How To Brand A Rice Knife Block - Edifice Plans

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I've been wanting to construct this projection for a long while. We're non also fancy inwards our house. We don't accept a total develop of matching knives inwards a beautiful, custom knife block. We accept a random assortment of hand-me-downs together with Ikea specials. I'd seen knives stored inwards rice earlier together with watch making a custom box would survive the perfect solution.

This is a perfect beginner project! It tin survive made alongside simply a few basic tools together with is a keen agency to larn acquainted alongside building. All the woods comes from a 4' long 1 x 8 board. I used poplar, which raised the cost of materials slightly, but if you lot chose to brand your rice block from pine, this projection would cost less than $10 to make.

Materials List:

(1) 1 x 8 x 48"
(1) 9-1/2" slice of pocket-size chip wood
*Miter saw or *circular saw
*12 bar clamps
*wood glue
*measuring tape
*speed square
10 lbs of rice

Cut List:

(2) 1 x 8 @ 11"
(2) 1 x 8 @ 7-1/4"
(1) 1 x 8 @ 9-1/2"

1. The commencement criterion is to cutting all pieces to length. Take the 7-1/4" x 9-1/2" bottom board together with lay it apartment on the operate surface.

2. Align a 7-1/4" x 7-1/4" side boards on either end, vertically. Brush gum on both connected planes. Use clamps or record to concur the pieces together. If the tops of your side boards start to clit inward, house your slice of 9-1/2" chip unopen to the top, betwixt the boards.

You tin come across the chip board existence used every bit a spacer, belongings the sides inwards place.

3. Once the gum has dried for several hours, position the front end together with dorsum expression upwards boards inwards position. Brush woods gum on all connecting planes. Clamp or record pieces inwards house together with allow to dry out overnight.

If you lot accept at to the lowest degree four, 12" long bar clamps, you lot tin attach all 4 sides to the bottom board at once, clamp inwards place, together with exclusively accept i dry out time.

4. Once the gum is dried together with the clamps accept been removed, you lot tin sand together with complete the box all the same you lot like. I sanded mine progressively, upwards to a 400 grit, together with then complete alongside several coats of I stained them darker without stripping the master finish.

5. After your complete is dry, the terminal criterion is to create total the box alongside rice. I used 10 lbs of long grain white rice, which cost some $5 at the grocery store. The rice non exclusively holds onto whatever shaped utensil, it also absorbs whatever balance wet left from washing. My cheapo knives ofttimes present pocket-size rust spots, hence hopefully that volition stop.

I beloved my novel knife storage!

It was hence slow to brand together with it holds all of my random cutlery.

Truth survive told, when I started construct this project, I watch I would survive staining the wood, but the grain on the poplar was hence beautiful, I couldn't convey myself to embrace it up. Surprisingly. I kinda dig the natural woods hold off inwards my white kitchen.