ckreef Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 I wanted a nice magnetic knife bar to display my new knives so I built one. I was happy with the outcome and hung it on a wall just outside the kitchen, between the kitchen and game room. Unless I have the lights on in the game room that area is a little dark especially at night. I started looking at picture frame lights but didn't like what I saw so decided to add a light bar to my knife bar. Here is the final outcome. The knife bar in daylight. (please excuse the unfinished drywall behind it - we'll get to that later) Here it is at night with game room lights off. Hard to get a good picture but you get the idea. The inside of the light bar. A closeup of the LED strips. Two different versions but essentially the same thing. These LED's have a life expectancy of 60,000+ hours of continuous use. That's around 7 years. I'm sure I'll go through a few power supplies before I have to change out the LED's. The bar is adjustable on three axis. Up/down, in/out and the angle is adjustable. Now I just need to buy more knives to fill it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Looks great ck, nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckreef Posted February 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 13 minutes ago, MacKenzie said: Looks great ck, nice job. TY MacKenzie - the pictures really don't do it justice. A coworker stopped by the other day and asked me how much I paid for it and where I got it. I had to laugh but it was a great compliment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 It sure was a nice compliment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 3 hours ago, ckreef said: Now I just need to buy more knives to fill it up. Cha-Ching!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve M Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Nice job. Did you hide a magnetic bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Ora Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 That looks really smart nice job Outback Kamado Bar and Grill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckreef Posted February 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 7 hours ago, Steve M said: Nice job. Did you hide a magnetic bar? It's individual magnets epoxied behind the black felt and wood. I though about just hiding a magnetic bar but once you cover a store bought bar the bar magnets don't work so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pearson Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 Gee Charles not only are you a master chef but also master woodworker that's pretty cool! Beautiful workmanship. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
