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End Grain Cutting Boards

comments (3) October 13th, 2008 in Reader's Gallery

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A few of the end grain cutting boards I have made.  I mostly use hard maple and purple heart but I have made a few with cherry and walnut as well.  For a finish I use mineral oil and beeswax.

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Russ98 Russ98 writes: I have done several of these and I have found the using a jig and gluing all at once is the best way to go. Having attempted to glue them up in sections I have found that when you put the sections together the cutting board seems to be wavey. I built a jig that works great. I used MDF for the base so I could clamp a 2x over the tops so they were flat and screwed scraps to the MDF so that the strips would not drift when gluing up. Sorry I do not have a picture I am on my wifes computer. Ensure you use a lot of wax paper so you don't end up with an expensive glued up mess. Will try to post a picture the next time I make them with my jig.

Zak

Posted: 11:31 pm on April 20th

just wanted to know just wanted to know writes: I use titebond III.
As for assembly it is done in two glue ups with cutting in between.
Rip strips glue up, cross cut strips flip onto endgrain, pick pattern then glue up.
Finish and viola!
So I guess I glue it all up together.
Posted: 11:33 pm on November 26th

CSolar CSolar writes: The question may be a cliche, but I have to ask: what kind of glue did you use? Are you clamping the whole thing up in one go, or do you do it in sections?
Posted: 9:20 pm on October 21st

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