Repairing Commercial Sushi Cutting Boards
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2014
- This past summer, I restored a few commercial sushi cutting boards for the restaurant, Bamboo Sushi. Two of the cutting boards had developed cracks along the grain of the boards. I removed the cracks by cutting the boards along the crack and reattaching them with wood biscuits. I also sanded the top and bottom surface of the boards to remove some of the knife marks.
Bamboo Sushi.
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Very interesting! That teak looks really nice. I think the rustic look from the daily work abuse gives a unique kind of beauty to these things!
Nice to hear about the joint still working fine after some time of use.
Like you investigated, teak is difficult to hold the glue due to its natural oil, thank you for investigating and sharing with us.
Greetings from Good Old Germany
Peter
The most important question wasn't answered. Do you now get a discount every time you go back to the restaurant?
A simple fix, but really well presented!
I'll admit I'm not a lover of fish, especially raw, so handling those boards would be a stomach turner for me.
I use a cabinet scraper made from an old saw blade to scrape my cutting boards regularly. Exposes a fresh layer quickly and no sandpaper to clog.
Yes the shop had a fish smell for a week or so afterward
frank howarth
I can only imagine.
Fiz algo parecido com minha mesa da cozinha, só não precisei cortar, somete lixei e encerei novamente como era originalmente, ficou muito bonita, realçou cor da Imbui. Seu trabalho ficou muito bom, ainda mais sabendo que para cozinha.
frank howarth Frank , The most strange smell in my opinion, from the old cabinet with perfume =) I was genuinely shocked when I tried to saw a board from a home cabinet (about 40-45 years old) =))) wood remember all the smells around.
One species of pine is like that from Atlantic Canada region. Cut it and it smells like a magnificent womans perfume. I would stop whatever work I was doing to enjoy the fragrance each time a cut was made. It was that good.
Good job Frank, the problem is, now I have a craving for sushi
Just caught this as I was going through your videos. As always, great work Frank!
Still wondering if you are a best woodworker or movie director...
You make appear something so simple as a rejoining so much interesting....
While I try to solve this mistery receove my compliments for this new work and for your nice sharing with all of us
Hi Chris
thanks
Whenever I see your videos come in I say "oh great, Frank has another video out."
Another good one.
Every time you put a new video out the feeling is like finding money in my pocket :)
That was a nice story, thanks :)
I've had great success using scrapers and a spokeshave to resurface cutting boards. I had to get a good burnisher to get the hook required for a silky smooth finish but well worth the effort.
Great production value as always.
hmmm, I may have to try that. thanks
I've been using titebond 1 and 2 for a lot of years on teak (boatbuilding) and I've never had any problems with oil in joints. In the last two or three years I've been using titebond 3 with similar results. Never really noticed any problem with oil and loosening joints. The stuff is incredible. The titebond 3 is also supposed to be weather-proof. In fact, the joints on a deck hatch I built well over twenty years ago still look as tight as a seal's bung hole (if you'll excuse my language).
Victor, why do you know about the seal butt?
It gets lonely out at sea.
...OH MAN!!! LOL!
Victor - bwahahahah - phenomenal reply...
Frank, you always put out really well produced video's. Well done as always
Another solid video! You're living the dream my friend, I hope to be where you are someday! Thanks again.
thanks, slow and steady.
Hi frank
Nice repair you did it just the way I had to repair a friends after and employee dropped it and guess what a nice split was then present.
It is still holding up 2 years later.
Thanks for posting your videos always enjoyable and informative.
Regards
Mark
Over the pond in the UK
Great fix, and video Frank. One of my favourite foods too :)
Take care
Mike
Wow, that restaurant looks hella busy! The repair you did is about as good as you can hope to achieve on this type of item. End grain cutting boards would probably be a longer lasting option for them, but they're more expensive, and they may as well just keep using the ones they have currently until they're a bit past the point of repairing them (maybe after another planing or sanding down the line).
Why do I get really excited when you have a new video. I prepare, grab a beer, shoo the kids away, make sure my wife is happy, then I watch. LOL.
Frank maybe next time to keep the boards as far as the cracks go and to add some conversation to the boards is fixing them with "Butterfly Locks". I have always liked them and they are like most anything else after you get the hang of it it's really enjoyable. But I guess I'm one to talk Your ability to be creative, resourceful Oh Yes ! and that "SHOP" ! makes me wish I were in the neighborhood. Really enjoy the ideas and your work and that your kind enough to share your video's. Thanks Frank !
that is a great idea, but in this case the cracs can collect all kinds of bacteria and fungi which you don't want on your sushi.
