Thread: Wine racks

Looks like a fun little project, are you going to expand the plans so it holds more bottles or does each diner guest get a rack each? Yes, I like a glass or two or ....

I mortised out the legs, them made the tenons on the cross pieces. I did this so I could creep up on the exact size I needed for the tenons and test the fit along the way.



They have a nice, tight fit, but can still be pushed in by hand. From all I've read, that's perfect. I did them with the router rather than the table saw. I feel that I have a lot more control and safety using the router. Whatever works, right?

I improvised a jig to use the router to make the dados in the shelf pieces. It worked out pretty good. As a bonus, it stopped the tear out.





I had made MDF templates for all the pieces, so after they were rough-cut I routed them to shape. As we all know, this is a LOT more accurate than trying to do it by hand.

With everything cut & shaped, it's time for the test fit.



In the pic, the feet aren't the final shape, but they're pretty close. The feet will be screwed to the legs - everything else will be glued. I should have some finished pics in a few days.

Looking great, the contrast in timbers is spot on.

Great 6 pack. Gotta love the contrasting timbers. Well done.

This isn't good - 20 hours later, the poly I put on the cocobolo is still tacky. I've never experienced this before. I put the same poly on the poplar, which dried pretty quickly. This tells me it's something to do with the cocobolo. Any thoughts or experience?

Nice work so far.

Not sure of the Poly not setting.

Originally Posted by avengers63

This isn't good - 20 hours later, the poly I put on the cocobolo is still tacky. I've never experienced this before. I put the same poly on the poplar, which dried pretty quickly. This tells me it's something to do with the cocobolo. Any thoughts or experience?

Have had something similar with Myrtle, using Danish Oil. Nothing I did would stop the surface remaining tacky, while the same finish on NZ Beech had dried fine. Decided that it was due to excess finish on the surface. Stripped it off by wiping down with turps, back to clean wood. Then re-applied DO, and wiped off excess almost immediately, (before it began to get sticky.) This solved the problem, and the piece has been fine since.

Also Cocobolo is quite an oily timber, I believe, which might also contribute.

Won't hurt to try my way.

regards

Cocobolo sucks.

A day & a half later, the poly was still tacky. A quick web search told me why: it's one of the most oily, waxy, gummed up woods out there.

Well, with it still being wet, the poly wasn't hard to strip off. A good scrubbing with acetone, some scraping, then some more acetone and ALMOST all of the dark oil/sap/mung was cleared away. Following the instructions of both Marc Spagnolo and Bob Flexner, I sealed it with shellac. Today I sprayed a coat of poly on the whole thing. It turned out pretty nice.





My only fear is that the oils in the coco will eventually interfere with the glue joints on the rails. I might eventually have to put some short nails in there. For now, though, she's done.

Very, very spiffy. Wonderful contrast of timbers.

Magnificent!

Well done!


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job well done