How To Make A Cutting Board From Old Gym Flooring

Allow cutting board to dry overnight before use.

How to make a cutting board from old gym flooring. Use the scrap material from the last step to set up the cutter. Use the 5 8 inch drill bit and drill a hole through the wood plank at the mark. The video moves along pretty fast so head over to our blog to if you want more details on each step. Rub entire cutting board with several coats of a food safe finish like mineral oil walnut oil or beeswax allowing oil to fully absorb into the wood.

After you finish the install you can return any unopened boxes to the distributor. Great woodworking projects in your workshop new vlog every frid. That is if you don t count the time. We get the stopwatch out for this build to show how quickly you can make one of these cutting boards in about 20 minutes.

I suggest you keep a number of spare boards in case the worst should happen and you need to make a repair. Mill your own flooring show. Use feather boards and hold down rollers to get a true straight cut on the lumber. Hardwood flooring is a beautiful addition to any home and if you re interested fred has an excellent guide for installing hardwood flooring available at that link.

Measure and mark 1 1 2 inches from each side of one of the corners making a plus sign. Each piece of flooring must be ripped twice. It s easiest to get started with this project if the flooring pieces are first cut into roughly 2 foot long sections so long as the rough cut width is wider than your desired width for the finished cutting board. Repeat sanding process with 120 grit then 220 grit sandpaper.

Rip the flooring pieces. Run the lumber through the table saw for the final width of the hardwood floors. In this video i will show you how to make a cutting board out of recycled hardwood flooring.