I don't know if it's the same but my Dad had a chopping block on which he prepared everything we ate. I don't know if it was a rule or tradition but that block was never sanded. It was washed and scrubed with hot water, lemon and rock salt, then scraped with an absolutely flat sharpened meat cleaver until sonething went "ding" inside my Dad and then he spread screaming hot olive oil on it. He flipped it each time he cleaned it. I think it was about 4-5 inches thick held together with threaded stainless steel rods wood plug capped on the ends. The thing was a hardwood piece of high art. He never did (to my knowledge), but I'm pretty sure he would have killed anyone he caught misusing it. I think the whole thing was endgrain on the business sides.
Very good fix I use Titebond 3 most of the time. it's a good glue.
Thanks for sharing.
Good fix, Thanks for sharing Frank.
We had the local Meat Market bring us a Chopping Block that was 24" Cubed.
They chop on the End Grain, and it was pretty messed up. So we set it on the sawmill and took off an Inch slice. They were only down for a couple hours.
Great video! I walked by Studio Jelly the other day and saw all your work!
ha! nice.
Nice work they turned out great
Nice rejuvenation.
I hate working with teak in my shop. Every time a costumer asked for it I have to build in the cost for sharpening or replacing the knives on my jointer and plainer. All the oil in teak is like sandpaper for the knives.
I find it refreshing to see you using a planer (jointer) to prepare those edges for gluing. In the UK, we're trained to do this by standard but across the Atlantic, I see people constantly working with edges straight from their table saws... It can't be a bad approach as we all use these saws to cut sheet materials but I've never personally had the balls to glue two 'sawn' edges together. Hope the teak didn't have an adverse effect on your blades or cutters! ;-)
If you use a thicker, more rigid blade, that has a less staggered tooth pattern, the cut comes out pretty smooth. It's not something I'd personally do on a high quality piece of work tho.
Don't forget Olly....we don't all have planers/jointers mate ;)
Are glue joints stronger if the edges are jointed? Wouldn’t a “rougher” edge straight off a table saw allow more wood for the glue to adhere?
Good work on what cutting board!
Frank thank you I too really look forward to your video's there just the best...
Love Sushi.
Thanks for sharing Frank.
Damn made me hungry for sushi, nice repair work! Repair, restore, reuse
Between Bamboo Sushi and Salt and Straw that block on NW 23rd is always busy. I'd love to see you refinish that board, Frank.
just love your stuff..
Makes me want to go out tonight and have some Sushi.
Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
Always said you're a man on a roll!
That was a cool project!
wow busy place 7 days a week, nice video thanks, well worth the prep.
As always, a great video. :)
the basic problem is in the wet/dry cycles of the boards which causes them to swell and shrink. The ends dry out faster and tend to crack. the dry boards should be thoroughly steeped in paraffin oil to exclude water then kept regularly oiled.
Always awesome, I didn't know that about gluing teak.
But shouldn't oil be there when you cut or it somehow retracts back into the wood?
Very nice work Frank. I'm glad for your sake, and for the sake of your sleeping neighbours, that didn't have to get the power tools going at 3am!!!
Very nice sir.
I am always impressed by franks work, but for this video i am most impressed that franks shop actully does get messy sometimes.. lol.
Fantastic!
Good work ! 😀
Congratulations from Brazil. :-)
Nice job as usual.
Vinny
Can you do a review of your rolling workbench that is the same height as your table saw or give us a better view of what it looks like? I really like that workbench style.
Man I miss your videos
I hope your get you creative fire on
And share in you tube once again
Your great videos. thank you
Nice job.
I have heard that teak is hard on woodworking tools due to the silica content. So I found it interesting they use teak cutting boards. I wonder if they have to sharpen their knives more often than typical or if maybe knives don't cut deep enough to really be harmed. Interesting project!
It's better for health reasons to have a board that won't gouge as easily when working in a restaurant since any slices in the board will hold onto bacteria. So a more durable surface is preferred. Also if their knives are good quality and their technique is on point, which it most likely is. The edge will last the the whole day.
thats cool, i do wish you would upload longer videos of things, i like your commentary, its oddly relaxing
I like Bamboo Sushi. My old roommate used to work there.
Мужик, ты крут !!!
Hi Frank. Nice work you did. Is it the same teak that was used in school desks, at least in Britain, and science benches. Regular teak you could buy from a timber merchants or something special for cutting? Thanks.
Hello, Frank. Always a pleasure to watch your videos, they are very bright and spectacular :)
I have a question for you: how do you work in the studio in the winter, how is heated by its huge workshop? Do other than electric heat guns, other heating?
And a small request: add, please, in the description of the video to more information about your work, you look on the other side of the ocean, not the English-speaking audience :)
Mark Fisher, Kiev, Ukraine.
I have a 40 amp electric heater, and a lot of insulation, and mild winters, and I wear a hat.
frank howarth I noticed that you wear a hat :) The question is how to glue the adhesive at low temperatures.
PS Saw your video winter, you also is the snow. And what is the average temperature in the winter you have?
Bamboo Sushi coming soon to San Francisco and San Ramon.
Is teak as oily as Lignum Vitae? Wondering if I can use that glue to glue it up or if it is too oily.
