Chopping Board

[NiallsMama]

Can I buy a section of tree trunk and use it as a chopping board or does the grain have to be a certain direction / certain type of wood?

[pastafreak]

This may tell you more than you want to know..lol

http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/getting -started/index.asp

[NiallsMama]

Thanks for that, that's the next stage though; I need to source my wood first, no pun intended!

[Mortartube]

You need the grain to run sideways, across the board. It needs to be cut from a plank. If the grain direction runs the other way, between to top and bottom of the board, you risk splitting it if you were to chop heavily with a cleaver or similar, in the same way you can easily split logs down the grain with an axe.

[terambulan]

Bit of a risk of splinters in the food?