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Cutting board questions (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by sneekee_snek_17 to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] sneekee_snek_17 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's it there. It's kinda dirty now

[–] sneekee_snek_17 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm specifically wondering about an end-grain cutting board, but that's really good looking!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Ah my bad, I missed that part, sorry.