Anyway, I was just downstairs doing my impression of a pastrami maker, and was getting ready to take some pictures for future use, when I thought I'd pass along a cutting board tip. Simply, it's called Lumber Liquidators. You know, the hardwood flooring people from TV.
I don't know how well this will work for those of you living in the boondocks, but if you live near a Lumber Liquidators you're in luck. They carry 1.5"x25"x8' maple butcher block countertop material for $190.00. Cherry material for $250.00. This can be cut down and converted to nice sized cutting boards with little effort using a saw and a router with a roundover bit. I've built a bunch for presents and it takes about 10 minutes per board. One 96" piece will yield 5 nice sized cutting boards. I can assure you that a 25"x20" board is far nicer to work on than a puny little girlie board, and these look good enough that your wife will think you made it for her. In fact, make one and give it to her for Christmas.
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This might even be viable for people that need to have it shipped. I don't know what shipping would run, but the idea might be possible with locally sourced materials. I saw a Roo's board in the store the other day that was about 16"x18" and it was over $100, so if you figure 5 boards out of the $190 cost of materials for this idea, you're at about $40 per board for twice the size.
http://www.lumberliquidators.com/catalog/thumbnail.jsp?...yId=21&nonFlooring=1