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So I just picked up this 12"×6"×10' maple beam at an auction today and had to chop off two feet of it to fit it in my car. I'm thinking of making a couple end-grain carving boards for friends with what was cut off.

I'm tentatively thinking of just slicing it into 2" cookies and gluing them together, but I've never seen a cutting board like this that wasn't a collection of like 1" pieces glued together. Is there any reason not to use larger pieces when gluing up a cutting board? Thanks in advance

This is the face that was cut today, feels bone-dry

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[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I have a two inch mahogany cutting board all one piece, it's a nightmare to clean because it's so big, but it looks fantastic.

I see no issue for you

[–] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Two things:

  1. sick username

  2. do you have any pictures handy? I couldn't find a single image of a cutting board like I'm imagining

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's it there. It's kinda dirty now

[–] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm specifically wondering about an end-grain cutting board, but that's really good looking!

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 3 months ago

Ah my bad, I missed that part, sorry.