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simple 3 tier spice rack

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simple 3 tier spice rack

Postby oddsocks » 14 Feb 2016, 21:00

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This is a weekend project that was simple to make once a bit of school algebra was completed to work out the spacing of the 45mm holes and the height of each level so that the jars can be seen and the top tier can still be removed. I ended up making everything from a piece of sycamore I had spare, and thicknessed all the pieces to 10mm. The bottom and middle timbers are 87mm wide, the top one is 77mm wide (so visually all look the same depth as the bottom two use 10mm for the 25mm wide steps). I set the centre of the holes 38mm from the front of the timber (this is not centre for two of the three pieces so make sure the are glued up correctly).

My wife wanted to keep some space in the cupboard, so we settled on 11 jars per row. The 'standard' for most brands is a base of 44mm so 45mm holes drilled 3mm deep keeps everything tidy. I spaced the holes 3mm apart, so marked the wood at 48mm intervals (the first one was 26mm from the end then every 48mm). A simple bit of marking on the drill press made it easy to everything up (the image shows two marks as initially I tested with a 6mm gap but that looked too wide).

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I had to buy a 45mm drill bit, and the prices vary from the cheap silverline to the £70+ items. I settled on a bosch one from Amazon (£10.49) and it did all 33 holes but was showing some bluing overheat at the end.


The glued item ready for a coat of ronseal diamond hard matt varnish

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Re: simple 3 tier spice rack

Postby 9fingers » 14 Feb 2016, 21:34

Looks very nice. I like the pale sycamore.
I'm sure it will be fine in practice but I tend to over engineer things and would perhaps have made the vertical section between the top and middle deck extend down to the bottom.

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Re: simple 3 tier spice rack

Postby oddsocks » 14 Feb 2016, 22:23

Thanks Bob. The original intention was not to have the back leg, but to cut sides to fit and support it. I then thought it would be easier to just fit the leg as I had the piece spare from the original deep sawing and thicknessing. The weight of jars is very little, and I used titebond glue so it should stay stable.

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Re: simple 3 tier spice rack

Postby RogerS » 14 Feb 2016, 23:11

Very nice, Dave. How have you finished it?
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Re: simple 3 tier spice rack

Postby 9fingers » 14 Feb 2016, 23:14

RogerS wrote:Very nice, Dave. How have you finished it?



Reading not a strong point Rog? "The glued item ready for a coat of ronseal diamond hard matt varnish" :lol: :lol:

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Re: simple 3 tier spice rack

Postby RogerS » 14 Feb 2016, 23:17

9fingers wrote:
RogerS wrote:Very nice, Dave. How have you finished it?



Reading not a strong point Rog? "The glued item ready for a coat of ronseal diamond hard matt varnish" :lol: :lol:

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Re: simple 3 tier spice rack

Postby 9fingers » 14 Feb 2016, 23:38

RogerS wrote:
9fingers wrote:
RogerS wrote:Very nice, Dave. How have you finished it?



Reading not a strong point Rog? "The glued item ready for a coat of ronseal diamond hard matt varnish" :lol: :lol:

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Wrong specs!


Ah! you had your "just look at the pictures" glasses on :lol:

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Re: simple 3 tier spice rack

Postby oddsocks » 15 Feb 2016, 19:07

I did think I'd written that :-)
I tend to use that varnish for most things as it is the clearest I've found, dries quickly and is hard (its designed for high traffic floors). This only had one coat as I just wanted to seal it. I then rubbed it down slightly with a fine grey meshpad.
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