Joined
·
9 Posts
I'm getting curious about fine(r) woodworking and I also like to cook, so I thought an end grain cutting board would be a nice starting point.
It seems that every end grain cutting board I see is checkerboarded. From the woodworking side, I understand that the visual patterns have a certain appeal. But I'm a relatively plain guy and my primary concerns are that the board be durable and that it plays nice with my cutlery. It'd be a bonus if I didn't lose too much wood to the kerf too.
Why is it that nobody seems to cross cut planks of hard maple, rotate those strips, and glue up? The board would be end grain, you'd have minimal joints, and you'd use half as many cuts as the traditional checkerboard. Is it strictly the aesthetics? Or is there some functional reason to have a grid of cubes glued up?
It seems that every end grain cutting board I see is checkerboarded. From the woodworking side, I understand that the visual patterns have a certain appeal. But I'm a relatively plain guy and my primary concerns are that the board be durable and that it plays nice with my cutlery. It'd be a bonus if I didn't lose too much wood to the kerf too.
Why is it that nobody seems to cross cut planks of hard maple, rotate those strips, and glue up? The board would be end grain, you'd have minimal joints, and you'd use half as many cuts as the traditional checkerboard. Is it strictly the aesthetics? Or is there some functional reason to have a grid of cubes glued up?