Good Morning all you fellow sawdust makers!
My son is big into cooking, and said he wanted a spice rack that could free stand (he rents) but could someday be put on the wall (after he buys a home). He wanted the bottles to have quick access and wanted the bottles horizontal.
I decided to go with a rustic look. I had recently harvested an Eastern Aromatic Juniper and had plenty of 'rustic' in stock. I tried to leave as many live edges as possible on the piece.
The back is bookmatched, and I left the two little 'branch stubs' sticking out so that he could some day drill a hole on each side and use that to hang the rack on the wall.
The shelf cubes were made by cutting slots half-way through the boards, then fitting them together like the cardboard liner in a case of wine. I don't yet have a dado blade, so I did it one pass at a time, stacking the boards together and just making several kerf passes. I was pretty proud of my measuring, because when it came time to fit them all together, only one slot needed just a teeny amount of file work to fit. Each cubicle is about 2 1/4" square.
The entire piece is finished with glossy polyurathane to stand up to the rigors of a messy kitchen. The photo of the rack filled shows he is using it regularly!
Dave Peterson
My son is big into cooking, and said he wanted a spice rack that could free stand (he rents) but could someday be put on the wall (after he buys a home). He wanted the bottles to have quick access and wanted the bottles horizontal.
I decided to go with a rustic look. I had recently harvested an Eastern Aromatic Juniper and had plenty of 'rustic' in stock. I tried to leave as many live edges as possible on the piece.
The back is bookmatched, and I left the two little 'branch stubs' sticking out so that he could some day drill a hole on each side and use that to hang the rack on the wall.
The shelf cubes were made by cutting slots half-way through the boards, then fitting them together like the cardboard liner in a case of wine. I don't yet have a dado blade, so I did it one pass at a time, stacking the boards together and just making several kerf passes. I was pretty proud of my measuring, because when it came time to fit them all together, only one slot needed just a teeny amount of file work to fit. Each cubicle is about 2 1/4" square.
The entire piece is finished with glossy polyurathane to stand up to the rigors of a messy kitchen. The photo of the rack filled shows he is using it regularly!
Dave Peterson
