Cutting board recommendations

Gravytrain84

Looking for a board that’s around 24”x18”. Preferably end grain. Any recs?

CTMike

I can build you one if you have some time. Check out the "Some Of Today's Effort" thread for some photos of previous work.

The most recent one is a cherry/maple checkerboard field with a walnut border, 14 x 21 x 2 1/2" thick.

If you don't want to wait, you could order a Boos, but his 18x24 is $393:

John Boos Reversible End Grain Maple Chopping Block (butcherblockco.com)

The Cen-Tex Smoker

CTMike said:

I can build you one if you have some time. Check out the "Some Of Today's Effort" thread for some photos of previous work.

The most recent one is a cherry/maple checkerboard field with a walnut border, 14 x 21 x 2 1/2" thick.

If you don't want to wait, you could order a Boos, but his 18x24 is $393:

John Boos Reversible End Grain Maple Chopping Block (butcherblockco.com)

I am 100% in for one of your boards. I will gladly wait for it as well. Dealers choice although i would like one medium and one larger size please. I'll venmo you whenever you need it.

4TheGrillOfIt

X2 on the Boos if you’re wanting a manufactured board.  Outstanding quality.

Botch

I'm in the process of rebuilding my home office.  I've become aware that Lowes, (and supposedly HD/Menards/etc) offer 1-to-1.5"-thick large countertops built in "butcher-block" style, although it doesn't look like end-grain in any of them:
https://www.lowes.com/search?searchTerm=end+grain+butcher+block+countertops
Looks fairly easy to buy one of these, and slice them up into a dozen or more cutting boards, and do a "group buy".  
They won't be anywhere near the quality of @CTMike's or a Boos, but might be an option for some budgets.  

Ozzie_Isaac

I would gladly buy a board too.  Your patterns are gorgeous and quality looks outstanding.  Same deal as @The Cen-Tex Smoker dealer choice.  I keep a board on my counter 24/7.  With one of your boards, my wife wouldn't complain.

CTMike

PMs sent. 

nolaegghead

Botch said:

I'm in the process of rebuilding my home office.  I've become aware that Lowes, (and supposedly HD/Menards/etc) offer 1-to-1.5"-thick large countertops built in "butcher-block" style, although it doesn't look like end-grain in any of them:
https://www.lowes.com/search?searchTerm=end+grain+butcher+block+countertops
Looks fairly easy to buy one of these, and slice them up into a dozen or more cutting boards, and do a "group buy".  
They won't be anywhere near the quality of @CTMike's or a Boos, but might be an option for some budgets.  

You could cut one of those up into straps the width equal to the thickness of an end-grain board and glue them up to be an end-board 

kl8ton

Ikea has them too.  

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/butcher-block-countertops-46457/

CTMike

kl8ton said:

Ikea has them too.  

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/butcher-block-countertops-46457/

Not sure that the IKEA countertops would be a good candidate for cutting in to end grain cutting boards. Website states they are made with veneer wood, so I assume that when you cut it in to strips and rotate 90 degrees for glue up in to an end grain board you would see the core wood and the veneer. 

nolaegghead

CTMike said:

kl8ton said:

Ikea has them too.  

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/butcher-block-countertops-46457/

Not sure that the IKEA countertops would be a good candidate for cutting in to end grain cutting boards. Website states they are made with veneer wood, so I assume that when you cut it in to strips and rotate 90 degrees for glue up in to an end grain board you would see the core wood and the veneer. 

I noticed that too.  My first thought was "how long will a 1.5" end-grain top last?"  (answer - not long unless it was sealed enough were it was useless as a cutting board)

kl8ton

CTMike said:

kl8ton said:

Ikea has them too.  

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/butcher-block-countertops-46457/

Not sure that the IKEA countertops would be a good candidate for cutting in to end grain cutting boards. Website states they are made with veneer wood, so I assume that when you cut it in to strips and rotate 90 degrees for glue up in to an end grain board you would see the core wood and the veneer. 

I didn't read.  We had one (ikea) installed as a desk top in kitchen area.  It was not 1.5" thick and was not veneer.  I drilled wire management holes for computer. I would guess it was maybe 1 inch. 

RyanStl

A couple years ago I was stalking all of the classified websites and was able to find a cheap end grain from Mercari. Shipping was as much as the board, but I was okay with that.

Mark_B_Good

Yeah look on Craigslist or Kijiji in Canada ... especially this time of year. There's guys that make them in their garage and just dump their residual inventory around now. 

I got what was easily a $350 to $400 cutting board (end block maple, HUGE board) ... for like $100.