How To Make A Kitchen Knife Block

Keep your knives safe and secure with a knife block for your counter wall or drawer.
How to make a kitchen knife block. 460 x 340 x 15mm. Lightly hand sand the knife block with 220 grit sandpaper. Each main part consists of two respectively. 350 x 340 x 15mm.
We ve recently acquired a whole set of cutco knives and wanted to give them a home besides rattling around in a drawer. Then sand and finish it and mount it on a cabinet door or your backsplash. Clamp and glue overnight. Please for the love of your knives make sure to have cork wood something at the bottom of the block.
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Cut off just enough wood to create straight even edges. Use a tack rag to remove any sanding dust. Once the glue is dry trim the ends of the block with a table saw or a miter saw. Estlcam or another cam software.
Apply a clear finish such as varathane polyurethane lacquer etc. At the same time glue the support block end piece to the end of the knife block that has open slots showing thus balancing the block. 260 x 340 x 15mm. Using a bristle brush.
Fancy or plain simple or complex there are plans and instructions for every style of knife holder. Making a solid wood knife block is not as hard a it looks. Allow the finish to dry over night. The resulting combination of templates one and two should produce a support block that has two flanges sticking out in positions two and four that will form a tight bond with the main block.
The knife block plans. A 2d cad program to customize the knife slots. In this video i show how i made the solid wood knife block and. Your favourite kitchen knifes.
Using sketchup i designed two blocks that fit our needs. Again use a tack rag to remove sanding dust. Clear varnish or walnut oil. Maple knife block plan.
I used walnut to make this knife block and had some fun along the way. End mill around 3mm corner rounding bit.