My cousin Greg was in the market for a cutting board and I was looking to learn to make one for somebody. Took a bunch of cut ends and scraps, glued them together on edge and cut them on the old garbage picked table saw to about 1.75″ thickness. Prepared them for glue up ends facing out by sanding the edges as flat as i could, after making a jig to incorporate two dowels in the core of the board. After drilling all the holes, the striped strips were finally glued together in a crazy pattern. Trimmed the dowel ends, cut the board square to final dimensions of 18″x22″x1.6″, and soaked it in mineral oil. I went on the road just after I oiled it and left it upstairs while I was gone for two months. When I returned home, the board had developed a few gaps and the dowels had grown 3/4″ out of the board at each end! Holy cow I was surprised. So, I stripped the oil off the board with compressed air and acetone, over and over, only in the spots with cracks and where the dowels were protruding. I filled all gaps with epoxy, drilled the dowels in a good inch with a forstner bit, and inlayed 12Ga brass in the dowel end holes. Once it all cured, I gave the whole thing a good sanding to 320 (1500 at the epoxy portions) and bathed her in oil once again. Popped in the rubber feet and I delivered it on my way down to Georgia to help Bev’s family fix up their homes and work at the cabinet shop for a few months. He enjoys it very much, the movement that occurred within the board makes me nervous still and after making my first cutting board I am now becoming more and more researched into the subject of wood movement.