I recently had some remodeling done at my house and had some left over Jatoba that was used to build a staircase in my house. It is beautiful wood, VERY hard, and should stand up well to knife scratches. It requires no finish other than oil, so I decided to make some quick and easy Christmas gifts by using the scrap Jatoba to make some cheese boards.
I used the contrast between the Jatoba vs some small strips of hard maple to set off the color of the two woods. The stock were are all 3/4" thick and measure about 10"x14". All the pieces were cut to rough length, jointed, planed and glued with Titebond III due to it's waterproof qualities. I sanded the boards to 220, rounded the edges with a 3/8" roundover bit and finished the boards with a mineral oil finish with a wax component. Here is the link for the finish.
http://www.amazon.com/Howard-BBC012...17923686&sr=8-1&keywords=howard+butcher+block
Total time in the shop was just a few hours and I had a few decent gifts for friends of a woodworker. I hope a few of you will do the same.
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I used the contrast between the Jatoba vs some small strips of hard maple to set off the color of the two woods. The stock were are all 3/4" thick and measure about 10"x14". All the pieces were cut to rough length, jointed, planed and glued with Titebond III due to it's waterproof qualities. I sanded the boards to 220, rounded the edges with a 3/8" roundover bit and finished the boards with a mineral oil finish with a wax component. Here is the link for the finish.
http://www.amazon.com/Howard-BBC012...17923686&sr=8-1&keywords=howard+butcher+block
Total time in the shop was just a few hours and I had a few decent gifts for friends of a woodworker. I hope a few of you will do the same.