Hickory cutting board. A step by step walkthrough of how to make your own hickory butcher block cutting board below youll find a material list as well as some of the tools used to make it. Cutting board oil is perfect for the initial oiling or seasoning of cutting boards and butcher blocks. Apply this to the cutting surface for extra water repellency. Jay bates woodworking videos 119962 views.
Avoid soaking your cutting board in water as this will cause shrinking swelling or warping. Oil your cutting wooden board each month with a mineral oil that is food grade. Theyre ready to be ripped or cut to make your own custom cutting board. Its easy to take care of your hardwood cutting board.
Medium brown to reddish sapwood and paler yellow to golden brown sap wood but thats not why you buy it. These cutting board strips are cut from premium kiln dried lumber. And mcclure block cutting boards. Youll need 8 10 strips to build a 10 15 wide cutting board.
I would steer away from oak due to its open porus grain. I know some woods like oak and hickory are not good choices because they have an open grain and some other species are toxic but what specifically should i u. Extremely tough and resilient with the rustic charm of colory variety and open grain. I try to avoid wooden cutting boards for meat and would have no problem using hickory for a cutting board for non meat products.
Not sure how tight the grain is on hickory it sure is hard enough for a long lasting cutting board. Hickory is a nice enough looking wood. Taking care of your wooden cutting board. Works to restore and protect all types of wood.
Give your niece a mcclure block hickory carving board as a wedding present and shell be serving thanksgiving dinner on it to her grandkids and great grandkids. Meat juices could collect and cause problems. I offer at this time a board butter which is more wax than oil and is applied like a paste wax over a mineral oil coating. I think a lot of the woods chosen for cutting boards especially maple are chosen because of their closed grainless porous nature whereas hickory is more porous similar to oak.
Maple walnut cherry bamboo pine teak acacia oak hickory sapele mahogany birch beech larch olive and more. Heat and apply to the cutting surface periodically to help maintain water repellency. I have never made a cutting board and i want to change that within the next few weeks. A hickory side table 277 duration.