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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • The science on plain wood being safe has been around for quite a while. I remember reading a study many years ago where some scientists mashed bacteria all over the surface of a wood cutting board, rinsed it, dried it, and then tried everything they could to get the bacteria to transfer to fresh meat (including trying to pound the meat into the board with a mallet) and the meat remained uncontaminated. So, it seems like the safest option is a single unglued plank of wood.

    Glue joints don’t act like wood, so presumably that makes bamboo act less like plain wood safety-wise.

    The problem with plastic is that the knife marks can retain bacteria (which, unlike wood, the plastic doesn’t kill).














  • Thanks. Interesting point that even a small bolt is going to be plenty strong for work-holding. So maybe just some all thread of appropriate length? I guess the problem there is the pitch is fine, so it would move very slowly.

    Out of curiosity, when do you care about the jaw being flush with the workbench top?