18" Red Oak - Cutting Board Strips
$3.00 $1.80 /Each
mix/match strips and squares (48 U.S. Ground)
- Classic for cutting boards
- Food safe
- Kiln Dried
Description
You're in excellent hands with these cutting board strips, expertly cut from premium kiln-dried lumber. They come prepped and ready for you to rip, cut, and arrange into beautiful color combinations and patterns, allowing you to craft your own custom, handcrafted cutting board with ease.PRO TIP
Expect to do a little prepping to any surfaces you'll glue together
Specifications
Use & Care
Cutting board strips are prepared to make layout and glue-up easier, but solid wood still benefits from acclimation, careful arrangement, and good clamping technique before you begin your project.
Let the Wood Acclimate
Give the strips time to adjust to your shop environment before glue-up. Solid wood can expand or contract as moisture and humidity conditions change.
Lay Out the Board First
Arrange the strips before applying glue so you can balance grain, color, and contrast. Mark the sequence or orientation once you find a layout you like.
Dry-Fit Before Gluing
Bring the strips together without glue first and check the joints. Correct any obvious gaps, debris, or alignment issues before beginning the glue-up.
Use an Appropriate Wood Glue
Apply glue evenly across the mating surfaces and follow the adhesive manufacturer's recommendations for open time, clamping time, temperature, and cleanup.
Clamp Evenly
Use enough pressure to close the joints without forcing the assembly out of alignment. Alternate clamp positions when practical and check that the panel stays as flat as possible.
Sand and Finish After Glue-Up
Allow the glue to cure fully before flattening or sanding. Finish the completed board with a product appropriate for its intended use, and always follow the finish manufacturer's instructions.
Wood Species Guide
About Red Oak
Quercus rubra Grows in North America
North America
USA, Canada
Compare Red Oak with
Color Range
Light tan with a reddish tinge.
About the Tree
The most common hardwood in North America. The tree matures at about 70 feet in height and a trunk of 36".
Other Names
Northern red oak, Red oak, Gray oak, American red oak, Canadian red oak
Common Uses
Furniture, cabinets, floors, accessories, shop jigs, utility projects, interior millwork, molding, mantles, chairs, trim
What Does The Janka Hardness Rating Mean?
The Janka hardness test is the international standard for measuring the resistance of a sample of wood to denting and wear.
It's expressed in psi, or pounds-per-square-inch. The test measures the pressure required to embed an 11.28mm (.444 in) diameter steel ball into wood to half the ball's diameter. The measurement was developed to determine whether a species is suitable for use as flooring; however, we include it here and compare it to the rating of red oak to help you make a buying choice.
There is a difference between hardness and being difficult to work with. Generally speaking, the harder the wood the easier it is to finish and polish. Harder woods create good, solid long-lasting joinery in furniture.
The hardness of wood varies with the direction of the wood grain, and varies from piece to piece. So a Janka rating is an average of numerous tests performed on all directions and numerous pieces. Use the Janka hardness rating as guide, not a definitive answer.
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