Furnished content.
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25 May 2021Replaced the knife block last week. Nothing real special except:Used mesquite that was once a mantel piece I'd done for us years back. It was my first attempt at mesquite and it showed. I replaced the mesquite with braziillean cherry years later. The old mesquite piece has been languishing on a back shelf for years.So now the mantel piece wood is back but in a better form.
Fairly simple. I cut 4/4 stock to approx 3.5×10.5 and milled to an even .875.Stacked 5 of these, glued and trimmed to 3.5×4.375×10.25. Resawed a couple of remaining blanks to make the .25 side cheeks for the block.
Once dried and milled. I used the tablesaw to cut the slots for the knives. Attached the newly make cheeks and prepped for oiling.First off I need to trim the end of the block so I could make a foot for it to stand on. Measuring down 1 inch fro the rear top I scribe a 45 degree to the bottom. Barely able to cut this with a cutoff saw but it worked.I sanded both pieces to a 600 grit attached with glue and a pair of cherry locking inlay keys.
Sanded and added 3 coats of Watco natural oil.
The 'little friend' with the block was steak knife holder of the same mesquite made 15 years ago. Same idea and methods used for this as well. It just needed a refreshing.
Thanks