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A chance to work with all hand tools
I made this for my son, he found the picture on the internet. I used AI to find the picture should I need additional views or description and was surprised to find it on the Kreg Tools website. There, this project could be downloaded in a 19 page set of instructions. As you might guess, the entire wine rack was assembled with pocket screws.
I didn't want to use pocket holes & screws, I thought this would be a great project for all traditional joinery and old hand tools. Looking at the photos, the first photo shows my target, and the second shows the results.
Regarding old hand tools, and I used as many as possible, I started by sawing out components, then finished all surfaces with my Veritas scraper plane - my Stanley number 80 hand scraper, and a scraper card. This worked great for me as I am not very fond of sanding. Of course I incorporated a Stanley smoothing plane prior the scrapers.
For the shelves bottoms, a wooden moving filletster reduced three edges to a quarter inch from half inch. This allowed the shelves to fit into the 1/4" grooves made with in the three sides with a plow plane. Above photos show the effects of this effort.
Also shown above are the through dovetails used at each outside corner, which hide the shelf grooves cut across each side & front. Because I used dowels for the full lap inside corners, this left the grooves exposed on the front pieces. In order to hide these grooves on the ends, I made end caps glued & pin nailed, after adding the champfers via a Block Plane.
I finished this cherry wine rack with clear Minwax Polycrylic semi-gloss by wiping on with lint free cloth.
This was an enjoyable project, one that permitted using quite a few hand tools, in a leisurely manner.
If anyone wants to view the Kreg plans, they can be viewed here: Kreg
Thanks for viewing.
I didn't want to use pocket holes & screws, I thought this would be a great project for all traditional joinery and old hand tools. Looking at the photos, the first photo shows my target, and the second shows the results.
Regarding old hand tools, and I used as many as possible, I started by sawing out components, then finished all surfaces with my Veritas scraper plane - my Stanley number 80 hand scraper, and a scraper card. This worked great for me as I am not very fond of sanding. Of course I incorporated a Stanley smoothing plane prior the scrapers.
For the shelves bottoms, a wooden moving filletster reduced three edges to a quarter inch from half inch. This allowed the shelves to fit into the 1/4" grooves made with in the three sides with a plow plane. Above photos show the effects of this effort.
Also shown above are the through dovetails used at each outside corner, which hide the shelf grooves cut across each side & front. Because I used dowels for the full lap inside corners, this left the grooves exposed on the front pieces. In order to hide these grooves on the ends, I made end caps glued & pin nailed, after adding the champfers via a Block Plane.
I finished this cherry wine rack with clear Minwax Polycrylic semi-gloss by wiping on with lint free cloth.
This was an enjoyable project, one that permitted using quite a few hand tools, in a leisurely manner.
If anyone wants to view the Kreg plans, they can be viewed here: Kreg
Thanks for viewing.
13 Comments
Nice wall presentation with a purpose!
A lot of parts, good on you for hand tooling it.
I'd say you nailed it, but I see you DT it. Fine showcase for your talents.
A lot of parts, good on you for hand tooling it.
I'd say you nailed it, but I see you DT it. Fine showcase for your talents.
nice rack OT but about 70 bottles too small for me.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Nice work.
Thank you gentlemen all.
Splint - for me, the joy of woodworking is in using my collection of 17th and 18th century tools. This project "nailed it" for me.
Pottz - 70 bottles, sounds you need a much bigger rack.
Splint - for me, the joy of woodworking is in using my collection of 17th and 18th century tools. This project "nailed it" for me.
Pottz - 70 bottles, sounds you need a much bigger rack.
Agree to the nice work! Looks good.
Ron
i already do OT ! hey it used to be 500+ 😲 ive down sized in old age 😂
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Excellent project!
It's a beaut. Nice job.
Nicely done…
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
Lovely work sir. You can't beat hand tools for the satisfaction of ajob well done.
Andy -- Old Chinese proverb say: If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it.
Tom that is such a good display of the fine work to be done with hand tools. You sure have them mastered!!!!!!!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Gentlemen, I am thankful for the complements, much appreciated.
As for skills: I am currently in between projects so I've decided to use all the leftover wood scraps in my shop, and hone my skills by making traditional joinery such as; dovetails, mortise & tenon joints, chopping mortises by hand, etc., etc., etc
Doing this at a leisurely pace when the outcome isn't a concern will be an enjoyable task to complement my intended consumption of beer along the way.
Cheers, and thank you all.
As for skills: I am currently in between projects so I've decided to use all the leftover wood scraps in my shop, and hone my skills by making traditional joinery such as; dovetails, mortise & tenon joints, chopping mortises by hand, etc., etc., etc
Doing this at a leisurely pace when the outcome isn't a concern will be an enjoyable task to complement my intended consumption of beer along the way.
Cheers, and thank you all.
Nice rack!
Petey
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