I'm make a bunch of end grain cutting boards.When I cut the glued up panels
and flip them over on the end grain they all lift in the center, is there
any way to minimize this?

Len

"leonard" wrote in message
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I'm make a bunch of end grain cutting boards.When I cut the glued up
panels and flip them over on the end grain they all lift in the center, is
there any way to minimize this?

Len

I'm not trying to be an a**, Len, but isn't end grain pretty porous to be
used as a cutting board?

its ok, the end grain does not dull the knifes and does not show cutting
marks much. You have to oil it well thought

Len
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"leonard" wrote in message
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I'm make a bunch of end grain cutting boards.When I cut the glued up
panels and flip them over on the end grain they all lift in the center,
is there any way to minimize this?

Len

I'm not trying to be an a**, Len, but isn't end grain pretty porous to be
used as a cutting board?

C & E wrote:

I'm not trying to be an a**, Len, but isn't end grain pretty porous to be
used as a cutting board?

Butcher blocks have been end-grain for a looong time. Some google
searching will give you tons of hits for end grain cutting boards.

Chris

"leonard" wrote in message
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I'm make a bunch of end grain cutting boards.When I cut the glued up
panels and flip them over on the end grain they all lift in the center, is
there any way to minimize this?

Can you be clearer on the problem?
I made two a year ago and they are as flat as when I made them.

This sounds like a moisture problem which could get
worse when using for the intended purpose. Also an end
grain board could be somewhat fragile and prone to breaking.
A few options:
1. Do nothing. Call it a design feature.
2. Make them thicker.
3. Cut them thinner and laminate to a long grain substrate.
4. Breadboard or spline all 4 edges.

Art

"leonard" wrote in message
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I'm make a bunch of end grain cutting boards.When I cut the glued up panels
and flip them over on the end grain they all lift in the center, is there
any way to minimize this?

Len

"leonard" writes:

I'm make a bunch of end grain cutting boards.When I cut the glued up panels
and flip them over on the end grain they all lift in the center, is there
any way to minimize this?

Did you alternate grain direction of the pieces?

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I did alternate the grain, the wood was kiln dried and is 2 inches
thick.before cutting the strips they were 4 square.Hard maple,cherry,honey
locust..As soon as I cut them into strips each strip (about 2 1/8 inches
thick) the center rises about a 32 to a 16th of an inch. this seems to be a
pattern on all the woods.

Len

"leonard" wrote in message
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I did alternate the grain, the wood was kiln dried and is 2 inches
thick.before cutting the strips they were 4 square.Hard maple,cherry,honey
locust..As soon as I cut them into strips each strip (about 2 1/8 inches
thick) the center rises about a 32 to a 16th of an inch. this seems to be
a pattern on all the woods.


Sounds like it might be a cutting problem. As I understand it, _if_ I
understand it, the rise is along the long grain ([[[[ rise]]]])? You
should be able to run the pieces through the tablesaw again, using the
two-point contact first, and nibble them back to parallel.

If it's along the face grain (----rise----), no problem. Glue will do, so
long as the thickness is right.

leonard wrote:
I did alternate the grain, the wood was kiln dried and is 2 inches
thick.before cutting the strips they were 4 square.Hard
maple,cherry,honey locust..As soon as I cut them into strips each
strip (about 2 1/8 inches thick) the center rises about a 32 to a
16th of an inch. this seems to be a pattern on all the woods.

Len

I'm not clear from your description as to exactly when/where you are
getting the deformation but dollars to doughnuts it is because the
interior and exterior of the pieces have different moisture contents.
Same thing if you resaw a board...the interior is wetter than the
exterior and the thing will cup after resawing. The answer is...

After cutting, let the wood acclimatize again - it will pretty much
unwarp itself in time. To be sure, cut it a bit oversize so it can be
skinnied down after acclimatizing.

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