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Offline don in brooklin on

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Cutting Boards
« on: January 31, 2016, 08:52:33 am »
My Granddaughter's school is having a fund raiser and this is my contribution.

Steve's pattern (slightly modified).  Wood is maple and walnut.  Finish is mineral oil and beeswax.

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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2016, 10:09:05 am »
Excellent job and a great gesture for the contribution. Thanks for posting.
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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2016, 01:26:57 pm »
I just cut that one yesterday.  I didn't go all fancified like you did.   Yours turned out much nicer than mine.  It is just some hard maple.  I'm going to do a couple more but make them a little more elegant like yours.  Thanks for the inspiration.

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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2016, 09:50:28 pm »
Very nicely done Don.  Thanks for sharing this and supporting your Granddaughter.


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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2016, 03:44:05 am »
Very nice work Don & Dunk.

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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2016, 12:50:53 pm »
Nicely done guys. Thanks for giving us a look see.
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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2016, 08:33:49 pm »
They look fantastic Don.They will be a big hit.
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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2016, 12:50:50 am »
I am sure they will raise a whole lo of funds with your fantastic contribution Don.  Well done.

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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2016, 10:26:50 am »
Very nice, as my saw is awaiting parts I glued together walnut, maple and ash strips, I have planed and sanded the resulting boards and now wait for the parts for my saw so I can finish them. I see you used mineral oil and bees wax for a finish, are there other alternatives for a finish? I thought of using canola oil but worry about it not drying.
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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2016, 11:53:33 am »
Vegetable oil and canola oil etc can turn rancid.  Not recommended for cutting boards.  There are salad bowl finishes on the market specifically for this use but MS is much less expensive.
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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2016, 02:40:28 pm »
I do a lot of end grain cutting boards and I was told  never to use canola oil for sure.

I have used walnut oil, and a couple of premixed cutting board finishes but like mineral oil and then coat with a mixture on beeswax and mineral oil..

There is a good article at Woodwhisperer on this subject.  This is were is started to make end grain boards. (our club does group buys on material and at last count we made over 150 end grain cutting boards and probably more cheese boards as we are up to 185 cheese knive sets)

http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/articles/cutting-board-finish/

There is another article at
http://www.cuttingboard.com/blog/what-type-of-oils-are-safe-to-use-on-your-cutting-board/

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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2016, 04:14:53 pm »
G'Day Don....Thanks for the links to the 2 sites. Lots of info to look through.

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Re: Cutting Boards
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2016, 09:24:00 am »
Thank you for the replies, another day another thing learned.
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