I had the offcuts from my laminated Ash workbench top laying around the shop since last winter collecting dust. I had been thinking about making an end grain cutting board from them but was concerned about how to flatten the whole thing once I got it glued together. I ended up diving in and then running it thru the 13" Rigid planer, taking very light cuts and flipping it over frequently. Happy to find that I got no tear out to speak of on the edges, although I did cut it to final size (12 1/4 x 11 1/14 x 1" thick) after flattening and cleaned up the sides in the process. I then routed some finger grooves in all four sides with the 1" round nose bit I got on sale from Rockwell last year and did successive sanding with my Dewalt ROS at 150 and 220 grit and then used the mineral oil paraffin wax combo to seal it all up. I had no plan for the pattern when I started and I'm pretty happy how it turned out. My wife asked me if she could use it. I'm hoping she is happy with it for a long time.
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