Thick bamboo cutting board

That’s what I do. Or I’ll run a couple passes over the board with 220 and then 320 grit sandpaper in a random orbital sander. Then I finish with a mineral oil/beeswax mix.

The exception is where I’m going to spray it to darken all of the engrave to be consistent since bamboo can have really variable grain that shows a lot of variation in the engrave. Then I mask it, shoot it with a couple coats of Minwax Polyshades and then do the oil treatment after it dries.

What are the setting s you’ve used for photos on a bamboo cutting boards?

I believe that was in the ballpark of 1000/100, but there was a lot of trial and error that went into that. I will do bamboo if I have to, but I’m not fond of it.

Thank you😊

Looking to make a commissioned cutting board and this would be my first! A couple questions:

  1. what are the best materials - bamboo, etc? Got any Amazon recommendations?
  2. do you need to seal the board for food safe afterwards? How do you go about that? I have poly but I’m not sure it’s food safe
  3. any other tips?

Thanks!

Search, as always, is a good thing.

https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=Food%20Safe%20cutting%20board