Here's a project I spent days thinking about then about an hour making.
My wife had a utility knife but she did not want it loose in the drawer so I was assigned to make a holder for it.
at first I had these plans about resawing and putting a shallow relief then regluing to leave an embedded slot. Or, somehow using a bandsaw or scroll saw to cut a narrow slot and then putting a bottom on it.
Finally I hit upon the fact that the knife blade had a profile curve somewhat like the circumference of my 10" blade. I liked this because it made a single solid piece of wood with no glue or piecing together.
I set the blade as high as I wanted to cut deep. Marked the place where the blade intersected the table to place the front of the workpiece. Then counted 6 cranks as I lowered it. Placed the wood next to the fence, and up to the mark. Held the wood in place, started the saw, raised it 6 cranks and then 6 back down and voila, the blade slot was cut.
Then I got my 1/2" round nose bit, set up a router fence and put stops to stop the dado. The round nose put the perfect bottom to cradle the knife handle. several passes later I had the knife handle slot cut. A quick trip to the DP with a forstner made the finger access hole.
Just my thought processes. I enjoy creative problem solving.
My wife had a utility knife but she did not want it loose in the drawer so I was assigned to make a holder for it.
at first I had these plans about resawing and putting a shallow relief then regluing to leave an embedded slot. Or, somehow using a bandsaw or scroll saw to cut a narrow slot and then putting a bottom on it.
Finally I hit upon the fact that the knife blade had a profile curve somewhat like the circumference of my 10" blade. I liked this because it made a single solid piece of wood with no glue or piecing together.
I set the blade as high as I wanted to cut deep. Marked the place where the blade intersected the table to place the front of the workpiece. Then counted 6 cranks as I lowered it. Placed the wood next to the fence, and up to the mark. Held the wood in place, started the saw, raised it 6 cranks and then 6 back down and voila, the blade slot was cut.
Then I got my 1/2" round nose bit, set up a router fence and put stops to stop the dado. The round nose put the perfect bottom to cradle the knife handle. several passes later I had the knife handle slot cut. A quick trip to the DP with a forstner made the finger access hole.
Just my thought processes. I enjoy creative problem solving.
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