ckreef Posted February 23, 2017 Report 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.
ckreef Posted February 23, 2017 Author Report 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.
tony b Posted February 23, 2017 Report Posted February 23, 2017 3 hours ago, ckreef said: Now I just need to buy more knives to fill it up. Cha-Ching!!! 1
Steve M Posted February 23, 2017 Report Posted February 23, 2017 Nice job. Did you hide a magnetic bar?
Aussie Ora Posted February 24, 2017 Report Posted February 24, 2017 That looks really smart nice job Outback Kamado Bar and Grill 1
ckreef Posted February 24, 2017 Author Report 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.
Bruce Pearson Posted February 24, 2017 Report Posted February 24, 2017 Gee Charles not only are you a master chef but also master woodworker that's pretty cool! Beautiful workmanship. 1
