elmar fudd Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 evening everyone, I've been asked by quiet a few people now to make them chopping boards so am going to have a few days over the next few weeks and get some made up, basically they all want various colour timbers in the patterns, so wanted to check which timbers were safe for a chopping board. i was thinking walnut, oak, maple, paduak, purple heart, and maybe sapele, are these all suitable or has anyone else got any other ideas? thank you in advance fudd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClemFandango Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 maple, Sycamore' Cherry, Beech, Alder all food safe. Not sure about others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) Obviously steer well clear of Yew. Also purple heart is not 100% safe. Read somewhere it can cause Nausea. Olive wood is the got to choice as olive wood has antibacterial qualities. and is easy to look after. Just a coat of olive oil and its good to go. Sapele would be too soft for a chopping board. Edited January 1, 2021 by fatchap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmar fudd Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 ah never thought of olive. I've made quiet a few pieces in olive wood so kicking myself that i didn't think of it! off memory i think i had to use fast grab glue with olive l think, does it glue ok with a normal wood glue? colour wise i think i can use the cherry instead of sapele so that would be fine, thank you fudd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 I use Gorilla wood glue, contrary to popular belief there is not a great deal of oil present in olive wood so any wood glue will do the trick. I use olive wood for making catapults and never had any problems sticking laminates to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Keep your eye out for some fallen Oak or Beech. Then get some slices off them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 17 minutes ago, Dougy said: Keep your eye out for some fallen Oak or Beech. Then get some slices off them. As above. If you want pretty then almost anything other than maybe yew but if you want hard wearing, hard to beat oak and beech and maybe ash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 I used sapele and oak for mine . It’s hard wearing and I’m not dead yet 😂. Iroko , Purple Heart are both no goes for me . 4 hours ago, fatchap said: Obviously steer well clear of Yew. Also purple heart is not 100% safe. Read somewhere it can cause Nausea. Olive wood is the got to choice as olive wood has antibacterial qualities. and is easy to look after. Just a coat of olive oil and its good to go. Sapele would be too soft for a chopping board. Sapele works great 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Lets face it they should be called 'cutting boards' because they are a thing of beauty and no sensible person would use them as a chopping board. You want a chopping board then cut 18 inches off a 24 inch diamter ash and make legs for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Oak and sapele . I made it for the ex wife and she left it when she went which is a bonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 am i right in thinkiing butchers blocks are beech ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 38 minutes ago, ditchman said: am i right in thinkiing butchers blocks are beech ? yep use to scrub em when i was a butchers boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchy trigger Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 22 hours ago, ditchman said: am i right in thinkiing butchers blocks are beech ? correct, spent many hours cleaning them, was told years ago it was antibacterial in that air born bacteria that settled on it died Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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