Knife Block

• This quite unusual but practical knife block is a relatively fast and simple project for your CNC machine...
• There is some manual work involved (edge rounding, glueing and sanding) but with the right tools it won't take too much time...

Bill of materials:

• (Beech) plywood:
  • 700 x 290 x 15mm
  • 460 x 340 x 15mm
  • 350 x 340 x 15mm
  • 260 x 340 x 15mm
• Magnet Ø25 x 5mm (NdFeB)
• Some 6mm dowels
• Wood glue
• Clear varnish or walnut oil
• 3x Felt pads
• Your favourite kitchen knifes

Tools:

• End mill (around 3mm)
• Corner rounding bit
• Sandpaper

Machinery:

• CNC mill
• Manual router

Software:

• Estlcam or another CAM Software
• A 2D CAD Program to customize the knife slots

• Each main part consists of two respectively three 15mm boards that will later be glued together. It is much simpler to machine it this way than creating solid, thick parts...
• Perfect alignment of the boards is ensured by some 6mm dowels...
• The 3 main parts are held together by glued mortise / tenon joints. This is rock-solid and very simple to do on a CNC machine but you need to be aware of material thickness tolerances. If your material is considerably thicker or thinner than 15mm you should change the drawings accordingly - otherwise you'll face a lot of manual rework to fit the parts...
• The shields knife slots need to be customized to match your blades - you can do this with most 2D CAD programs...
• The sharpening steel is just held by a strong magnet inside the soldiers "helmet" - so it unfortunately won't work with ceramic ones...

Play the Video for step by step instructions...

The .zip file below contains all required .dxf drawings and also the finished Estlcam project files...