Cutting Boards
Pinned Mortise and Tenon
Cutting Boards
These cutting boards are made from several wood combinations. From the bottom up they are:
1.walnut border with flame birch center
2. pang panga border with congona center
3. hulabali with ebony pegs
4. arracanga border and congona center
5.walnut border and curly maple center
The woods you haven't heard of are tropical woods that don't generally reach the American woodworking market, but by using these woods in high-end products woodworkers like myself help bring much needed revenue into underdeveloped areas, otherwise they are likely to be clear cut and converted to agricultural use. One can say, "Save the rain forest,---buy tropical wood!"
$98, includes shipping
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Walnut and Birch
Pinned Mortise and Tenon Cutting Board
These cutting board ends are fastened with mortise and tenon
joints. The middle tenon is glued into its tight fitting
mortise, but the end tenons are not glued into their wider
mortises, allowing the center part of the board to expand and
contract with changing seasons, and after taking on moisture
from use. The square pegs pass through slots in the tenons,
holding the end tightly to the body of the board, but allowing
it's ebb and swell. This is old fashioned sound woodworking
technique, something you don't see much in this era of throwaway
consumer goods imported from China. These cutting boards are
made to last --a gesture of optimism I hope will create ripples
of like-minded action. At the very least, it makes for a very
nice cutting board!
Congona-Arracanga Pinned Mortise and Tenon
Cutting Board
These cutting board ends are fastened with mortise and tenon
joints. The middle tenon is glued into its tight fitting
mortise, but the end tenons are not glued into their wider
mortises, allowing the center part of the board to expand and
contract with changing seasons, and after taking on moisture
from use. The square pegs pass through slots in the tenons,
holding the end tightly to the body of the board, but allowing
it's ebb and swell. The web id full of people selling cutting
boards that are sure to crack, as they use cross grain
construction with no provision for wood movement. These cutting
boards are made to last --a gesture of optimism I hope will
create ripples of like-minded action. At the very least, it
makes for a very nice cutting board!
Hulabali Pinned Mortise and Tenon Cutting Board
This board is made from solid hulabali, with the same bread board end construction applied to a single wide board.
$98, includes shipping
Maple and Walnut
Pinned Mortise and Tenon Cutting Board
This cutting board ends are fastened with mortise and tenon
joints. The middle tenon is glued into its tight fitting
mortise, but the end tenons are not glued into their wider
mortises, allowing the center part of the board to expand and
contract with changing seasons, and after taking on moisture
from use. The square pegs pass through slots in the tenons,
holding the end tightly to the body of the board, but allowing
it's ebb and swell. This is old fashioned fine woodworking
technique, something you don't see much in this era of throwaway
consumer goods imported from China. These cutting boards are
made to last --a gesture of optimism I hope will create ripples
of like-minded action. At the very least, it makes for a very
nice cutting board!
$98, includes shipping
Pinned Mortise and Tenon Cutting Board Construction Detail
Here's a photo of the joint prior to assembly. The end pieces, known as bread board ends, help keep the board flat. The middle part of a board like this will change width, here in New England by about 3/32 of an inch between summer and winter. It will also try to warp when doing that, unless its quartersawn. This method of fastening the end rails allows the middle section to change width and keeps the board from warping as it does so. If the end rail were simply glued in place, with or without dowels or biscuits, a year or two of wood movement would cause the joint to break, or the wood to crack.
$98, includes shipping
