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

  • @[email protected]
    11•5 months ago

    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_17OP
      8•5 months ago

      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