I want to take a strip of oak and rout holes in it for quarter sized rare
earth magnets to stick my knives to rather than having them in a drawer,
which I think is unsafe.

What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? If they fall
out, no biggie to re-glue.

But I'm a do it once kind of guy.

Steve

On Oct 29, 1:42*am, "Steve B" wrote:
I want to take a strip of oak and rout holes in it for quarter sized rare
earth magnets to stick my knives to rather than having them in a drawer,
which I think is unsafe.

What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? *If they fall
out, no biggie to re-glue.

But I'm a do it once kind of guy.

Steve

I have a lot of money tied up in my kitchen knives. Contact with some
metals can also lead to an electrolytic reaction that will cause
rusting and staining of the blade.

Personally, I wouldn't ever damage the blade surface by hanging them
or dragging them across a magnet. That's just me... Would it be a
good thing to make a custom knife block?

Hey... where's Lew?

Epoxy, damnit! :^)

Robert

wrote in message
...
On Oct 29, 1:42 am, "Steve B" wrote:
I want to take a strip of oak and rout holes in it for quarter sized rare
earth magnets to stick my knives to rather than having them in a drawer,
which I think is unsafe.

What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? If they fall
out, no biggie to re-glue.

But I'm a do it once kind of guy.

Steve

I have a lot of money tied up in my kitchen knives. Contact with some
metals can also lead to an electrolytic reaction that will cause
rusting and staining of the blade.

Personally, I wouldn't ever damage the blade surface by hanging them
or dragging them across a magnet. That's just me... Would it be a
good thing to make a custom knife block?

Hey... where's Lew?

Epoxy, damnit! :^)


How about a thin coat of epoxy on face of magnet?? ww

Robert

WW wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Oct 29, 1:42 am, "Steve B" wrote:
I want to take a strip of oak and rout holes in it for quarter sized
rare earth magnets to stick my knives to rather than having them in
a drawer, which I think is unsafe.

What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? If they
fall out, no biggie to re-glue.

But I'm a do it once kind of guy.

Steve

I have a lot of money tied up in my kitchen knives. Contact with some
metals can also lead to an electrolytic reaction that will cause
rusting and staining of the blade.

Personally, I wouldn't ever damage the blade surface by hanging them
or dragging them across a magnet. That's just me... Would it be a
good thing to make a custom knife block?

Hey... where's Lew?

Epoxy, damnit! :^)


How about a thin coat of epoxy on face of magnet?? ww

Robert

Ok - I'm dumb... but with the way that you are posting, I cannot easily
distinguish between the posts you are quoting and the comments you are
making.

--

-Mike-

wrote in message
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On Oct 29, 1:42 am, "Steve B" wrote:
I want to take a strip of oak and rout holes in it for quarter sized
rare
earth magnets to stick my knives to rather than having them in a
drawer,
which I think is unsafe.

What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? If they
fall
out, no biggie to re-glue.

But I'm a do it once kind of guy.

Steve

I have a lot of money tied up in my kitchen knives. Contact with some
metals can also lead to an electrolytic reaction that will cause
rusting and staining of the blade.

Personally, I wouldn't ever damage the blade surface by hanging them
or dragging them across a magnet. That's just me... Would it be a
good thing to make a custom knife block?

Hey... where's Lew?

Epoxy, damnit! :^)

Robert



Various analyses have shown what common-sense reflection has no
trouble endorsing: storing knives in slotted blocks (especially wood)
can put them in a great bacterial reservoir. Of course, if you
scrupulously
dry, chemically disinfect or autoclave your knives and maintain a
block in
germicidal condition, you're all good.

Aside, when Carl Linnaeus first grouped bacteria and viruses, he put
them under the taxonomic heading "Chaos".

Regards,

EH

On Oct 29, 2:07*pm, "Edward Hennessey"
wrote:

Various analyses have shown what common-sense reflection has no
trouble endorsing: storing knives in slotted blocks (especially wood)
can put them in a great bacterial reservoir. Of course, if you
scrupulously
dry, chemically disinfect or autoclave your knives and maintain a
block in
germicidal condition, you're all good.

