[Vern]

I'm watching a cooking show and this guy is using what appears to be a large
piece of mahogany for his cutting board. Is mahogany a good choice for
cutting boards or not?

[Roger Shoaf]

"Vern" wrote in message
k.net...
I'm watching a cooking show and this guy is using what appears to be a
large
piece of mahogany for his cutting board. Is mahogany a good choice for
cutting boards or not?



It works fine especially if you want to add visual interest by alternating
strips of different colored wood.

The first cutting board I made for my Mom when I was in the 8th grade was
mahogany and birch.

--
Roger Shoaf
If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent.

[Tim W]

"Vern" wrote in message
k.net...
I'm watching a cooking show and this guy is using what appears to be a
large piece of mahogany for his cutting board. Is mahogany a good choice
for cutting boards or not?
Favoured timbers for food preparation have closed grain (no unhygenic
pores), and not taste or smell. hence often Beech or Maple, but really you
can use any wood you like. I use teak and iroko because you can put them in
the dishwasher.

Tim w

[J T]

Sat, Feb 17, 2007, 10:57pm (EST+5)
(Tim*W) doth burble:
snip really you can use any wood you like. snip

Note to self, don't eat at your house. There are some woods out
there toxic enough to kill.



JOAT
When in doubt, go to sleep.
- Mully Small

[Tim W]

"J T" wrote in message
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Sat, Feb 17, 2007, 10:57pm (EST+5)

really you can use any wood you like

Note to self, don't eat at your house. There are some woods out
there toxic enough to kill.

Grown near nuclear power stations?

Go on, tell us, what wood is that toxic? We know you are dying to.

Tim W

[Edwin Pawlowski]

"Tim W" wrote in message
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"J T" wrote in message
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Sat, Feb 17, 2007, 10:57pm (EST+5)

really you can use any wood you like

Note to self, don't eat at your house. There are some woods out
there toxic enough to kill.

Grown near nuclear power stations?

Go on, tell us, what wood is that toxic? We know you are dying to.

Tim W

http://www.lumberpost.com/ArticleID-105.htm
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/wis30.pdf

[J. Clarke]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:09:10 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"Tim W" wrote in message
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"J T" wrote in message
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Sat, Feb 17, 2007, 10:57pm (EST+5)

really you can use any wood you like

Note to self, don't eat at your house. There are some woods out
there toxic enough to kill.

Grown near nuclear power stations?

Go on, tell us, what wood is that toxic? We know you are dying to.

Tim W

http://www.lumberpost.com/ArticleID-105.htm
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/wis30.pdf

So please identify the entry in either of those lists which is "toxic
enough to kill" when used in a cutting board.

[J T]

Sun, Feb 18, 2007, 11:09pm (EST+5) (Edwin*Pawlowski) did
posted:
http://www.lumberpost.com/ArticleID-105.htm
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/wis30.pdf

Ah Hell, I was willing to either let him think I was lying, or make
him look it up himself. But, seeing as you've spoiled that, here's one
for him. ONE I said, there's more.
http://www.cds.ed.cr/teachers/harmon/page50.html

A few years back I read about a couple in Mexico touring - with a
chainsaw - why the story didn't say. Anyway, they found a fresh stump
alongside the road, and proceeded to apply their chainsaw to it. They
consequently sufferred severe reaction, and were fortunately gotten to a
hospital and treated. The story said that if they hadn't gotten
treatment they probably would have died. I guess the moral of the this
is, work "can" kill you.



JOAT
When in doubt, go to sleep.
- Mully Small

[J T]

Sun, Feb 18, 2007, 10:06pm (EST+5)
doth puzzedly query:
Grown near nuclear power stations?
Go on, tell us, what wood is that toxic? We know you are dying to.

No, I understand the trees there move around too much to cut. You
obviously weren't paying attention; I said woods, plural, not wood,
singular. But who am I to try to interfere with your freedom of choice?
I'm not doing your homework for you either, DAGS.



