wdkits1 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Hi everyone Been a while since I've had anything to post but thought you all might like to see one of the things I've been working on. This is my newest commissioned project . The client sent some sketches of what he wanted along with the dimensions of all of the knives and an idea of the kinds of woods to use. This monster is 14” wide x 13 ” deep and 12” tall and weighs 31 lbs. Made from Bloodwood, Cherry, Maple, Ebony, Jatoba and Walnut and finished with 5 coats of wipe-on satin poly. All of the slots for the knives were done with a scrollsaw using a #5 skip tooth blade in 3/4" stock. Fun project!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcustoms Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Wow that is one huge beautiful knife holder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davestanton Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 What can I say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatworks Today Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Beautiful! Nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian VanVreede Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 If you don't mind me asking, how much were you able to charge for it? Looks great!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fransikaner Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 What a fabulous blending of woods - form following function. Luv it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch02 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 That's very nice. But we need pics with the hardware!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 realy nice couple of questions how do you make the ebony piece that is a large wedge shape? also how do you cut your slots been thinking of doing a knife holder/ choping block but havent done any serous research on it since it is just idea stage. also how much is vineer and how much is solid wood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdkits1 Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Thanks for the comments everyone To Brian-- I did this block for $750 To Duckkisser-- The ebony wedge is actually 3 pieces each 3/4" thick. The slots are all cut with a scroll saw in 3/4" stock. All of the outside pieces are 3/4" stock with rabbets for strength and to add plenty of glue area. The interior of the block is done with cherry using a router to plow out for the knife slots. No veneers at all. Total of 62 pieces of wood went into making the block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian VanVreede Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Wow! 62 pieces is crazy!! You did a great job and I love your choice of woods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds2 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 First: Wow! Second: How much glue up time went into that? Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COMO Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Thanks for the comments everyone To Brian-- I did this block for $750 To Duckkisser-- The ebony wedge is actually 3 pieces each 3/4" thick. The slots are all cut with a scroll saw in 3/4" stock. All of the outside pieces are 3/4" stock with rabbets for strength and to add plenty of glue area. The interior of the block is done with cherry using a router to plow out for the knife slots. No veneers at all. Total of 62 pieces of wood went into making the block. damn....................um ya thats it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pbmaster11 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 that is beautiful, what are the holes on the bottom for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdkits1 Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 To Pbmaster11 The large slot on the bottom is for a sharpening stone and the three holes are for spice bottles. I do have to give credit to the client for such a unique design and giving plenty of details concerning the knife layout and dimensions that I used although when I did the scale drawing it would have been almost 20" wide using his measurements. Had to scale it down just a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBear Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 WOW.... On a side note, it must be very satisfying to work with someone who: a) knows what they want wants it done well c) knows it won't be cheap I don't do woodworking for money, but in my 'day job', I run into customers like above more rarely than I would like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nateswoodworks Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Looks great, love the choices of wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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