Hmmmm.... not likely to throw out my wooden knife block of 30 years.
I don't own an autoclave. I don't chemically disinfect. I wash my
knives after each use, dry them, and put them in the block.

Perhaps you should enhance your cleaning protocols. I have never
seen, smelled, or witnessed in any fashion bacterial growth in my
wooden knife block.

With millions in use around the world, I wonder why this so apparent
to you hasn't been an issue of "common sense"...

At any rate, to help you understand, this is a comparison of plastic
to wood for cutting board usage. I was able to determine that if
bacterial debris was able to be well managed on a wood cutting board
that has direct contact with raw meat, raw vegetables, etc., then
"common sense" tells me I am probably fine.

The knife block has a tremendous advantage over the cutting board
which sees more potentially dangerous use. The knife block receives
dry, clean knifes into a dry, clean slot. The cutting board deals
with all manner of raw foods at all different temperatures, and then
has them pushed down into slits cut into the surface from normal use.

Yet, according to UC Davis, the bacteria farming surface of a cutting
board can be easily managed.

http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/fa...ttingboard.htm

Other research has verified this study. And the wood vs. anything
else issue for all manner of kitchen ware has been beaten to death.
DAGS is a great ally when understanding this issue.

After re-reading that study, I am betting that my dry, clean knife
block has an even better chance at a maintaining a clean, safe
surface, much more so than the wood cutting boards.

Maybe it's just me and a few million others....

Robert

"Edward Hennessey" wrote in message
...

Various analyses have shown what common-sense reflection has no
trouble endorsing: storing knives in slotted blocks (especially wood)
can put them in a great bacterial reservoir. Of course, if you
scrupulously
dry, chemically disinfect or autoclave your knives and maintain a block in
germicidal condition, you're all good.



The other alternative is to have a healthy immune system.

On Oct 29, 5:07*pm, "CW" wrote:
"Edward Hennessey" wrote in message

Various analyses have shown what common-sense reflection has no
trouble endorsing: storing knives in slotted blocks (especially wood)
can put them in a great bacterial reservoir. Of course, if you
scrupulously
dry, chemically disinfect or autoclave your knives and maintain a block in
germicidal condition, you're all good.

The other alternative is to have a healthy immune system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnmMNdiCz_s

RIP George.

R

"RicodJour" wrote in message
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On Oct 29, 5:07 pm, "CW" wrote:
"Edward Hennessey" wrote in message

Various analyses have shown what common-sense reflection has no
trouble endorsing: storing knives in slotted blocks (especially wood)
can put them in a great bacterial reservoir. Of course, if you
scrupulously
dry, chemically disinfect or autoclave your knives and maintain a block
in
germicidal condition, you're all good.

The other alternative is to have a healthy immune system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnmMNdiCz_s

RIP George.

R


You beat me to it. Carlin was, I believe, one of the greats.

On 2010-10-29 17:23:27 -0400, RicodJour said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnmMNdiCz_s

RIP George.

R

Thank you -- my wife just came in to find out what was making me laugh!

Edward Hennessey wrote:


Various analyses have shown what common-sense reflection has no
trouble endorsing: storing knives in slotted blocks (especially wood)
can put them in a great bacterial reservoir. Of course, if you
scrupulously
dry, chemically disinfect or autoclave your knives and maintain a
block in
germicidal condition, you're all good.

Aside, when Carl Linnaeus first grouped bacteria and viruses, he put
them under the taxonomic heading "Chaos".

Regards,

EH

Of course that great scare tactic would have a great deal of trouble
rectifying the huge disparity between it's claim and the real world
experience of people who have used knife blocks for... well, very long
periods of time.

--

-Mike-

?Why not route the holes on the back side of the oak strip, but only going
part-way through. That'd leave an umblemished oak face. Another similar
suggestion would be to inlay a different colored wood "spot" centered on
each magnet. The magnet would be inlayed from the back and the spot from
the front, leaving only wood showing.

Karl


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wrote in message
...
On Oct 29, 1:42 am, "Steve B" wrote:
I want to take a strip of oak and rout holes in it for quarter sized rare
earth magnets to stick my knives to rather than having them in a drawer,
which I think is unsafe.

