How To Build Kitchen Utensils

You can use any big chunk of wood to make utensils but you ll find it easier more efficient and even safer if that chunk is square or rectangular in cross section.

How to build kitchen utensils. We ve talked a lot at make. To finish the utensils i applied a coat of our socal woodshop board wax which really brought out the color and grain of the cherry. It s 100 food safe so it s perfect for kitchen projects like this as well as cutting boards and butcher blocks. I need some new utensils for my kitchen and since i ve still got some olive wood left in my workshop i might as well make them myself.

Run the scraps across the saw on edge to cut kerfs. About the pride and sense of accomplishment one feels when using a tool in the shop that you made yourself. You can size this knife rack to suit any cabinet door and any number of knives for kitchen cabinet storage. Just set the hooks up in two rows as seen here on tara dennis site so that the door can close properly.

With that in mind if your main workpiece isn t square head over to the jointer or planer and make it so. Adjust the blade height to suit the width of the knife blades. New from umbra this guy mounts. As any maker knows it s an unmatched feeling.

Storage solutions at tara dennis. To build this cutting board with storage you just need a table saw and wood scraps. Myself and the rest of socal woodshop make each batch of this wax by hand. Start by drawing the first pattern on the wood along one edge.

Attach hooks to the inside of your cabinet doors and store utensils in an inconspicuous spot. Olive wood is perfect for kitchenware but since i haven t got enough the skimmer will have to b.