Cedar Chopping Board

End grain cutting board from scrap wood build it ask this old house duration.

Cedar chopping board. Planed all round douglas fir timber 7 from. Rub the oil into the wood in the direction of the grain with a lint free cloth. Planed all round accoya timber 3 from. Please select your preferred board length.

Cedar cladding is the most popular choice for exterior cladding because of its excellent durability stability and volume to weight ratio. Planed all round western red cedar timber 14 from. The natural look and feel of a wood cutting board makes it a timeless household favorite. Very easy to work but has a coarse texture and is relatively brittle which can cause splintering.

Cedar is much too soft and will produce wood slivers in your food. The example of western red cedar helpfully provided by adam zuckerman already is a perfect illustration of this as not only is this species used for boards it s sometimes specifically chosen for use with food for the very chemicals it contains that make it an irritant google planked salmon for more. Planed all round lime timber 6 from. Apply the oil of your choice to the surface of the cutting board.

I ve built quite a few end grain cutting boards and have always used only hardwoods mostly maple cherry walnut mahogany. Lime sawn state timber 4 from. The remainder will be mixed lengths some longer and some shorter. We aim to deliver at least 80 of boards at the lengths you have requested.

Tools need to kept sharp when working to ensure a good finish. This old house 685 029 views. There is also the sanitation issue. The best cutting boards protect your counter from knife damage that might be caused by slicing or chopping your favorite ingredients.

It is the most stable of all softwoods with a very low tendency to shrink warp twist or check. Western red cedar is a very lightweight relatively soft timber. I recently stumbled across a website selling softwood cutting boards commercially made of larch. Some of the aromatic hardwoods chosen for burning when smoking food are also good.

Cedar also has tanins in it that may add unpleasant flavor or darken your fingers. The low density of cedar has many benefits. Light reddish brown to dark reddish brown in colour with a tight straight grain. The best cutting boards are hard maple and preferably end grain because it will heal itself.

Anyways i do have a few hundred bd ft of cedar sitting in my shop and it got me to thinking about whether or not this would work well for cutting boards after seeing the.