What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? If they fall
out, no biggie to re-glue.

But I'm a do it once kind of guy.

Steve

I have a lot of money tied up in my kitchen knives. Contact with some
metals can also lead to an electrolytic reaction that will cause
rusting and staining of the blade.

Personally, I wouldn't ever damage the blade surface by hanging them
or dragging them across a magnet. That's just me... Would it be a
good thing to make a custom knife block?

Hey... where's Lew?

Epoxy, damnit! :^)

Robert



Various analyses have shown what common-sense reflection has no
trouble endorsing: storing knives in slotted blocks (especially wood)
can put them in a great bacterial reservoir. Of course, if you
scrupulously
dry, chemically disinfect or autoclave your knives and maintain a
block in
germicidal condition, you're all good.

Aside, when Carl Linnaeus first grouped bacteria and viruses, he put
them under the taxonomic heading "Chaos".

Regards,

EH

On 2010-10-29 03:54:45 -0400, "
said:

I have a lot of money tied up in my kitchen knives. Contact with some
metals can also lead to an electrolytic reaction that will cause
rusting and staining of the blade.

Personally, I wouldn't ever damage the blade surface by hanging them
or dragging them across a magnet. That's just me... Would it be a
good thing to make a custom knife block?

Hey... where's Lew?

Epoxy, damnit! :^)

Maybe drill the hole from the backside, so the expoxied magnet is
behind the surface the knife touches? Or drill the hole from the front
and veneer over the entire piece. Might want to use some of those
famous "sketchy" knives while testing for depth and thickness vs.
magnet strength.

And after you're finished, get rid of the junk knives -- those things
are MORE dangerous than good knives.

"Steve B" wrote in message
What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? If they fall
out, no biggie to re-glue.

Don't glue, screw.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/pag...=1,42363,42348

On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:20:22 -0400, "Upscale" wrote:


"Steve B" wrote in message
What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? If they fall
out, no biggie to re-glue.

Don't glue, screw.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/pag...=1,42363,42348

Thank you!
I was wading through all the replies to see if I needed to post a link to
these..
I use them for my lathe tools and they focus the magnetic force where you need
it..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

In article ,
says...

I want to take a strip of oak and rout holes in it for quarter sized rare
earth magnets to stick my knives to rather than having them in a drawer,
which I think is unsafe.

What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? If they fall
out, no biggie to re-glue.

But I'm a do it once kind of guy.

One option: http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=32066&cat=
1,42363,42348

Another option--it's not as pretty as oak but it's 7 bucks:
http://www.harborfreight.com/18-inch-magnetic-holder-65489.html.

A third option: Make a drawer liner with slots for the knives.

"Steve B" wrote in message
...
I want to take a strip of oak and rout holes in it for quarter sized rare
earth magnets to stick my knives to rather than having them in a drawer,
which I think is unsafe.

What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? If they fall
out, no biggie to re-glue.

But I'm a do it once kind of guy.

Steve

Steve,

I haven't seen anyone else mention this so either I'm the first or I'm
stoopid... But won't the blade pick up magnetism eventually? That's not
such a good thing to me but may be a useless or harmless trait otherwise.

I just envision sharpening the blade and knowing that there are small pieces
of shaved-off steel all over the magnetic blade ready to jump into my food.
--


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Steve,

I haven't seen anyone else mention this so either I'm the first or I'm
stoopid... But won't the blade pick up magnetism eventually? That's
not such a good thing to me but may be a useless or harmless trait
otherwise.

I just envision sharpening the blade and knowing that there are small
pieces of shaved-off steel all over the magnetic blade ready to jump
into my food.

The weak magnetic field a knife may pick up won't hold on to metal
particles under a stream of water for very long. Simply wash the knife
before use and you'll solve that problem.

Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.

In article , says...

"Steve B" wrote in message
...
I want to take a strip of oak and rout holes in it for quarter sized rare
earth magnets to stick my knives to rather than having them in a drawer,
which I think is unsafe.

What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? If they fall
out, no biggie to re-glue.

