Magnets for Knife rak

[maxim]

How strong, big magnets do i have to use for wooden knife rak ? To hold up yanagi or deba

 

[Peco]

Doing racks now?

 

[maxim]

Only for me and Niclas

 

[Rottman]

I used 20x5 mm neodymium magnets, N52 with a pullforce of something like 23 kg each. There's about 1-2 mm of wood between the magnet and the knife, single magnet per knife, knives are held firmly, some do rotate a degree or two depending on how they are placed. If I'd do it again I might try a brick pattern but then using smaller magnets.

 

[Peco]

Only for me and Niclas

Great, we could use some racks in our kitchen

 

[TB_London]

I used triple rows of 10x5 mm n52 with 1-2mm wood cover.
Hols a 240 yanagi, 180 Usuba and 160 deba but anything bigger would need to be tip down so the bolster stops it sliding off. I wanted to do double rows of 20x5 mm magnets for my bigger knives but were to expensive at the time.
If you speak to a supplier they may send you some different sizes to try, I managed to get pairs of about 6 different sizes and made some mock ups to find the right strength size and spacing.
Good luck with it

 

[ptolemy]

Be very careful when you work with those magnets. They chip very easy and are very very strong.

 

[richard harley]

any pics??

 

[wsfarrell]

...180 Usuba and 160 deba but anything bigger would need to be tip down so the bolster stops it sliding off.

I store all my knives tip down so the bolster keeps them from sliding off. Why do people store them tip up if there's a chance they could slip off?

 

[TB_London]

any pics??

Away from home ATM, but here is an old one: