This free wine rack plan was found at Burke’s Backyard.
Scott Cam built a simple wine rack to hold 12 wine bottles, 6 on the top shelf and 6 on the bottom shelf. Scott took only about an hour to complete this easy and inexpensive wine rack project. The wine rack shown was built from maple, but you could use whatever timber you wish.
Materials and Estimated Costs
2 x maple end pieces (19 x 285 x 300mm) approximately $29.90 per metre for 19mm by 290mm maple stock
4 x maple supports (40 x 40 x 600mm)) approximately $6.40 per metre for 42mm x42mm maple cross pieces
34 x maple moulding chocks (9 x 9 x 40mm) approximately $5.45 per metre for 9mm x 9mm maple moulding
1 x 50 piece pkt brass wood screws counter sunk 8 gauge x 32mm)
1 x pkt bullet nails, 15mm)
1 x 250ml PVA adhesive glue)
1 x 200ml Wattle Wood Gel (wine rack shown had Western Jarrah on) at about $8.75
1 x MDF sheet (3 x 900 x 600mm) for $3.30
Acrylic paint (whatever colour you like)
1 x 500ml Wattle Estapol Gloss at about $8.40 for 250 ml
The materials listed above are all available from hardware stores.
Step by Step Wine Rack Plan Instructions
Cut 2 pieces of 19mm x 285mm maple to match the length of a wine bottle (300mm). These will be the ends of your wine rack. Cut 4 x 600mm lengths of the 40mm x 40mm maple. These will be your supports. (Tip: to save time, have the timber pre-cut to length.)
Lay the end pieces flat and position the wine bottle on the timber, keeping the bottle at a slight slant so that when it sits on the rack the cork always stays wet.
Using a carpenter’s pencil, mark out where you want the supports to go, making sure you mark out both sides of the bottle. Use a triangle square to check your positions.
Using these marks, pre-drill all your screw holes.
Lightly sand all your timber pieces with a fine sanding sponge until all the edges are smooth.
Insert your brass screws into the pre-drilled holes on the end pieces. Attach the supports to the end pieces. Sand the outside of the end pieces to smooth out the drill holes.
Once the wine rack was complete, Rita Hill added the finishing touches.
Rita’s Wine Rack Finishing Touches
Cut the chocks to the same width as the supports (40mm). Measure out 40mm intervals along the 9 x 9mm maple moulding then use a mitre box to make your cuts uniform and square. Sand off the rough edges.
Measure and mark out 100mm intervals for the back chocks. Glue and nail into position. (Tip: nailing the chocks is easier if you tap each nail in first, just to get it started). Wipe off any excess PVA glue. Use the neck of a wine bottle as a guide to help you space the front chocks, then nail and glue them into position.
Stain the rack in the colour of your choice. (Rita used Wattle Wood Gel ‘Western Jarrah’.) Allow to dry thoroughly.
Using spray adhesive, stick the page of letters to some 3mm MDF. Cut the letters out using a jigsaw, and then peel the paper off.
Paint the letters with acrylic paint. When dry, lay the letters out and stick them down with PVA glue.
Finally, give the whole wine rack a coat of varnish, such as Wattle Estapol Gloss.
You can go to Burke’s Backyard for more factsheets and other information on home and garden.
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