18" X 24" Maple Butcher Block Cutting Board

I have not tried the salad bowl finish but I agree – the mineral oil just goes in and you use a lot of it.

What is the comparison between what is needed? I am wondering if you noticed which application left a better quality board in the long run.

A great board well done

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Kate I prefer the Salad bowl finish. It lasts longer and doesn’t darken the boards as much as mineral oil, and need far less maintenance. When some knife marks show i just wipe a little mineral oil on it and it looks great again. When I use the salad bowl finish I go 50/50 with mineral spirits and just keep adding it til it starts to come out the bottom. Wipe off the excess and put it on end. Do this twice and you are good for a couple years. We have used ours almost daily for 6 months now and you can barely tell. I actually wiped a little mineral oil on it a couple days ago for the first time.

-- You can never have enough tools

Very nice. Looks great.

-- John @ http://www.thehuffordfurnituregroup.com

I love it. Great job.

Curious if you could share how to glued up all the individual pieces?

-- Matt, Arizona

Matt under my buddies on my home page check out the woodwhisperer. He gives a great two part video tutorial on making endgrain cutting boards. It actually amazingly simple. Good luck

-- You can never have enough tools

I too have watched teh woodwhisper video . Lots of fun to watch and has a lot of great info for ua rookies.

-- In His service ,Richard

Hey KRam79,

Do you have any tips on your glue up for the great random pattern you created? I have made a couple boards now but usually by just gluing the long strips together then cutting and flipping them, but leaving a some what symetrical pattern. Or did you do the same thing and you just tried to randomly space your long sections?? Thanks!

Another vote for the salad bowl finish over mineral oil!