Construct a simple, modular, expandable and elegant wine rack as a home woodworking project with only a table saw and drill press. It assembles with dados/notches, so no nails, screws or glue are required. It can be disassembled as easily. Cut, stain and assemble cherry wood in a home wine storage rack that holds 15 regular-sized bottles of wine.
Cut two basic shapes from cherry wood: 3- by 24-inch cross rails to hold the bottles, themselves, and 6- by 12-inch end panels to support the cross rails. In this plan, you'll need six cross rails and six end panels.
Install a dado set on the table saw to make the dados/notches to lock the end panels and cross rails together. The dado set consists of several cutters/chippers sandwiched between two saw blades.
Add an auxiliary fence on the miter gauge and glue sandpaper on the front edge for traction. Clamp a stop block to position the end panels for identical dados. Reposition for the cross rails.
Notch dados in both ends and edges of the cross rails first and the notch the end panels--four dados in each component. Clamp the wood to the fence to your protect fingers as you cut.
Use hole saws slightly larger than the bottle bases and bottle necks, respectively, to cut troughs to hold the bottles. Install a fence to position rails for the larger holes first--then reposition for the smaller bottle necks.
Add a drum sander to the drill press to smooth the edges of each trough. Use an orbital sander to smooth the flat sides of the cross rails and end panels.
Bring out the highlights in the cherry wood by applying two generous coats of Tung oil. In a few minutes, before it dries, wipe off the excess with a clean lint-free cloth.
Engage the dados on the cross rails with those in the side panels, assembling each of the three layers of the wine rack to hold a total of 15 bottles of wine.
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I got the plans from Harlan and redid them in Google Sketchup. Here is a direct link to the plans. Enjoy http://tinyurl.com/c6wrfxu
great wine rack where can I find the pdf for the plans
Anyone have a copy of the plans for this that they would like to share? thanks
Why don’t you have a link to the project plans on this website. You are doing your followers a real disservice by not having them available. Just being able to download them would be nice. It’s very disappointing that it’s not there.
I am not a good carpenter,but I think I can build this.I guess dado depth would be an inch deep??That would leave an inch solid to rest on??
I like this wind rack. Can I get the pfd file?
I want to try to build it myself.
Thx
Mr. Harlan Vande Bunte’s pdf files are perfect. Every measurement needed is included. Thank you Harlan and Thank you Ron for this great project.
I have a complete set of PDF Drawings for you.
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Great plan. Since it will be hidden could it be made from 3/4 ” plywood?
The praaogn of understanding these issues is right here!
Nice project. I’m doing this for a class and also found the lack of specific measurements such as the sizes of the hole saws used, their depth and spacing, as well as other missing information slightly frustrating. But I drew up some plans and calculated it myself. For the troughs for the bottle bases, I am using a 4’” hole saw, cutting a depth of 1” (putting the width of the trough at 3 1/2”); spacing the first an last 2 1/4” from the end of the cross rail, 1/2” apart from each other. For the bottle neck, a 2” hole saw, cut at a depth of 1/2” (putting the width of the trough at 1 1/2”), spacing the first and last 3 1/4” from either end of the cross rail, 2 1/2” apart. This should line up troughs and give adequate room for just about any size bottle.
I also noticed that the bottom end panels he has are not the same measurements as the other end panels. For my project, I’m doing 4 end panels 6x12” and 2 base panels 3x12”. His base end panels look to be either 3 or 4” tall. 3” high works for me just fine.
Hope this info is helpful.
Great wine rack ! Wish you would have given measurements relating to the length of the srtingers and the spacing of the bottles.
I was looking for a rack design I could place inside an existing cabinet. This is a simple and adaptable design. I liked your presentation and appreciate the comments on safety. It would be nice if you made the actual plans available.
Thanks for the idea
Jeff
Nice looking wine rack. Easy to make and assemble. I like the use of cherry.
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This is how I built my wine rack and it came out pretty good http://howtofixstuff.blogspot.ca/2012/04/how-to-build-wine-rack.html