cutting board question

[paul wiser]

am trying to make a cutting board that looks like it us woven. from the wAY I SEE IT I WOULD Be GLUING UP END GRAIN TO FASTEN ROWS TOGETHER. was thinking of doweling the pieces together. any ideas???saw the board on the baltimore cutting board site. thanks!!! :)

[David Beeler]

Check out this link to the Woodwhisperer:

http://thewoodwhisperer.com/episode-7-a-cut-above-part-1/

[Bill Huber]

There are tons of post on here about cutting boards, do a search on Cutting boards and I am sure you will find a bunch.

[Howard Acheson]

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you are trying to do. I googled "baltimore cutting board" and find only glass cutting boards with Baltimore Raven logos.

Can you be more specific about the web site and item you are referring to?

[Doug Shepard]

There's a woven one on another WW forum but since we cant post direct links to other WW forums, you'll have to un-screwup the URL and add the appropriate junk at the front.
lumberjocksdotcom/projects/2446 (http://lumberjocksdotcom/projects/2446)

[Howard Acheson]

If you are referring to construction on the boards cited by Doug, I see a big problem with cross grain joints. Whether you use just glue or some other mechanical fastener like dowels, cross grain joints will ultimately fail. It's an attractive design but I don't see any way it can be constructed.

[Pat Germain]

While the genereal rule is to not glue end grain to end grain, I made some cutting boards last year which did just that. They were from the Incra project book.

Those cutting boards are still solid after a year of use. I recall a thread where someone actually tried to break them. He couldn't get the TBII glue joints to break, but the Gorilla Glue joints broke.

Today's wood glues are pretty amazing. I wouldn't trust an end grain to end grain glue joint for something critical. But for a cutting board? It should be fine.

[paul wiser]

sorry guys, i used the wrong web site. should have been baltimore cheese board co. thanks for all the info.

[Bill Huber]

sorry guys, i used the wrong web site. should have been baltimore cheese board co. thanks for all the info.

So are you wanting to make end grain boards or long grain boards?

There is a big difference in how they would be made and a different glue up for each kind.

Here are some of my end grain cutting boards and cheese boards from last Christmas, they are all end grain, not long grain.

http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/cutting

[Vince Shriver]

So are you wanting to make end grain boards or long grain boards?

There is a big difference in how they would be made and a different glue up for each kind.

Here are some of my end grain cutting boards and cheese boards from last Christmas, they are all end grain, not long grain.

http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/cutting

Bill, those boards are A #1 Primo = just outstanding.