Posted in Woodworking on May 19th, 2008
Back in October of 2007, I wrote an article here entitled Food Safe Wood for Cutting Boards in which I said that I think all the concern over which woods are food-safe is overkill. I referenced there a study done by Doctors Cliver and Ak of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. This study [...]
Posted in Woodworking on Feb 9th, 2008
In this stage of the tutorial we’ll actually see the end-grain board make its first appearance. When we finished Stage IV I had 19 short strips, which was far more than I needed. I could have ended up with less waste in either of two ways. I could have made the initial [...]
Posted in Woodworking on Jan 23rd, 2008
Having waited a suitable amount of time with the eight sticks in clamps, it is now time to remove the clamps and continue making the cutting board. Be sure that you have had the sticks clamped for at least three hours. More is better. If your shop is cold, you should be [...]
Posted in Woodworking on Jan 11th, 2008
At the end of Stage II we had all the sticks cut. Now it’s time to do the first construction on our board.
I’ve noticed that a lot of people ask about what glue to use on cutting boards, so I want to address that here. When I began thinking about making an end-grain cutting board, [...]
Posted in Woodworking on Dec 26th, 2007
OK, it’s the day after Christmas and I finally have the time to write the next tutorial post on how to make an end-grain cutting board. When last we visited, I said that the next step was to calculate the number of times to rip my two boards to make the strips needed in the [...]
Posted in Woodworking on Dec 11th, 2007
Before we get into the actual work involved, let me say a little more about equipment.Â
Although the table saw is central to making cutting boards there are other useful tools. It’s possible to make a cutting board with only a circular saw and a router, but you’ll have a harder time getting good glue joints [...]
Posted in Woodworking on Dec 9th, 2007
I got into the shop for a while this afternoon and began work on the long promised–and I hope still awaited–photographic tutorial about how to make an end-grain cutting board. This first board will be very simple. I am only planning to use a single species of wood–Black Cherry as it happens–and I’ll make the [...]
Posted in Woodworking on Nov 24th, 2007
I want to thank everyone for their understanding over the last few months. I really appreciate that you keep coming back to see what’s going on and to find out whether or not I have actually followed through on my promise to provide a photographic tutorial about making end-grain cutting boards.
After many months of craziness [...]
Posted in Woodworking on Oct 21st, 2007
Wood Magazine this month published a question from a reader asking which woods are food safe. Their reply was that tight-grained domestic hardwoods, especially maple, birch, and beech leave fewer hiding places for food-borne bacteria than open-grained wood. Yet they said parenthetically that Bamboo, which is a grass, was also food safe–though Bamboo [...]
Posted in Woodworking on Oct 6th, 2007
I haven’t written about woodworking for a long time. There are several reasons for this. For one, I got very interested in photography in June of 2006, and that hobby has been top-of-mind and top-of-wallet ever since. Another reason is that although I have a huge, well outfitted, free-standing shop, it isn’t heated.Â
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That means that [...]
