Is the block open at the bottom? What about removing the blade from a
hacksaw / large coping saw & reassemble it through the slot. Cut a
few slots and remove them with a homemade chisel. From a screwdriver
perhaps?
Doug Armstrong
On Thursday 24/11/2011 at 10:43 am, eric@megageek.com wrote:
> I'm not sure if a wood working question is appropriate here, so let me
> know if I'm stepping outside the allowed content.
>
> I'm sure someone here has an answer however.
>
> OK, I have a nice knife block with knife set. One of the knives was
> replaced with a better one. The problem is that the new knife doesn't
> fit
> in the slot on the block.
>
> Does anyone know how to cut/expand one of those slots in a block of
> wood.
> I need to go about 7" deep?
>
> Failing any other solution, I was thinking of cutting the block in
> half
> with a bandsaw, routing the slot, then gluing it together. This is not
> my
> first choice however.
>
> Thanks guys and have a happy thanksgiving!
>
> Eric P
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a
> rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson
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