Wine Rack Commission = Done!

I’ve been so busy with Christmas preparations that I forgot to post a shot of the finished wine rack. I swear I finished it last weekend. The client loved it, and was really please that it has a slight nautical look. As I had hoped it was a lot easier to make than mine due to having only 2 mortises instead of twelve.

Wine Rack Commission

The wine rack I made for the kitchen, has gotten a lot of praise from my friends and coworkers. One coworker commissioned me to make one for her to give as a Christmas gift. Mine is was to complicated to make for a reasonable price, so I designed this one.

A small saw till Pt. 2

I almost forgot I took the photos, until I found them this evening. The till went together with out any major complications, and after the glue dried, it received a coat BLO, and paste wax. It’s mounted to the wall with a single drywall screw, that’s more than enough to hold the weight. I decided to make the till large enough to hold 4 saws, so that gives me room for one more. I sense a 14tpi dovetail saw in my future.

A small saw till Pt. 1

I have 3 of the Veritas back saws now, and I’m starting to use them more frequently. Since I’m in between big projects, and storing the saws in the guestroom closet is less than ideal, I decided now was a good time to make a till.  My  requirements for the till are as follows:

1. It needs to be big enough to hold my current nest of saws with room for one or two more.
2.  it has to be made with stock I have on-hand

With the requirements outlined, I started milling some 4/4 hard maple stock Sunday evening.  The sides are a little less than 3/8″ thick, and bookmatched. All the other boards  in the project are 5/8″ thick. I didn’t want any joinery showing on the side panels, so they are joined to the cross members with sliding dovetails. I’ll have more details next time.

Wine Rack Pt. 8

Like all my other project wrap-up entries, this one is anti-climactic. Gluing all the little pieces together was tedious , but not difficult. The hardest thing about the glue up was trying to apply enough clamping pressure to all the curved pieces, with out denting them. After some post glue-up sanding with 220 grit, I was ready to apply the finish. For this project, I applied two coats of WATCO Danish Oil, followed by a coat of clear Black Bison Wax.