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Bonding Cutting Board Wood

Discussion in 'Shop Talk' started by Wagner the Wehrwolf, Oct 4, 2014.

  1. Wagner the Wehrwolf

    Wagner the Wehrwolf Founding Member

    I was at a huge folk arts and crafts festival today in NC and there were one or two vendors selling cutting boards. I got to thinking butcher blocks and cutting boards have to date as far back as knives. How were cutting board pieces bonded together before epoxy? For example, how would a Civil War era cutting board been held together?
     
    Wagner the Wehrwolf, Oct 4, 2014
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  2. Rick

    Rick aka Pensacola Tiger Founding Member Gold Contributor

    Glue made from animal hides, hooves, and other parts. They were reduced to jelly, then dried, ground into powder, then remixed with water and heated gently in a glue pot.
     
    Rick, Oct 4, 2014
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  3. Wagner the Wehrwolf

    Wagner the Wehrwolf Founding Member

    Interesting. I was thinking the bonding would have been mechanical since you wouldn't want the glue breaking down if it got wet.
     
    Wagner the Wehrwolf, Oct 5, 2014
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  4. Rick

    Rick aka Pensacola Tiger Founding Member Gold Contributor

    Probably why you would wipe and not wash a cutting board of that vintage.
     
    Rick, Oct 5, 2014
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