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Re: [Shop-talk] Shop question (but wood working)

To: "Peter J. Thomas" <pj_thomas@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Shop question (but wood working)
From: Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:18:21 -0800
I second Peter's idea of the mortising chisel, especially if you don't 
need to go the full depth of the slot.  Another option is a 
reciprocating saw with a blade that will not bottom out in the hole.  If 
you want more control and a slower cut, use a pruning saw. Then use a 
file to smooth the edge.  Put some tape on the side edges of the file so 
only the side will cut so the slot stays looking nice.

Brian

On 11/24/2011 9:33 AM, Peter J. Thomas wrote:
> On 11/24/2011 10:19 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!
> Your approach is probably the easiest and the way the block was made 
> in the first place.  Only issue I see it the kerf of the saw blade 
> will make the block narrower; don't know if this is an issue for you.
>
> Only other approach is to use a mortising chisel.  Not the power 
> mortising kind that like a drill press, but the old fashioned hammer 
> and chisel.  
> http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/sorby18sashmortisechisel.aspx
>
> 1/8 inch is the narrowest I've seen.  That might be too thick?  If you 
> have a piece of bar stock the right thickness and a bench grinder you 
> could make your own.  Grind a 45 degree bevel on the end and sharpen 
> with oil stones or emery cloth.  A mortising chisel is different form 
> other chisels.  If you lay the mortising chisel down the bevel is on 
> the right or left side, not parallel to the table like other chisels.  
> The idea is to widen the slot a fraction of an inch at a time by 
> pounding the chisel in.  You can also deepen the slot with this kind 
> of chisel.
>
> Peter T.
>>
>> 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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