JOAT
When in doubt, go to sleep.
- Mully Small

[sweet sawdust]

How about poison ivy? Around here it gets big enough to make things out of
(small things). ( Meet a spoon carver that made spoons out of it, keep them
in a glass case and called them "Mother in Law" spoons.) That might do a
job on you if you used it in a cutting board.
"Tim W" wrote in message
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"J T" wrote in message
...
Sat, Feb 17, 2007, 10:57pm (EST+5)

really you can use any wood you like

Note to self, don't eat at your house. There are some woods out
there toxic enough to kill.

Grown near nuclear power stations?

Go on, tell us, what wood is that toxic? We know you are dying to.

Tim W

[J. Clarke]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:17:30 -0600, "sweet sawdust"
wrote:

How about poison ivy? Around here it gets big enough to make things out of
(small things). ( Meet a spoon carver that made spoons out of it, keep them
in a glass case and called them "Mother in Law" spoons.) That might do a
job on you if you used it in a cutting board.

Oleander's another possible.

"Tim W" wrote in message
...

"J T" wrote in message
...
Sat, Feb 17, 2007, 10:57pm (EST+5)

really you can use any wood you like

Note to self, don't eat at your house. There are some woods out
there toxic enough to kill.

Grown near nuclear power stations?

Go on, tell us, what wood is that toxic? We know you are dying to.

Tim W

[charlieb]

Mahogany, being a somewhat open grained and relatively soft
wood might not be the best for something to which a sharp edge
and fluids will be applied. Save it for a nice box or turning.

It's really nice to work with hand tools and the Cuban Mahogany
version was called The King of Woods.

charlie b

[George]

"charlieb" wrote in message
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Mahogany, being a somewhat open grained and relatively soft
wood might not be the best for something to which a sharp edge
and fluids will be applied. Save it for a nice box or turning.

It's really nice to work with hand tools and the Cuban Mahogany
version was called The King of Woods.


Young lieutenant of my acquaintance asked if I could fix the damaged corner
on a coffee table she had. Her dad had made it years ago in Gitmo. You
guessed it, top was 22 inches by 2 inch by 36 inch Cuban mahogany. The
years had been kind to the color and the finish, but the movers, as always,
hadn't. I enjoyed just looking at that wood.

[Toller]

"George" wrote in message
t...

"charlieb" wrote in message
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Mahogany, being a somewhat open grained and relatively soft
wood might not be the best for something to which a sharp edge
and fluids will be applied. Save it for a nice box or turning.

It's really nice to work with hand tools and the Cuban Mahogany
version was called The King of Woods.


Young lieutenant of my acquaintance asked if I could fix the damaged
corner on a coffee table she had. Her dad had made it years ago in Gitmo.
You guessed it, top was 22 inches by 2 inch by 36 inch Cuban mahogany.
The years had been kind to the color and the finish, but the movers, as
always, hadn't. I enjoyed just looking at that wood.
I recovered some Cuban Mahogany from shelving a church was discarding. Not
much, but very pretty.

[Vern]

"Vern" wrote in message
k.net...
I'm watching a cooking show and this guy is using what appears to be a
large piece of mahogany for his cutting board. Is mahogany a good choice
for cutting boards or not?


Dang,
I really didn't expect a thread like that from a seemingly innocent
question. I agree that the mahogany is soft so probably not the best choice
for a cutting board. I just happened to have some reasonable chunks laying
around, but the board the TV chef was using looked really nice. Probably a
prop. Thanks for the replies and entertainment though!

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On Feb 18, 7:27 pm, "Vern" wrote:
"Vern" wrote in message

k.net...

I'm watching a cooking show and this guy is using what appears to be a
large piece of mahogany for his cutting board. Is mahogany a good choice
for cutting boards or not?

Dang,
I really didn't expect a thread like that from a seemingly innocent
question.


Let see .... what type of wood for cutting board..... SawStop is a
safer saw ..... Festool Domino....... Dust collection ... David Marks
vs Norm ... and many more usally get the ball rollin

[Norminn]

Vern wrote:
I'm watching a cooking show and this guy is using what appears to be a large
piece of mahogany for his cutting board. Is mahogany a good choice for
cutting boards or not?


Maple is traditional for cutting boards because it is very hard and
doesn't have open grain. Open grain traps food with decays or grows
bacteria. Softer woods would also get cut marks that do the same.