Gordon ,, your idea, and getting the cutting board at Wally ,, is great.
I'm wondering why no one else has done this?

I get my cutting board at the Dollar stores or Wal-Mart. The problem I had
with polymer cutting board is that on the long run, some of them, become dry
and are showing signs of cracking when under compression. The cost of
1/8 -3/16 thick X 3 to 5 wide SS flat bar is not all that much.
Here we have a Metal superstore. They cater to people buying small quantity
at a time.
The last time I went to the Metal superstore I purchased 1/4 thick X 4" wide
SS flat bar. I had this cut to 5" lengths.
I got out of there with 10 SS pieces ready to be drilled for less than
$15.00 CAD including taxes and cutting cost.
When I got home I rounded the corners, drilled the holes and deburred the
back up plates. At that price I do not bother with cutting board anymore.
Next time, I may use a thinner bar stock like 1/8 thick.

"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:21:48 GMT, "NE Sailboat"
wrote:

Gordon ,, your idea, and getting the cutting board at Wally ,, is great.
I'm wondering why no one else has done this?

Is there give to the cutting board material? Casey advised Marine Ply
because it is a very dense plywood material.

Then again .. so it cutting board.

You may have hit the big one.

I am going to cross post this to my yahoo group. See if anyone there has
used your idea.



HDPE is quite flexible compared to plywood.

CWM