"Dave" wrote in message
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so in short, make a small cutting board first.

randy

I made a very small edge-grain (about 5x7x1) board to test the glue
strength. Tightbond II seems to hold it together just fine. I haven't
used
it for cutting though. Ipe kind of smells like cinnamon when sanded,
which
reminded me of how distinct rosewood smells when working with it and how
toxic that stuff is, so I thought I'd "ask the experts" :-) since I
couldn't
find anything myself.

well im no expert and i cant find a single thing about using ipe as a
butcher block

is it just me or have the days of searching and actually finding useful
information in the internet over? it seemed there was a golden year or two
where you could find stuff until the 'business models' kicked in and the
search engines are now just glorified advertising agencies.

randy