How is this done? Cutting Board w miter?

[David Ruhland]

How the heck is this "angle strip" done on a cutting board? See pic

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[Zachary Hoyt]

If you want to do that (though I would not recommend it) the method is to join together a bunch of strips to make the stripes and then cut the resulting board at a 45 degree angle and make two more parallel cuts. Then you take the two strips, flip one over and glue them together. I don't think the board in your picture is going to stay together for very long, the grain direction is going to break the feature strip away from the spalted board as soon as a few humidity high/low cycles have passed. Also I would not recommend spalted wood for a cutting board, it is softer and weaker than non-spalted wood and has fungal things in it that might not be very healthful.
Zach

[David Ruhland]

If you want to do that (though I would not recommend it) the method is to join together a bunch of strips to make the stripes and then cut the resulting board at a 45 degree angle and make two more parallel cuts. Then you take the two strips, flip one over and glue them together. I don't think the board in your picture is going to stay together for very long, the grain direction is going to break the feature strip away from the spalted board as soon as a few humidity high/low cycles have passed. Also I would not recommend spalted wood for a cutting board, it is softer and weaker than non-spalted wood and has fungal things in it that might not be very healthful.
Zach


Thanks for the info... i understand now....

[John K Jordan]

David,

For instructions, hints, and creative inspiration, Frank Penta has a document. While his work is not for cutting boards, the principles are the same. You could ask him about cutting boards; I suspect he as made some.

Frank glues up a variety of small pieces, many of them exotics, often laminating small pieces with solid wood. He makes woodturning blanks for plates, platters, and more. Some of his platters are large. He's been doing this for many years and I haven't seen a failure yet, but you could call him and ask - Frank is ALWAYS ready to help someone!

The PDF file is here: http://www.frankpenta.com/index.php/projects/projects/design%20and%20turn%20laminated%20wood.pdf/detail
Page 5 has one that looks much like the one in your picture.

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You can find more pictures of laminated pieces in his gallery: http://www.frankpenta.com/index.php/gallery/category/34-franks

JKJ

[Kevin Smira]

I think it's ambrosia maple, not spalted maple (at least that's what it looks like to me). However, ambrosia is a "fungus related issue" as well, so Zachary's response about fungus on a cutting board may still hold true. Just an observation.