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| Rustic Wine Rack |
| Make an easy-to-put-together wine rack using recycled materials. |
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If you have been renovating you may even have the materials lying around. Otherwise check your Yellow Pages for secondhand building suppliers. You could build the wine rack using new timber and iron but recycled materials do give it that certain rustic charm.
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We used 100mm-wide kauri pine flooring for the cabinet and old corrugated iron for the shelves. You will also need 20mm x 20mm radiata pine for shelf supports, chipboard screws, nails and wood glue.
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After removing all the old nails and giving the boards a good clean we cut them to lengths of 950mm. For each side panel, glue and clamp four floorboards together. For the shelf supports (which have been cut from 20mm x 20mm radiata pine to lengths of 380mm and pre-drilled), position the first one at 230mm down from the top, and then the next three supports are each placed 180mm apart.
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Making the shelves is simplified because the corrugated iron comes in a standard 870mm width, which just happens to be exactly what you'll need, so all you'll have to do is cut five 330mm strips. To cut the iron we used a gadget called a nibbler, but tinsnips will also do the job. To make the shelves, we screwed some temporary blocks to the bench to hold the frame in place while it was nailed together. Each shelf is made up of a front and back cover strip cut from the old floorboards, a sheet of corrugated iron, and five pine support strips. Space the strips evenly along the cover strips then remove the iron and nail the frame together. Now punch holes in the iron and screw to the frame. Next, fix the shelves to the shelf supports on the inside of the side panels.
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The top is made in much the same way as the sides, glued and clamped together. Two cleats provide support for the top and anchor points for the side panels. For stability screw a strip of flooring along the top of the back shelf, and finally, for a nice finish, fix three more strips on the front of the cabinet, across the top and down both sides.
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We finished our wine rack off with a coat of fine buffing oil for protection, and of course, to give it that rustic look. Now you can spend some serious money filling up the shelves.
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Materials
18 metres second-hand 100mm tongue-and-groove flooring
13 metres of 20mm x 20mm radiata pine
1 sheet corrugated iron
35mm and 50mm screws
40mm nails
Wood glue
Tools:
Hammer
2 G-clamps
Nibbler
Cordless drill
Circular saw
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Cost
Recycled flooring $ 59.50
Hardware $ 19.00
Pine strips $ 14.50
Corrugated iron $ 3.00
Total: $ 96.00
(Keep in mind that if you have some old floorboards lying around, it would be cheaper)
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More Info
Corrugated iron and secondhand floorboards available from demolition and secondhand building material companies. See your Yellow Pages.
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