I want to make a cutting board, help please.?

Although ash is a beautiful wood, it's not recommended for cutting boards. Several "open grain" woods such as ash, oak, hickory will harbor germs from food. Maple is probably the best for this use.

I don't see anything wrong with finishing it as a cutting board as a decorative piece, though.

Okay, well, I made a wooden cutting board in high school and my mom, a chef, with food safety certification, used it until it broke(it fell off the counter and broke at the seams)

To make a board safe for food contact, look for a food safe sealant that is clear. After you fashion your cutting board(I'd do a couple layers, you want it thick) just make sure to coat it with several layers of the sealant, allowing a proper amount of time for it to dry and harden between each layer.

They still sell wooden cutting boards in stores, as well as in food service catalogs, they are not banned from the food service industry. I have a 2 year culinary degree, and every kitchen I've worked in has had wooden cutting boards.

Our ancestors and relatives have used wooden cutting boards for thousands of years and we're still here, they can't be that bad lol. If the wood is very soft and will splinter easily, then you may want to consider adding in some heavier types of wood, to glue together- if you have all wood shop type apparatus available, just glue/clamp it all together and plane it until you get a flat surface of the size you desire ;)

Good luck!

cut wood down into piece a little thicker than you would like your cutting board to be also cut to length stand on edge and glue together and clamp let dry then run through planner to make smooth then oil down to seal wood suggestion use two kinds of hard wood oak maple more appropriate ash to soft for project would be nice when finished.

Just cut it down to about 3 feet long and use it to cut anything. When your done just put it in the dishwasher and any bacteria will be killed. Wood is the best for cutting boards and don't harbor any bacteria.

I would not use a wooden cutting board as anything but a decoration. The wood holds the bacteria(especially from meat) and cannot be cleaned properly, they are banned in food service industry because of this.