So here it is, all dimensioned out.
It's about 11 this way by 20 and a quarter this way.
With a 30 degree chamfer, like I said, all the way along the bottom edges.
Which is nice because no matter which direction you grab it, you've got a nice hold to grab.
I've got a little bit of a knot starting to show right here.
However, it's not, there's no crevice there. It's all nice and smooth.
It's just a really dark piece of wood.
I've got a few minor little staple holes here.
The bottom side is just full of staple holes.
That doesn't matter because it's the bottom side. You use it this way.
I'm going to put some oil on here once I'm done sanding it.
This will be perfect for fresh loaves of bread or light cutting, something like that.
I wouldn't recommend this for cutting chicken on or something like that.
Where you get a lot of places for the bacteria to go into these little holes to absorb and grow.
You could use it for that, I don't care.
But I'm not going to.
That's what I'm going to be left with.
I've got some 120 grit sandpaper in my random orbital sander.
I'm going to get all this cleaned up real good, round over the corners just slightly.
120 up to 220.
Then I'm going to let it soak with some mineral oil.
I'm switching to a newer piece of carpet pad.
I noticed every time I flipped it over, I had this little moisture spot in the same place.
I had something on that piece of carpet pad.
Just switching real quick.
Alright, so this is super smooth as is.
I'm going to take my sandpaper though.
I've already got 120 up to 220 in here.
I've got this little neat sanding pad I like to use.
This is how I'm going to round the corners.
If I was to use that random orbital sander, I'd be putting dime sized radiuses on here.
I don't want to do that.
So I'm just going to do it by hand.
Just ever so gently round these corners.
Basically, I don't want a round over.
I just want to remove the sharp edge.
Like I said, I'm doing this by hand because the random orbital sander takes off way too much material.
Alright, well that's it.
That's as good as it's going to get.
I've got a little board I'm going to put up here and put some oil on it real quick.
Alright, I've got a piece of old t-shirt and some good old mineral oil laxative.
Battery's about to die.
Alright, some mineral oil you can find it at your pharmacy section of any department store, Walmart, whatever is closest to you.
And that's what I'm going to use to seal and protect this cutting board.
That little bottle is like $1.99, something like that, $2.00.
And this is my, let's see, this is my fifth cutting board I've made out of that little bottle.
So, you don't have to spend a lot of money on this stuff.
And it will seal just fine.
Now every once, I don't know, once every two months or so, you're going to want to go back and do the same thing to reseal it if you use your cutting board a lot.
I'm starting with the bottom side on here.
I'm just putting a liberal coat of the oil all over.
And I'm going to flip it over.
These paper towels, by the way, have been used on every cutting board I've made, so it's a very efficient method I've used.
This stuff is going to soak in pretty much as much as it will in about, I don't know, an hour or so.
You'll still see some holes on the top and some dry spots where some places have absorbed more than others.
So, in about an hour, I'll come back and not put any more on, but just smear around whatever's on top.
That will soak up and absorb and dry.
And then, in another day or so, I'll put another coat on there.
But, this cutting board's done, basically.
Alright, so I've came back twice now and just smeared some more oil all over it and let that soak in.
I've just wiped it down a final time.
It's had two soakings and one good wipe down, so this thing is done, basically.
I'm going to let it sit overnight with some more oil on it just to be on the safe side.
But, it doesn't look like it's absorbing any more.
So, there it is, from trash to treasure.
I'm actually going to give this away to my mother-in-law, so I have no use for it, really don't.
But, it's fun to make.
I'll take the camera and get a little close for you.
I had a couple pieces with some nice grain in it.
I like the way the grain turned out in this piece.
The way it starts out as a tannish brown and dips into this green and goes almost black.
I really like that.
But, yeah, just a simple cutting board here.
And the end grain turned out quite nice.
Let me stand it up.
It's still a little oily.
It's a real nice texture on the end grain.
So, yeah, there it is.
From trash to treasure.
Mattress to cutting board.
Plus a boatload of scraps.
So, hope you like it.
Hope you can do something similar with somebody else's throwaways and keep something out of the landfill.
Repurpose some old wood.
Thanks for watching.
