Doug Miller said:In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] (PENMART01) wrote:
Sheldon, you're so full of baloney.
Quoted message said:Oak doesn't hold up to moisture very well, besides warping
and cupping it splits when exposed to moisture,
Yeah, that's why it's used exclusively for wine barrels.
A partner and I sold oak cutting boards over the past few
years. They were 1" thick and either 12" or 24" wide (we edge-
glued them) and were typically 18" deep. We also dealt in a
couple different kinds of maple, black walnut, mahogany,
beechwood, birch, purchased bamboo laminate, and some other
specialty woods.
I have a board that I bought in the 60's that served as the
early model for part of our line. I even formulated a
beeswax/oil surface polish for the boards rather than the
usual mineral or lemon oil. I added other oils extracted
from various herbs for the scents. Made the whole kitchen
smell like food. Wonderful stuff.
Partner and I have gone our separate ways since a year or so
ago. We got busy in different ways - he and his wife have
started a new business and I've concentrated on writing and
broadcasting. I no longer spend much time in farmers'
markets and that's where we sold our stuff.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:it is about the worst wood for cutting boards... just
about all wood cutting boards are made of maple... some
fancy schmancy ones are inlayed with teak and other rarer
hardwoods but none tout oak, not any type of oak. Oak is
good for moldings, flooring, cabinetry, and joinery, and
then it's imperative it is properly sealed and not ever
exposed to water,
Wine barrels, Sheldon.
Quoted message said:not even high humidity.
Wrong again. White oak is well known for its rot
resistance, and is in fact a good choice for outdoor
furniture.
Quoted message said:A high grade one inch thick oak board 12" wide from a
lumber yard, a piece without major structural
imperfections, will cost about $10 a linear foot,
Not sure where you're buying your lumber, but that would
cost me around $4 a foot where I get mine.
We bought full-dimension lumber and my partner milled it in
his shop. We also bought semi-finished pieces in various
sizes that we incorporated into composite designs. None of
the woods cost anything near $10 a foot. Typically, much
less than half since we bought a fair amount of wood, often
from the sawyers.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:and unless they have an end lying about there will be a
cutting fee of at least $5...
You must live in Manhattan. *Nobody* charges a dime for a
single cut in the real world.
Quoted message said:and the ends of large dimension hardwood lumber will
almost always need to be discarded anyway due to
splitting...
The last couple inches, anyway. So what?
We didn't find that very often. On rare occasions, when we
did encounter checking or splitting, we routed it and
filled it with a wood of contrasting color or grain. Voila,
one of those "fancy-schmancy" boards Sheldon is so utterly
ignorant about.
One time, we had a birch board separate along the grain on a
long diagonal. Partner planed the edge smooth, traced the
cut surfaces onto a piece of black walnut and cut it to fit.
Edge-glued them for about the prettiest such board I've ever
seen. Used biscuits to make the joint stronger. Wonderful
abstract design.
I waxed all our boards and then warmed them in a low oven.
The wax melted into the wood and made it look wet; darkened
it and made the grain shine and refract light like the
patina on old wood that's been polished. Gave people a jar
of the wax with each board.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:'bout all teh split ends are good for is carving small
toys for children or kindling. I can go on and on with
reasons not to use unlaminated wood for cutting boards but
I won't bore the more intelligent posters...
That's a good thing, because you don't have the first clue
what you're talking about.
Quoted message said:in any event one cannot possibly reproduce anything close
to the Boos Board (the RollsRoyce of kitchen boards) I had
previously indicated for it's measly $15 price. Unless
someone is an experienced wood worker and is already set
up with the necessary equipment they cannot produce a
serious cutting board, and certainly not economically.
ROTFLMAO!
You just don't have a clue about wood or woodworking.
There's not even three bucks worth of wood in that cutting
board, and even a hobbyist woodworker could make one in an
afternoon.
It took me all of an hour to rough-cut, edge-finish, route
and face-sand my 12" X 18" cutting boards. And I don't have
a "proper" woodshop.
I have a pecanwood cutting board that my grandfather made
nearly a century ago. He cut it on the bandsaw in his
workshop. He was a blacksmith and didn't have any
woodworking tools. <LOL> Bandsaw to cut, mill [censored] file
to smooth edges, scraped the face of it with the cut edge of
a piece of sheet metal. Serious cutting board.
Poor Sheldon.
Pastorio
