Charcuterie and Magnetic Knife Holder finished -- again, just in time for Santa

[MarkDarby]

 

[kserdar]

Where/how did you hide the magnets?

 

[petebucy4638]

What magnets did you use and how thick is the wood veneer over them?

 

[Ricksmi]

Excellent work great Christmas gifts.

 

[Henry W]

Walnut, mahogany, and curly maple?

NIIIIICE!

 

[ednl]

Great job Mark. All's well that ends well. No one would ever imagine the amount of work that went into making that knife holder!

 

[MarkDarby]

Where/how did you hide the magnets?

Hi there. I bought the magnets at Klingspore’s. The original plan was to have the maple rub to the top of the board. Ran into issues with

Where/how did you hide the magnets?

The original plan was to re-saw the maple and embed the magnets within. After discovering I don't re-saw well, I turned to ed (ednl) for help. On the third try, we successfully re-sawed the maple... but it didn't leave me with the depth that I needed for the magnets. So... the end design now has black walnut at the top. I re-sawed the walnut, purchased round rare-earth magnets from Klingspore, used forester bits to bore pockets to walnut (to about 3/16" from the outer surface, and reglued them together. Not graceful and I wasted some beautiful maple.

 

[MarkDarby]

Walnut, mahogany, and curly maple?

NIIIIICE!

Yes indeed -- bought off of eBay. First time for doing that.

 

[MarkDarby]

Walnut, mahogany, and curly maple?

NIIIIICE!

Black walnut -- left over from building the mantle.

 

[MarkDarby]

What magnets did you use and how thick is the wood veneer over them?

1" round rare-earths -- they're 3/16" from the outiside surface on both the front and the back. Had to make sure I aligned the magnets so that they didn't repel the front from the back. Had to use small pieces of week to keep them embedded and close to the outside surface.

 

[MarkDarby]

Where/how did you hide the magnets?

I embedded them into the walnut at the top. If you look closely, you can see the place where I re-sawed the top and glued it back together.

 

[MarkDarby]

What magnets did you use and how thick is the wood veneer over them?

1" round rare earths from Klingspore's. The come to within 3/16" from the outside surface.