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Thread: Wine file draw cabinet project#3
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21st February 2005, 12:34 AM #1
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Wine file draw cabinet project#3
Project #3, made this for a mate... my first paid project!
Its a bit of a mixed up creation, holds 40 wine bottles has 2 file cabinet draws plus 3 draws for junk. As usual its made from pine'o'rama.
The stain is english mahogney, finish is sprayed Cabot's CFP oil based polyurethane varnish.
I do not like this color or the CFP paint it doesnt flow out well and sinks heaps showing grain/join patterns thru, its what he wanted and what he supplied(paint/stain leftover from his floor boards).
Its covered in dust and crap in these photos I wasnt game enough to wipe it over as this paint stays soft for some time.(its a high oil content floor finish)
The wine racks were formed from cross bars with 9mm dowling rods.
In the bottom of the wine cabs I made it too slide out for easy dusting as it would be very hard to clean.
All file/junk draws are dovetailed and use 500mm kitchen draw runners, could only get white(small town syndrome)which doesnt suit the cab's color. The file draws use 3x25mm aluminium bar for the file sleeve's to hang on.
He wanted a rough sort of finish so I didnt finish it to my usual levels, after all I couldnt show up his floor boards now could I...
Its quite big at 1550 L/1100 H/520 D.
All up it cost me $230 to make, made a little profit to go towards the 10-12" Table Saw fund!(at this rate I need to sell 10 more projects...)....................................................................
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21st February 2005, 12:40 AM #2
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And you might have noticed there are no handles on the draws... its the fault of the small town syndrome.
Not much choice here, they'll get some when they go to town next(adelaide).....................................................................
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21st February 2005, 07:42 AM #3
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Looks realy good considering pine. Bugger of a timber to work with. Loves to twist. Usually has marks all over it from transport and storage. I like the design.
Bob
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21st February 2005, 08:30 AM #4
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Well done.
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21st February 2005, 09:04 AM #5
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Nice work Harry, I havent seen dowel used in a wine rack before. How did you fix the Al bar into the drawer fronts?
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21st February 2005, 12:13 PM #6
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Strong work Harry.
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21st February 2005, 03:47 PM #7
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The aluminium bar has a 90* bend at the front with 2 screws in the draw front and it is checked/nocthed into the side of the rear face with 1 screw retaining it in place.
Originally Posted by Slavo
I used dowel(non fluted)because it allows for more space, otherwise it would have had only 4 rows of racks instead of 5. Quite easy to make the front and rear rails are drilled 17mm deep on a offset with a 3* angled jig on a drill press, then you just turn one of each pair upside down to give you a angle for the bottles to sit on.
All the dowels had to be sized at the ends, non flute dowel isnt allways the same dia throughout its lenght... just drilled a 9mm hole in some 25x6mm flat bar, cut some slots around the inside of the hole to act as teeth then put the dowel in my cordless and sized up a 15mm lenght on the ends. A word of warning, use the clutch on its lightest setting on your cordless...
All the dowels are floating in the holes in the rails it allows for movement, the 9mm dowel deflects a little when the bottle is placed on them. I did a drop test on a prototype rack to be sure... had to drop a full bottle(water, not wasting a good red!)from a height of 750mm before they would crack!....................................................................
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21st February 2005, 08:28 PM #8
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Good stuff Harry . Good strong colour . Most cabinet makers suppliers will offer you a colour choice in draw runners of white or white .
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