Gourme Knife Sharpener

This is my Gorume Knife sharpener that I made using another instructable as a project for my Engineering class. The requirements for the project were to create something that would solve a problem and could utilize workshop tools that we have in class. I decided that I would solve my problem of not having a knife sharpener at home and I would solve that by making one in class. I used workshop tools like the drill press, table saw, sander, and drill.

I am using 3/4 inch wood that I found in the workshop but the type of wood doesn't matter, just depends on how you want it to look. I ordered diamond sharpening blades on amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Diamond-Sharpening-Honing-Kitchen/dp/B09164DB74/ref=sr_1_21?crid=JHJMJFCRA7P2&keywords=6+x+2+diamond+sharpening+plates+300-grit+and+1200-grit&qid=1679059247&sprefix=6+x+2+diamond+sharpening+plates+300-grit+and+1200-grit%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-21). I ordered the magnets and rubber feet on amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PMF77TW https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ1B8LFH/?th=1). Two 1/4 by 2-inch brass bolds, one 1/4 inch wing nut, and six 1 1/4inch deck screws for assembly.

The first step is to draw out an outline and plan of each piece on paper so that you can visualize what your about to make.

The second step is to trace out each piece on your wood so that you can prepare to cut each piece. Measuring correctly helps in this step.

The third step is to cut the pieces that you have traced out on the wood. Be careful here to cut straight and precisely. It helps to have sketched out the pieces a few cm away from each other to account for the width of the blade.

The fourth step is to glue together the pieces shown above. And then the first assembly can begin of the base. As shown below.

The next step is to put the base together. Take the two large bottom pieces and line them up onto the large 4inch by 10inch base and make sure it is square screw in form the bottom attaching the two pieces.

I needed to drill out the holes. The first hole was for the sharpening rest I lined it up with the cross member and found the middle and put a screw right through. I didn't need to drill any more holes through but I did drill pocket holes for all the screws underneath using a 1/4-inch drill bit.

As seen here I started to make the area where the actual knife sits and it ended up being hardened than I expected. So I first started off by cutting the piece to size and then trying to cut the angle but it wasn't able to be clamped into the chop saw. To solve this issue I glued two larger pieces together and cut the 16-degree angle on the chop saw and then cut its depth to 1 inch. After that, I drilled the piece to the base from underneath using (1/4 drill bit).

The knife then sits on the magnets and then the magnets on the pusher stick hold the sharpening plates. Here is the final design after a little sanding of the edges and some finishing touches it came out well.