Selling cutting boards at markets

[Eric.]

7 minutes ago, Dan S said:

Face grain boards are usually made from fewer wide boards and are thus more prone to cupping & bow. Edge grain boards are usually maid from a larger number of narrower boards stood on edge and are thus less prone to the movement issues seen in face grain boards. 

Correct, therefore the differentiation between "face grain" and "edge grain" is about orientation only...i.e. the width of the boards that make up the cutting board...and nothing else.  My point was that face grain IS edge grain and vise versa...they're both long grain.  They are exactly the same.  If you cut a board into a 2x2 blank, there would be no such thing as "face grain" and "edge grain" because it's all just long grain.  And no matter what you call it, it's always inferior to end grain when it comes to cutting boards.

[Tom Cancelleri]

Exactly, This is what I'm referring to. Yes it's still long grain, but more stable when ripped and flipped. If you said to someone here make a face grain cutting board, you're essentially asking for a nice wide wooden pringle. 

 

[Pwk5017]

Yeah, thank marketing for screwing up the nomenclature on face vs edge, not to mention exactly what "butcher block" means to people. Typically constructing an edge grain board from flatsawn material will give you a quarter/rift sawn appearance using many pieces. However, if you start with QS or RS then you will have a flatsawn appearance. Same for making boards out of wide flatsawn stock. You may experience more cupping from those boards, but if you use QS stock then i dont see why it would cup more than an edge grain board out of flatsawn material. 

[Dan S]

20 minutes ago, Eric. said:

And no matter what you call it, it's always inferior to end grain when it comes to cutting boards.

You wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something, I don't think I have seen a single person state otherwise?

[Eric.]

You wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something, I don't think I have seen a single person state otherwise?

No. Reinforcing the fact that face grain and edge grain are the same - some people seem to think there is a difference and that one is better than the other - and that they're both inferior to end grain. That's all. Don't be so defensive.

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[hawkeyestoob]

On 1/26/2017 at 8:57 AM, drzaius said:

And wear a man bun for extra effect.

Don't forget that you should also be wearing your man capris as well.

[Immortan D]

Thinking about making a miter grain cutting board.

[AndyG]

So I've prepared about 21 boards with only a couple glued up. I have some really nice figured small boards that I've cut square and added strips (edge grain) to make them look more interesting. It's really nice to use some of these off cuts that I've been storing for years...

The one below is just strips dry assembled. I'll change the layout and glue it up- should get 2 decent sized boards out of each one.

I've also been making mineral oil/beeswax paste. It's super easy and after testing it on some boards I really like it. I'll be making a batch of 40 small tins for sale also.

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[krtwood]

On 1/26/2017 at 7:14 PM, AndyG said:

This idea came about when I realised I have so many off cuts and pieces of really nice wood that would be perfect for a cutting board and not much else. I really hate clutter so I'm going to turn them into boards (and why not make a little money for another tool?)

 

Only posting this to challenge the assumption that there isn't anything else you can do with cutoffs besides make cutting boards.  The laborious part is prepping and gluing up all the strips into a board.  Once you have done that then it's a board and you can do anything you want with it.  Doing the exact same thing everybody else does with something is a surefire way of not making much money.