Making a solid wood knife block is not as hard a it looks.
How to make a knife block at home. Here s an amazon affiliate link to. Consider using a large mason jar or an old wooden box as the container to add some visual interest to your new knife block. In this video i show how i made the solid wood knife block and. The skewers pointing up will allow the rods to separate easily when sliding a knife in.
Place the bamboo skewers pointing up in the container. The block is made from oak and filled with skewers. Storing kitchen knives is a perpetual problem. I used walnut to make this knife block and had some fun along the way.
Glue the scraps together. The skewers i got are from bamboo the knife block holds around 8 kitchen knifes 3 big 5 small in my case. Keep their faces flush but don t worry about aligning. Starting with a simple pencil drawing going to a 3d sketch in sketchup and finally to the prototyping.
Place your knives in the knife block and you are done. People try to draw and that s ok and in this case of making a knife block all i needed was as simple sketch and idea of what it should look like along with the dimensions. Cut a kerf down the center of each scrap. Start with 3 4 in thick scraps that are at least 3 4 in longer and wider than.
Once the glue is dry trim the ends of the block. And here s how to do it.