Home Depot Wine Rack "Kit"

[jayhkr]

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I've been here so I thought I would jump on and share my experiences with my new wine rack kit I got at Home Depot! The kit came packaged nice and compact:



Only had to do a few minor modifications to it, which included:
Cutting them to size and sand them smooth:



Make a few dado cuts in strategic places on a few of the boards:




Use my hand planner to plane a few (64) 3/4"x3/4" dowel rods down to 45* triangles:



Using a jointer, frame and box the rack plumb:



Assemble all the parts:



3 coats of stain:



5 coats of polyurethane and enjoy it!




Easy as can be! Only took the better part of 3 weeks from start to finish. Well worth it though. It'll hold about 172 bottles! I learned a few things from this "kit" that I will do differently if I ever need/want to build another.

 

[CGish]

HA! I love it. I have a picked up a few 'kits' at Home Depot and Lowes over the years.

Excellent job!

Did you make plans, or just wing it? (If you made plans, will you share?)

 

[vacuumpumpman]

Thanks for all the detailed pics !!

 

[sour_grapes]

Oh, "some assembly required," huh? I have had some kits like that!

Looks good -- thanks for sharing!

 

[dcbrown73]

That is SWEET! Very nice!

 

[bkisel]

Awesome!

Inspiring. My other hobby is woodworking so maybe one of these days.

 

[dcbrown73]

Awesome!

Inspiring. My other hobby is woodworking so maybe one of these days.

Make two when you do. I need one also!

 

[bkisel]

Make two when you do. I need one also!

Hey, this time last year it could have happened. I was living in Southbury, CT and my basement woodworking shop was still up and running. Danbury being only a few towns away I'd guess shipping wouldn't of cost you more than maybe 500-600 dollars.

 

[cmsben61]

well done! looks great!

 

[jayhkr]

Thanks everyone! It was a lot of fun and I learned a few things along the way......like have HD rip/cut the 4x8 boards for you because your table saw isn't big enough to accommodate large sheets like that. Had I'd done that it would had been 10x better. Yes I have plans on this. I got them HERE and am more than happy to help out if anyone wants to make this. Another suggestion if you don't mind spending the money, is by the quarter-round trim and cut to size rather than shaving off the dowel sticks. More money, but WAY less work.