How To Make A Cutting Board From Old Gym Flooring

Use feather boards and hold down rollers to get a true straight cut on the lumber.

How to make a cutting board from old gym flooring.

Mill your own flooring show. Run the lumber through the table saw for the final width of the hardwood floors. Repeat sanding process with 120 grit then 220 grit sandpaper. Allow cutting board to dry overnight before use.

In this video i will show you how to make a cutting board out of recycled hardwood flooring. That is if you don t count the time. Each piece of flooring must be ripped twice. The video moves along pretty fast so head over to our blog to if you want more details on each step.

Run all of the flooring cutting the opposite side and end. This step is optional but it will make it easier to grip and hang your cutting board. 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. Great woodworking projects in your workshop new vlog every frid.

Use the scrap material from the last step to set up the cutter. Rip the flooring pieces. Measure and mark 1 1 2 inches from each side of one of the corners making a plus sign. Use the 5 8 inch drill bit and drill a hole through the wood plank at the mark.

I suggest you keep a number of spare boards in case the worst should happen and you need to make a repair. After you finish the install you can return any unopened boxes to the distributor. We get the stopwatch out for this build to show how quickly you can make one of these cutting boards in about 20 minutes.