Post a photo of the last thing you made

[Jameshow]

Mines the same, only thing she really wants is a summer house but I just can't be pineappled to build one and can't afford to buy one.

Print a pic of the recent one by Dr Bob and put an IOU on it...!

I can hear it now "All you do is turn turn, turn and you won't build me a summer house!"

 

[houtslager]

Some nice work done there peeps, so I better post a quick job done for a friend of a friend of mine, not quite a mates rate job, but it got me working with some real wood and not glued wood dust
Asked to make a 7m shelf and a sideboard. Christ ! Oak costs a fortune in the UK £3500, then asked about doing it in Douglas redwood hulp £1800, so found a timber mill south of Oxford- Chiltern timbers, and they showed me some English Ash. Boy it was gorgeous, and a decent thickness at a good price too!
So, ash it was and this is what I knocked up in 10 days

 

[Glyn Hyatt]

A simple magnetic knife rack.
Zebrano wood with an Osmo Polyx finish.
I cut a 3mm veneer off the back, using a band saw. Routed a 12mm wide slot along its length stopping 20mm short of each end.
glued in Neodymium magnets and sealed over them with silicone sealant.
glued the veneer back on and once dry, routed keyhole slots for fixing to the wall.
not a huge undertaking but the wife is happy with it.

 

[TRITON]

Very nice and a good idea. Much better than the normal magnetic racks you usually see.

Blades up

 

[Glyn Hyatt]

Blades up it is

 

[thetyreman]

I'd have just cheated and flipped the photo 180 degrees lol

 

[Dynamite]

Valentines gift for my wife…

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Very nice and a good idea. Much better than the normal magnetic racks you usually see.

Blades up

As a matter of interest, why? They're less like to slide off with the handles up.

 

[accipiter]

As a matter of interest, why? They're less like to slide off with the handles up.

A total guess but I'd say probably because it's easier to grab the handles and safer with blades up and you could possibly catch/cut your hand with blades pointing down.

 

[Smeghead]

nowt flash or fancy, but my first bit of "furniture". base for my table saw. not sure if it's a good idea or not, but added dust collection below the saw (via the port at the back [3d printed]). when i get the saw on it i'll draw up a "y" type piece in cad and print it to connect to the main saw dust collection.

 

[blackteaonesugar]

Annual Barry White day.

 

[Jones]

That time of year again

 

[TRITON]

Blades up it is

As a matter of interest, why? They're less likely to slide off with the handles up.

If you think about how you approach it to take a knife off, you lift your hand up to the rack. Slight misjudgement and you're in for a belter of a surprise
They aren't going to slide, but if they did the magnets arent sufficiently strong and should be upped.

 

[jcassidy]

A total guess but I'd say probably because it's easier to grab the handles and safer with blades up and you could possibly catch/cut your hand with blades pointing down.

Personal security considerations recommends against knife blocks and racks in the home; leaving weapons out for intruders to use... believe it or not, an intruder using a knife he snatched off a knife rack in your kitchen could argue self defence, which would be less likely to succeed if he brought a weapon with him. Even the act of opening a kitchen drawer to retrieve a knife demonstrates intent, which again makes a self defence argument less viable.

Never mind the risks of a domestic argument very easily escalating.

Just saying...

 

[Sporky McGuffin]

an intruder using a knife he snatched off a knife rack in your kitchen could argue self defence

Though with no chance whatsoever of success.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The height my racks are at I'd be more likely to cut myself with the blades upwards.

 

[Hino]

Second thing i've made since doing A`Level woodwork....

in 1986, Hand tools only,

 

[kinverkid]

Second thing i've made since doing A`Level woodwork....

That's a gorgeous box.

 

[jcassidy]

Though with no chance whatsoever of success.

No, actually, with quite a good chance. Ireland

Second thing i've made since doing A`Level woodwork....View attachment 129418View attachment 129419View attachment 129420View attachment 129421in 1986, Hand tools only,

That's lovely, that is

 

[Jameshow]

Personal security considerations recommends against knife blocks and racks in the home; leaving weapons out for intruders to use... believe it or not, an intruder using a knife he snatched off a knife rack in your kitchen could argue self defence, which would be less likely to succeed if he brought a weapon with him. Even the act of opening a kitchen drawer to retrieve a knife demonstrates intent, which again makes a self defence argument less viable.

Never mind the risks of a domestic argument very easily escalating.

Just saying...

You can never be too careful on this evening of all evenings...

The box of malteasers just wasn't good enough....!