How To Make A Cutting Board From Old Gym Flooring

Make sure all dried glue is sanded off surface prior to finishing.

How to make a cutting board from old gym flooring.

I suggest you keep a number of spare boards in case the worst should happen and you need to make a repair. Mill your own flooring show. 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. Use feather boards and hold down rollers to get a true straight cut on the lumber.

That is if you don t count the time. Run all of the flooring cutting the opposite side and end. Allow cutting board to dry overnight before use. Run the lumber through the table saw for the final width of the hardwood floors.

Each piece of flooring must be ripped twice. Repeat sanding process with 120 grit then 220 grit sandpaper. Use the 5 8 inch drill bit and drill a hole through the wood plank at the mark. This step is optional but it will make it easier to grip and hang your cutting board.

Use the scrap material from the last step to set up the cutter. Hardwood flooring is a beautiful addition to any home and if you re interested fred has an excellent guide for installing hardwood flooring available at that link. In this video i will show you how to make a cutting board out of recycled hardwood flooring. It s easiest to get started with this project if the flooring pieces are first cut into roughly 2 foot long sections so long as the rough cut width is wider than your desired width for the finished cutting board.

We get the stopwatch out for this build to show how quickly you can make one of these cutting boards in about 20 minutes. Rip the flooring pieces. The video moves along pretty fast so head over to our blog to if you want more details on each step.