I made this cutting board in Junior High shop class back in the 70's. [1970's!] I gave it to my mother. After over 30 years of of using it almost daily it cracked. To anyone else they would say toss it in the garbage but I want to repair it. It is from a slab of White Oak that came from my parents farm and we cut it on our saw mill so needless to say I have an attachment to it.

Tonight I finished breaking it in half. It is to rough to reglue in its present shape. If I flatten the edges it will change the shape to narrower.. I set in a scrap of Black Walnut that I still have left from the farm and I am thinking that if I place similar in between the pieces it will keep more of its origional shape and I maybe can pass it on as Grandpa's 3 piece cutting board. Would glue have enough strength or would I have to pin it to be strong? Would the odd colored piece look weird.

What do you think?

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