Magnetic knife holder

This is a magnetic knife holder made from karuvelam (babul) wood. The edges are rounded over using a router.

Knife holder from babul wood using neodymium magnets. Two 5 mm magnets used for each knife. 

I used two 5 mm neodymium magnets for each knife. I drilled a sligthly smaller hole and then tightly pressed the magnet in using a C-clamp. This ensured a tight fit. I used a bit of fevicol just to be on the safe side.

Impressions
The knives stay on. However not all knives are magnetic. Really heavy knives do not stay. I did not add much finish to it. Now that this holder is used a lot, I have noticed some black staining on the wood from the magnets. This is most likely due to hanging up wet knives on the holder.

On retrospect A larger magnet could have been used with a thin piece of wood protecting it. It is a bit scary having all your knives hanging there, and I plan to build a normal knife holder later on. 

Scroll saw wooden fruit

This is a bowl of wooden fruit (well and other foodstuff as well)

The fruits were cut out of 12 mm thick finger jointed rubber wood using a scroll saw. The lines were added using a soldering iron.
Finish is Asian Paints Touch wood applied and immediately wiped off to give a dull, thin finish. This is not very quick finish. 

A bowl of wooden fruit and other foodstuff. 

Wooden fruit and foodstuff. cut out with a scroll saw  (Not to scale )

The fruits are all similar sized, and not to scale. 

Wooden plaque from Padauk wood

This is a plaque made from Padauk wood. The words trigger a lot of family memories.
The base is made from Padauk wood, cut with a jigsaw to at an angle.
The letters are cut out of Neem wood. They are cut with the proxxon DS 230E scroll saw.  They are fixed with small headless nails. Even headless nails cause these small letters to split. To prevent this one has to cut off the heads of the headless nails. A pilot hole also has to be drilled.
I like the natural red color of Padauk wood.
The finish is Asian Paints Polyurethane exterior glossy coating.

Wooden plaque made from Padauk wood and Neem letters

Scroll saw work

This is a piece made by my friend Sharon Roshan using the Proxxon scroll saw.
She cut out the image from 3mm veneer (I think it is birch).
We stuck it on a background of red Padauk wood, whose sides were rounded over with a router. We used a thin metal chain at the back to hang it up.

Scroll saw design of a grandfather and daughter