Making A Wooden Knife Block

Step 3 making an inventory of the knives.

Making a wooden knife block. Step 2 cutting the wood and the slots. On the inside of each of the sides i laminated a piece of thick walnut veneer and a thin piece of a light coloured wood to create a decorative line. You can make knife block out of wooden box and bamboo skewers. Keep their faces flush but don t worry about aligning.

This quite unusual but practical knife block is a relatively fast and simple project for your cnc machine there is some manual work involved edge rounding glueing and sanding but with the right tools it won t take too much time. Draw a straight line between the two marks. The knife block is made out of red oak a hardy wood that will withstand the rigors of the kitchen fairly well. Seth keller s diy knife block plans teach you how to build a stylish smaller version.

Wooden knife blocks are handy but they can take up space. Also place a mark 6 1 2 up from the bottom right edge. It is not recommended that you use a soft wood such as pine as this will wear badly around the knife slots. Cut a kerf down the center of each scrap.

Simple and elegant wood knife block made for a custommade client. For the sides of the block i mill up two pieces of 1 4 thick black walnut slightly larger than the finished knife block. Seth keller s diy knife block plans teach you how to build a stylish smaller version. Sander router band sander optional but helps with the sanding wood required.

Once the glue is dry trim the ends of the block. The wood for the primary block must be cut to 5 x inch. And here s how to do it. Use a band saw to cut off the excess wood from the bottom right corner of the block.

This job needs a beautiful piece of wood because a wooden knife block. Start with 3 4 in thick scraps that are at least 3 4 in longer and wider than. Glue the scraps together.