Project:Magnetic Knife Holder

ProjectInfoBox Magnetic Knife Holder
Status:	Done.
Release Date:	January 2018
Initiator:	Patrick
Materials Used:	wood (glued laminated timber, beech), magnets, epoxy
Tools Used:	cordless drill, chisels
Approx. Cost:	around 10€

The most important tool in the kitchen should be easily accessed, but knife blocks take up a lot of space and are not very hygienic. Personally I always fancied a magnetic holder, but the good looking ones are quite expensive.

Materials

• some nice wood
  • I used some leftovers from our common room tables which were already the right size
• Neodymium magnets
  • can be bought from eBay
• 5 min epoxy
• some sandpaper

Making

I sketched all the spots which should contain magnets on the piece of wood and drilled them out with a 7 mm wood drill bit (same size as the magnets). The holes need to be a bit deeper than the thickness of the magnets, so they can pressed in slightly below the surface. Afterwards the magnets were pressed in and some 5 min epoxy was applied onto the magnets to secure them.

Once the epoxy had hardened the excess was removed with a chisel and sandpaper. I applied (coconut) oil onto the wood before mounting to protect it from moisture and bring out the grain of the wood.

Gallery

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  Marking the spots for the holes.
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  Drilling.
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  Inserting the magnets into the board. In some instances a hammer was needed.
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  Inserted magnets. Note they are slightly recessed from the surface.
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  Mixing the epoxy resin.
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  Applying epoxy onto magnets.
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  Done.