
Run the plane over the stock at an angle such that the ...
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How do I use a handplane to smooth a cutting board?
Little to add to two excellent answers except opinions:
You just got your driver's license and you are driving a Bentley. Not a bad thing, except that you will never get to experience the magic of ...
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Is this resin & nail hole a Bad Thing for a chopping board?
The resin pockets may not be an issue. The resins from some trees such as pine are commonly eaten (or made into hot drinks) in certain parts of the world, that's how non-toxic it can be. But without ...
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