Chopping Board + Thicknesser

[Shultzy]

I've recently made a large chopping board (450mm x 600mm) for my daughters partner.

It's worked out well including the first-time carving.

Because it was so large I had to flatten it with a sled, router and surfacing bit.

With the offcuts, plus more wood, I'm making one for Swimbo. As it's smaller my question is can I put it through the thicknesser with very fine cuts. I'll put scrap wood all the way around to protect the edges but I'm not sure if it will rip the end grain out. It's beech which is close grain.

PS The carving was created using the Aldi carving chisels which performed well. The letters are 2" (50mm) high which is the minimum hight I would carve. Anything smaller and you will need much smaller chisels than these.

 

[marcros]

you can, because somebody on here did so, having seen it on youtube. He was taking passes of a fraction of a mm at a time though.

Personally, I wouldnt do it.

nice job on the one that you have done- the carving looks excellent.

 

[delboy47]

Oh I do like that, looks superb. Also echo Marcros on the carving.

 

[ardenwoodcraft]

That's a nice chopping board, really like it. =D>

If you look on youtube there's a Russian guy by the name of mtmwood who specialises in making end grain cutting boards and he sells them all over the world. It's amazing what this guy can do with a cutting board!! He seems to have no worries about putting end grain boards through a planer and he sometimes attaches sacrificial strips to the ends and sides to prevent snipe.

Hope this helps,
Regards,
Dave.

 

[OM99]

That's a nice chopping board, really like it. =D>

If you look on youtube there's a Russian guy by the name of mtmwood who specialises in making end grain cutting boards and he sells them all over the world. It's amazing what this guy can do with a cutting board!! He seems to have no worries about putting end grain boards through a planer and he sometimes attaches sacrificial strips to the ends and sides to prevent snipe.

Hope this helps,
Regards,
Dave.

I also like his chess set they look amazing. but he do make them in batch and from what i saw he doesn't use a typical thicknesser though, but his got lots of small cutter on a roll with something i think is called helix pattern on it.

 

[ardenwoodcraft]

That's a nice chopping board, really like it. =D>

If you look on youtube there's a Russian guy by the name of mtmwood who specialises in making end grain cutting boards and he sells them all over the world. It's amazing what this guy can do with a cutting board!! He seems to have no worries about putting end grain boards through a planer and he sometimes attaches sacrificial strips to the ends and sides to prevent snipe.

Hope this helps,
Regards,
Dave.

I also like his chess set they look amazing. but he do make them in batch and from what i saw he doesn't use a typical thicknesser though, but his got lots of small cutter on a roll with something i think is called helix pattern on it.

Hi,

Yes, I think his planer is a Jet model with what we call a porcupine cutter in it. It uses carbide inserts that last a lot longer than knife type blades, but he's doing it commercially so for him it's worth the investment.

My day job is in cnc machining and we use these cutters a lot for machining the parts we make. Have you seen what he does with his cnc router? I would love one of those but my chief banker, aka SWMBO says no!!!!