Well done.
Congrats.
ZACCARO
Oiled wood like that would be a great application of a card instead of sandpaper.
Cool
Bon apétit !
nice!
Love me some SUSHI!!!!!
Very good work. I love sushi, but good sushi is difficult to find here in Ohio.
I'm curious as to what oil they use on the cutting boards. Do you happen to know? Also, now I want a teak cutting board :)
Now I want Sushi :)
Teak cutting boards can dull your knife quickly. In a restaurant environment when you are constantly sharpening it's ok. At home I would use a softer wood. It's less of a headache.
frank, I was thinking just split the boards at the crack, clean the sides then glue them. What made you want to rip out the original crack?
Cleaning those cracked surfaces would be difficult and hard to get then to go back together well. And they did not mind loosing the width.
I get it. I had repaired a family heirloom cutting board by finishing the split that started then gluing, clamping and weighing the whole mess down on a flat surface for a month. That fixed it but yeah had to wire wheel the bahorkas out of all the exposed surfaces. You make great vids and I'm glad I found your channel.
Portland! :D
I was wondering what you charged to do a simple job like this. The work was simple but time consuming and with a somewhat amount of preasure. Seems they weren't personal friends or would've let you in back easier. I'm asking because a BARBQ place has ask me to do the same. Maybe I'm breaking some kind of woodworker's code by asking so excuse my ignorance.
As usual thanks for sharing. I enjoy watching your work.
I think I charged $200 for 4 boards. 2 needed fixing and 4 sanding. I'm trying to figure this stuff out too.
Wow that must make you proud
simple stuff, but it was nice to se it being used.
Nice Work
I love frank
I might be inclined to go buy a whole bunch of teak and build them a bunch of spare boards.
as good as new :-)
You must have been paid in Sushi :-)
I was wondering how you charged them (If you did) for the work? My wife tells me I don't charge enough for the work that I do. I built Kitchen cabinet doors for a lady and charged $100 for 8 doors. My wife said that was just over $12 per door. I had 80 passes through the saw and I sanded all the doors for priming. I then explained to her that I was paid $20 per hour. I held the doors for an extra day for looks. I find pricing for work harder than doing the actual work.
Yeah i hate figuring out pricing. For this there were 2 boards fixed and 4 boards sanded and I changed $200. and took 2 to 3 hours. I used to look at woodworking pieces at craft fairs or galleries and think, wow that's expensive. Now I look and think how are they even making a living.
frank howarth Thanks for that answer, it's always hard to price your own labour so it helps to see someone else's laid out nice and plain.
+Gary Finger I was about to ask how much did he charge. I'm not a carpenter jet but I work as a photographer from time to time and get 50$/h. It's considered to be low in this business but I charge for the editing time and all my expenses. For what I'v gathered, in carpentry it's about the same if you are running your own shop and have some demand
Very good thanks Frank
Louis
PS I LO
Hello. Idea for new woodworking project : SMOKEHOUSE for the garden :)
You're...you're what I want to be.
You done this for free sushi hah!
Which oil did you use?
None, that is something the restaurant did.
They likely used mineral oil (paraffin oil, white oil, call it whatever) because it is food safe and does not go rancid.
Couldn’t you have repaired it for them on a weekend or a national holiday? Didn’t seem like a extremely urgent problem
I like Frank.
Frank, you're the coolest. Can we be friends?
I didn't know you were a fan of Minecraft frank!
teak for food!?
we use pine or equall. nice job thou!!!
You prefer pine because it's disposable?
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no!! its a softer wood with way more recin in then teak oil , wich isnt good for you , the teak i meen, the oil can couse allergic reactions coused by the meny uses of the oil in lots of differnt things and it multplys up in our bodys , wheras pine recin is eatable ! the softer wood maked the dulling of knifge edges slow down , alott! thats why ! hope you find it helpfull !
transdetendal That interesting, never heard of a reaction to teak before. I think I'll stick to hardwoods when making cutting boards though, wayyy more resistant to moisture and humidity.
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absolutly true !! and i get why most is doing so , but here , if your in buissnes , not happening !! its either plastics or non reactive woods !
+transdetendal That makes sense.
Smelly boards!!
Couldn't you have plained the boards a little bit, before glueing them back together instead of wasting so much sandpaper? Hope my grammar is correct, I'm from Germany ;D
Your grammar seems perfect. Far better than my German (other than food items I don't speak German).
You took payment in fish, right?
Woodglut is nice for that.
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Sushi to me is bait and inhaling teak saw dust is a very bad idea. Look it up.
I thought it was illegal to use wood to prepare food!
Hi Frank. love your work an presentation. love it so much that it inspired me to try and produce a narrative led woodworking video. I wondered if you would be kind enough to check it out an tell me what you think. A custom handle Kind regards, Phil
Looks great
frank howarth Woohoo . Thank you
Throw out the suschi and eat the board.yuk!