Spice Rack  10                                                10-2023

 

Working With Wood Continued

 

I wanted to make a small change to the height of the cubby hole pieces along with the shelves for the smaller bottles, and after talking it over with my daughter, she gave me the green light. I cut 1/4" off the top surface, producing a reveal. This was a very simple change but one that looks even better than before, (at least to me it does).
 

 

 

The next item I wanted to cut was this shelf supports. I made it longer than I needed at the beginning and I expected to trim to fit later. Well...now it's time.
 

 

 

After cutting it to length, I added a 3/16" radius with my router. And again, this small change was given a thumbs up by my daughter as she has a tendency to bump sharp edges.
 

 

 

Speaking of sharp edges, I'm putting a 1/8" radius on the front edges of all the shelves. This doesn't take long but the hand sanding does take a minute to blend all the corners.
 

 

 

I waited to work on the dowel holes for the longer shelves because it requires a different setup again. Here you can see I've moved the column to the right and the ram is extended out as well (like I did before). This is so I can hang my work piece over the edge of the table to drill my holes.
 

 

 

I made my depth the same as the other pieces, just over 1/4". But with this setup I made sure to place the edge of my work pieces flush with the top surface of my angle plate. This way all my depths would be the same without picking up each one with my paper slipped between the cutter and work piece. The 1 X 2 X 3 block is acting as my work stop.
 

 

 

I made some spacers that will be placed between some of the shelves. This gives me the exact distance between each one.
 

 

 

Here you can see my spacers being used on the shelves for the smaller bottles. This worked out great and once I had everything in place, I marked my edges with my pencil for my dowel holes like I did before. Now it's time to work on the shelves for the smaller bottles.
 

 

 

Here is the smaller bottle, and as you can see the shape is much different than the other one. That means the shelf will need to be made differently and will require a new router fixture to make this happen. The size of this bottle is 2.300" tall (which includes the cork) X 2 1/16" in diameter (in the middle). I'm going to hold these bottles in the neck area, like I did the others, but the shape of the shelf slot will have to be made accordingly.
 

 

 

Another Router Fixture

 

I'm getting ready to put in the slots for the smaller bottles and in order to do that, I'll needed another router fixture. I ran out of the MDF that I made the other two out of so I'm using the top of an old oak desk that I've had laying around for a few years. It's the perfect thickness for this, (just over one inch) so I won't have to add a piece to the top like I did before.

Now I'll still be able to use the bottom portion of my router fixture, I just need a new top piece. And I'm going to make two of these while I'm at it because it's easier to make two of them now in place of making another single one later.
 

 

 

These two pieces had a bow in them so again, I'm cutting them both flat using my milling machine. And as you can see, I've already put in my 3/8" dowel holes and the four 1/4" hold-down holes, complete with counterbores for the bolts and washers. In case you're wondering why I counterbored these holes, it was necessary because the new pieces are 1/4" thicker than my other ones.
 

 

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