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This is gift for the daughter of a friend of mine. They said she was looking for a unique wood wine rack and wanted the grain showing..not painted..

This one is made from two wine crates of French wine plus some American pine. When I went to the party store to see if they had any more crates, they said most all wine comes in corrugated cardboard cartons. Only the most expensive wine comes in crates any more and you have to buy a full case to get the crate.

The size of this rack was limited by the width or the crate boards. It finished at 13 5/8" square x 6 1/2" deep, each opening is 3 3/8" square. It can be free standing or wall mounted

It is finished with clear lacquer.

Cheers, Jim

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Mighty fine looking Jim. I believe when you repurpose crates with writing on them is great. Keeps the history together with the project. Nice job.
 

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Nice mate, I can almost taste it!
 

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Love that rustic look!
 

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Nice work Jim, like the idea of the writing shown, adds a bit of history in years to come. Will be a gift well appreciated. Cheers.
 

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That is Great Jim!! Nice work!!
 

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Very NICE work! Jim…

Happy Half Lapping makes everything go together so nicely…

She will like it!
 

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Good looking original racks Jim.
 

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Very interesting concept. I like to se various wine rack ideas
 

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nice rack Jim (did I really say that ?)
 

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nice rack Jim (did I really say that ?)

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LMAO, good one.

Jim, that really is a nice crate rack. Are the half laps done on a BS, look pretty deep for the normal TS fare. Either that or bonus points for hand tools. Either way it's probably gonna get copied, stenciling on the wood from old wine boxes, or not.

Thanks for posting.
 

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Thank you all for the nice comments. It looks like this will be the last thing made from wine crates unless I find someone who is buying the real good stuff by the case!! I hope she likes it.

Hi Joe and Steve. Half lap, is that what you call it? I didn't know for sure. Anyway. I cut all the slots on the table saw. I clamped them all together and had a thick board mounted to my sliding miter fence on my BT3000 saw with T nuts. I clamped all the pieces to the board and carefully aligned the saw cuts to the lines so they were totally interchangeable either way I slid them together. The cuts were 3 17/64" deep.

Hi Dick. if I was a girl, I'd be proud you said that!!!

Cheers, Jim
 

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How ingenious! I love the way you used the boxes for the rack.
 

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nice work jim,cheers.
 

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Elegant as always Jim!

If I was to suggest add-ons, I'd say have a place for them plastic cups and also a pair of channel locks to help get the caps off the bottles (I'm not very "up" on the fineries of the good stuff 8^)
 

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I think you may have an original there! p.s. Call Joanna Gains….I think she will want a few!
 

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lovely wine rack Jim,
Brilliant as expected
Regards
anth
 

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Thanks Jerry, Pottz, Bruce, Petey and Anthony!!

Hi Petey. I don't think I can make another like it. My supply of wine crates is gone. It was fun, though.

Cheers, Jim
 

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very nice Jim,

Cliff
 

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Thanks, Cliff

cheers, Jim
 
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