TobyB
Established Member
Can anyone advise me?
Looking to make a couple of largish cutting boards for the kitchen ... approximately 30 x 50 cms ... not small cheese boards.
I know end-grain has its proponents, but to make it light enough to lift easily I'm thinking of something 15-25 mm thick made of parallel boards of contrasting wood glued and clamped together, planed/sanded smooth and use a router to add a rolled lip edge and finger grooves in the side so it can be picked up easily.
One design I have toyed with is to set the main board in a frame of the same or different wood with mitred corners - perhaps with a hidden biscuit or a decorative spline to strengthen them.
But reading around (on these forums amongst others) I have come across discussions of the benefits and problems with "breadboard ends" for tables. From the name - is this a traditional way of finishing the ends of such a cutting board? I've only found it discussed with regards to furniture. Is it a good way of finishing a cutting board ... perhaps minimising the potential of warping in the future? "Better" than the mitres - or just different visually? If I did go for that design, should I glue it all, or only glue the centre section as is suggested by some of the cabinet-making advice?
Looking to make a couple of largish cutting boards for the kitchen ... approximately 30 x 50 cms ... not small cheese boards.
I know end-grain has its proponents, but to make it light enough to lift easily I'm thinking of something 15-25 mm thick made of parallel boards of contrasting wood glued and clamped together, planed/sanded smooth and use a router to add a rolled lip edge and finger grooves in the side so it can be picked up easily.
One design I have toyed with is to set the main board in a frame of the same or different wood with mitred corners - perhaps with a hidden biscuit or a decorative spline to strengthen them.
But reading around (on these forums amongst others) I have come across discussions of the benefits and problems with "breadboard ends" for tables. From the name - is this a traditional way of finishing the ends of such a cutting board? I've only found it discussed with regards to furniture. Is it a good way of finishing a cutting board ... perhaps minimising the potential of warping in the future? "Better" than the mitres - or just different visually? If I did go for that design, should I glue it all, or only glue the centre section as is suggested by some of the cabinet-making advice?