But I'm a do it once kind of guy.

Steve

Steve,

I haven't seen anyone else mention this so either I'm the first or I'm
stoopid... But won't the blade pick up magnetism eventually? That's not
such a good thing to me but may be a useless or harmless trait otherwise.

I just envision sharpening the blade and knowing that there are small pieces
of shaved-off steel all over the magnetic blade ready to jump into my food.

Depends on the alloy. Some are magnetizable, some are magnetic but not
magnetizable, some are nonmagnetic.

In any case steel in the particle sizes typical of sharpening is just a
mineral supplement.

On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:49:03 -0400, "Joe AutoDrill" wrote:

Steve,

I haven't seen anyone else mention this so either I'm the first or I'm
stoopid... But won't the blade pick up magnetism eventually? That's not
such a good thing to me but may be a useless or harmless trait otherwise.

I just envision sharpening the blade and knowing that there are small pieces
of shaved-off steel all over the magnetic blade ready to jump into my food.
--
The magnetism isn't a problem...
I hold all my lathe tools on magnets and once in a while I feel a slight
attraction between the tool and the tool rest..
A few swipes in the opposite direction, in my case pushing up instead of pulling
down, demagnetizes the tool..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

On Oct 29, 8:49*am, "Joe AutoDrill" wrote:

I haven't seen anyone else mention this so either I'm the first or I'm
stoopid... *But won't the blade pick up magnetism eventually? *That's not
such a good thing to me but may be a useless or harmless trait otherwise.

I just envision sharpening the blade and knowing that there are small pieces
of shaved-off steel all over the magnetic blade ready to jump into my food.
--

pH 1 stomach acid will dissolve steel dust. It's how mental
patients
occasionally survive swallowing razor blades.

On 10/31/10 2:33 PM, Father Haskell wrote:

pH 1 stomach acid will dissolve steel dust. It's how mental
patients
occasionally survive swallowing razor blades.

bull****


--

-MIKE-

"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
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http://mikedrums.com

---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply

I agree with you but let's see your facts, cites or sites.


"-MIKE-" wrote in message
...
bull****



On 10/31/10 2:33 PM, Father Haskell wrote:

pH 1 stomach acid will dissolve steel dust. It's how mental
patients
occasionally survive swallowing razor blades.


--

-MIKE-

"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com

---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply

On 10/31/10 3:38 PM, Josepi wrote:
I agree with you but let's see your facts, cites or sites.


Someone tells you the sky is yellow and you feel the need to prove them
wrong?


--

-MIKE-

"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com

---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply

On Oct 29, 2:42*am, "Steve B" wrote:
I want to take a strip of oak and rout holes in it for quarter sized rare
earth magnets to stick my knives to rather than having them in a drawer,
which I think is unsafe.

What is a good glue to use to hold these magnets in there? *If they fall
out, no biggie to re-glue.

But I'm a do it once kind of guy.

Quarter-sized rare earth magnets? You must have some hatchets for
kitchen tools!.

I know rare earth magnets have a nickel coating, or similar, and I
believe some of the rare earths ain't too good for you. Probably not
a problem, but have you thought about recessing the magnets inside the
back of a wood strip so they won't actually touch the blades at all?
If the wood gets nicked, you could just sand it out and you wouldn't
have to worry about the magnets getting damaged or gluing them in.

R

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:42:51 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:

I want to take a strip of oak and rout holes in it for quarter sized rare
earth magnets to stick my knives to rather than having them in a drawer,
which I think is unsafe.

When you magnetize knives, they pick up small slivers of metal from
wherever they rest, so you get extra shards in your food. Yummy!

Make an angled wooden rack and store the knives with the blade UP.
It protects the blade and keeps it from dulling against the rack, and
is safer than drawer storage.

I drilled a couple holes and store my fillet knife in its plastic
sheath mounted underneath the upper cabinet. You could do something
like that with knife racks, too.

These are damned cool, though. http://picsdigger.com/image/8e60323a/

I have one of these: http://picsdigger.com/image/4e579304/

But you could build one of these for your drawer:
http://picsdigger.com/image/33f9553c/

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but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.
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