Northern Winos said:
I don't know if that's how Trubador made his. ......but.....that's how we did ours, drill the holes and then cut the boards...we left a small strip out of the middle when we split the boards.The neighbor is Mr. Gaget..he had a drum sander that worked like a charm....It sure helps to have the right tools.
I like Trubador's because it is so nice and big....Also he can put different size bottles....We are stuck with 750 mil bottles and they can't be too big around as we had to put our rows closer together than his. We had to work with those shelves in the root cellar....so are so cramped for space.
Thanks for all the compliments
A good friend of mine has a wood working shop and we used a drill press and a hole saw to make all the circular cuts. Once a spacing was figured, it was rather easy to make all the horizontal pieces. Then a simple router bit to shape the curves, etc....then, yes, sanding, but at this shop they had all kinds of sanders that made the job easy.
It's incredible what can be done with the proper tools. I could not have made this at home, or if I did, it would have taken 6 times as long. This rack was completed in less than 6 hours.
Having the ability to store some large bottles was one of my priorities, so we just added space to the bottom to accomadate and made the round cuts a bit bigger on the bottom shelf.
Another added bonus is that the top shelf can accomadate 750ml OR 1.5L bottles, granted the 1.5L on the top wont sit as pretty as the bottom, but as you can see, I have one up there right now.
Again, thanks for the compliments to all that posted. And Wade, I have never had another man compliment my Rack, but I did like it