wdkits1 Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Hi everyone As most of you know, last year I decided to try something new and set up a page on CustomMade .com. Although I have gotten a few small commissions from this, I wondered if it was worth the cost to continue. Well it has paid off with my best commission yet, so it looks like I will renew for another year. This is the prototype of a custom knife block that I made for a client that is having me make 40 of these to give to their customers for Christmas. The client sent me the specs of all the knives and an idea for the shape of the prototype and here it is. Made from Walnut, Cherry and Maple. Quite a challenge to get everything to fit perfectly figuring the 18 degree angles involved and producing so many perfect glue lines but I whipped it with the help of different custom jigs which I will use for the mass production work. And where does the scrolling come into play you may ask. Well all of the slots where the knives go are different sizes so each slot was cut into the 3/4" stock using a #5 blade . This should keep me busy for awhile. Let the fun begin!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton717 Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 congrats Mike. That looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 An awesome piece of work Mike.. I can see why they wanted you to make a bunch more for them to give as Christmas gifts. Thanks for sharing your skills with us. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolbeltman Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Very nicely done Mike....congrats on the order... and thanks for showing us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oges Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Congrats on the commission and a great looking knife block Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Wow congratulations that looks awesome, but you are going to be so fed up doing the same thing all the time, I'd just do one then a small project then another one to break the monotony. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdbcarving Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 great idea and glad you got a big order. You have great glue lines, no gaps seen at all. Try finding the same thing at Target or Walmart with the crap from China. that is one big knife block though looks great. Jim B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesscrollsaw Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 That looks awesome. Also looks like a lit of work! Mind me asking what you charge for one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdkits1 Posted August 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Thanks everyone for the comments. This should be lots of fun getting into my mass production mode again. To Mike-- I would normally get around $200 for a custom block but because the client ordered so many he is getting them at a substantial discount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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