A couple of weekends ago we had No.1 son visit us with his new Canadian partner (very 'decorative' btw ) and he happened to mention that a Wine Rack would be a good project from the WoD (Workshop of Dad) and ''could I do them one, please?"
They wanted a floor standing, six bottle jobbie with two on the floor and three up. I normally don't do this sort of project, 'cos they're a complete and utter pain in the ar$e but in a moment of lunacy I said I would. That said, I had a load of oak offcuts loafing around and this seemed a good enough way of getting shot of them
These things sound easy (and they're not too taxing on the electrons as Mike G would have it ) but it's quite tricky to sort out a compact design that will also hold a variety of different sized bottles of vino collapso. Our particular favourite red comes in a bottle that has a diameter of around 90mm so each orifice was made a tad larger.
Construction of the main frame(s) was by using bandsawn bridle joints which are the easiest things to do provided your machine is set up spot on:
The rest of the build has been done using 8mm dowels and Torx screws. Each part had to be individually polished and waxed before assembly, so it's taken around a week to get the bloody thing together As an experiment, I used some Osmo Raw to finish it, which wasn't the brightest thing I've ever done as it's left one or two white 'streaks' and 'blotches' in a few places.
Fitting all the bits was a time consuming and fiddly job:
...but once it was all complete it didn't look too shabby:
I fitted a couple of bottle supports on the top so it now holds eight instead of six bottles. The extra supports only increased the overall height by 20mm so I think I've got away with it. Probably a bit OTT as these things go but I've got rid of a fair amount of Oak offcuts Next job is to wrap it and pack it and courier it up to Londres - Rob