Finger Knife Guard
This finger Guard is to protect your fingers when slicing vegetables. Just slip your middle finger into the strap at the back and safely slice away. I made it as I have embarked on an 'Eat more vegetables' journey for health reasons. With the finger guard I can now slice vegetables with confidence.
Supplies
2 Aluminum Berverage cans (440 ml)
8 cm length 15 mm webbing
Tools:
- Box cutting knife
- Scissors
- Sandpaper
- Contact Adhesive
- Epoxy glue
Create a Sheet of Aluminium
- Remove the top of a beverage can with a box cutter, trim the edge using a pair of scissors.
- Remove the bottom of the can in the same way.
- Cut the tube down the middle to make a sheet
- Flatten the sheet of aluminum by moving it against an edge.
Make Some Rectangles
- Make the flattened sheet of aluminum into 4 rectangles each: 100mm by 45mm.
- Cut the rectangles out using a pair of scissors.
- Create a curve in each sheet by drawing against an edge.
- Repeat the same process as described so far with another beverage can so there are 8 curved rectangles.
Aluminium Laminating
To make the aluminum sheet stronger, 8 sheets are laminated together:
- Apply contact adhesive to the concave side of a rectangle.
- Apply contact adhesive to the convex side of another rectangle.
- Press the two together.
- After joining, cut the corners round.
- Join together 4 pairs in the same way.
More Laminating
Join a pair to another pair and repeat untill they have all been laminated together.
Attach a Finger Holder
Attach a finger holder to the back:
- Cut a width of 25mm webbing to a 80mm length.
- Sand where the webbing will be glued.
- Glue the webbing using epoxy resin, leaving a gap for your middle finger to slip in.
- Use removable painters tape to secure the webbing until the glue has set.