Our first version of this is about 4 years old and 8 out of the 9 slots had no problems with crud collecting. The 9th contains the bread knife that often goes back with a few crumbs. These are easily removed by knocking it upside down or a vacuum in the slot. Provided you keep your knives clean, I think this block should probably be a cleaner option than a typical knife block 🔪 🪵.
I must admit, looking back it doesn't look great. Although I believe in the video we do suggest a change to the order of operations and instead cut the knife slots before cutting the steps. This will make for a much safer build. Rest assured though, while it looks sketchy, we were being very careful. I believe all the other cuts are safe, provided you take the usual precautions. Unfortunately the UK version of our table saw has a terribly designed riving knife, which means we can't use if for non-thru cuts. We've since modified the saw, so we can have the knife for these operations (we have a video on that releasing soon).
Hi, thanks for your concern. This is the second comment we've had asking us to be careful, so you've got us questioning our approach. Can we ask what particular cut got you worried? There are times where the camera can make things look scarier than they actually were, though we admit that cutting the knife slots 8:43 with a jobsite saw did require a little extra care. But we do say 9:56 the better way to do things. We aren't using guards or push sticks in any of these cuts, because our fingers were always well clear of the blade. But please feel free to correct us if we did do something daft somewhere. We'd rather feel a little foolish than feel a spinning blade... ek. Thanks again for the concern
Hi @gobear83 We appreciate your concern and know exactly the section of video you are referring to and I agree it looks dubious. But don’t worry, we always use push sticks where appropriate and in this instance it’s a combination of camera angle and lens zoom that makes things look particularly scary. Trust us, we had to watch this bit over and over when editing and it made us wince each time, but it was much safer in the real world. We intend to keep all of our fingers 🖐️🖐️
@@MakersManual after watching your video I made one with a solid piece of cherry and I’m happy with the finished product .. All the best from Ottawa Canada
That’s so good to hear, really pleased that we could help you out and you’re happy with the result. It’s a shame you can’t send us a picture, must be beautiful in Cherry. If you’re on Instagram we’re @ MakersManual
Beautiful project, but an incredibly well presented execution of the project. Thank you.
Wow David, what a lovely comment to receive. That’s made our day, thank you. We’re really pleased you enjoyed it.
Great gift idea
Thanks Shona 🤩
Thanks for sharing, this is a great project to get into before of Christmas
Hey Christopher, thanks! Hope it goes well for you if you give it a go 🪚🤓
Nice
Much appreciated 👍
Ingenious! Great design 👌
Thank you, we do our best. 😊
I feel like this would get full of crud before too long. How do you imagine maintenance and cleaning of piece working?
Our first version of this is about 4 years old and 8 out of the 9 slots had no problems with crud collecting. The 9th contains the bread knife that often goes back with a few crumbs. These are easily removed by knocking it upside down or a vacuum in the slot. Provided you keep your knives clean, I think this block should probably be a cleaner option than a typical knife block 🔪 🪵.
You can find plans for this project here 🪚 makers-manual.com/shop/knife-block
Some of the sketchiest table saw usage i've ever seen.... great block though!
I must admit, looking back it doesn't look great. Although I believe in the video we do suggest a change to the order of operations and instead cut the knife slots before cutting the steps. This will make for a much safer build. Rest assured though, while it looks sketchy, we were being very careful.
I believe all the other cuts are safe, provided you take the usual precautions. Unfortunately the UK version of our table saw has a terribly designed riving knife, which means we can't use if for non-thru cuts. We've since modified the saw, so we can have the knife for these operations (we have a video on that releasing soon).
Great project but ...... PLEASE!! use safety guards or guide sticks! This was hard to watch.
Hi, thanks for your concern. This is the second comment we've had asking us to be careful, so you've got us questioning our approach. Can we ask what particular cut got you worried?
There are times where the camera can make things look scarier than they actually were, though we admit that cutting the knife slots 8:43 with a jobsite saw did require a little extra care. But we do say 9:56 the better way to do things.
We aren't using guards or push sticks in any of these cuts, because our fingers were always well clear of the blade. But please feel free to correct us if we did do something daft somewhere. We'd rather feel a little foolish than feel a spinning blade... ek. Thanks again for the concern
Please please ..start using some kind of push sticks… keep your fingers for picking your nose
Hi @gobear83 We appreciate your concern and know exactly the section of video you are referring to and I agree it looks dubious. But don’t worry, we always use push sticks where appropriate and in this instance it’s a combination of camera angle and lens zoom that makes things look particularly scary. Trust us, we had to watch this bit over and over when editing and it made us wince each time, but it was much safer in the real world. We intend to keep all of our fingers 🖐️🖐️
@@MakersManual after watching your video I made one with a solid piece of cherry and I’m happy with the finished product ..
All the best from Ottawa Canada
That’s so good to hear, really pleased that we could help you out and you’re happy with the result. It’s a shame you can’t send us a picture, must be beautiful in Cherry. If you’re on Instagram we’re @ MakersManual
Yes, this gives me the chills!! SAFETY PLEASE
No riving knife on the table saw...in general, you're table saw practices scared the crap out of me
рукожопый мастер!
почему сразу не отрезать заготовки нужной длины и склеить???
Hi, you could do it that way. But, it would be hard to get the blanks to align perfectly. Much easier to glue first then make then cut to size.