David's tool tip challenge this week is to create this magnificent wine rack from these
raw materials in the space of about an hour.
An hour.
About and hour.
What you are going to need is a saw, set square, some drills, tape measure, glue, some screws,
a sander, a sharp pencil, mitre cutter and some instructions maybe.
I'll definitely need the instructions.
Probably simpler thank it looks but let's see if we can get it done in the hour.
We start by cutting our piece of lattice to one side of the centre batten.
These are a standard size, come precut which is great.
Makes it easier.
No saw cutting.
And there is 4 of them.
Using 1 piece as a template, we mark the edge so we know where to drill the guide holes
that hold the box together.
After drilling, we use craft glue for extra strength and then screw the sides together.
Even though we are using self drilling chipboard screws, pre-drilling is important to avoid
splitting the MDF.
Ok, so if this is the bottom, should we stand it.. ok.
The first thing I'm going to do is..
We then measure and using hand mitre saw, cut the dressed Meranti frame.
A hand mitre saw, like we are using here and on lots of other nuts and bolts projects are
relatively inexpensive.
Somewhere between $60 and $80.
And for small DIY projects like this they are a really good investment.
Well, we have actually done all the cuts.
All we have to do now is put it together.
Ok, so that's the front and bottom.
Once the front frame is fitted in place, we pre-drill and use some more of our 40mm chipboard
screws to fit the Meranti frame in place.
Pre-drilling this means the Meranti won't split.
Now glueing is optional, so we are not going to glue this one.
Jolly good, now mark the lattice.
Then we measure and mark the lattice which we will screw to the Meranti frames.
Because the lattice is not manufactured to precision standards, sizes may vary and like
we did, you might have to remove the batten and trim the lattice to size.
When trimming the pieces select 1 for the back of the wine rack to fit so that the horizontal
frames of the lattice will line up 30mm lower than the horizontal battens on the front piece
of lattice.
This is to allow your bottles of wine to sit flat.
Then glue and using 25mm flat head panel pins attach the 3mm MDF sheet to the back of the
wine rack.
We then score with a trimming knife and carefully snap off the excess MDF sheet.
So all we got to do is trim this both sides, snap it off carefully, nail the top and that's
it.
Is that right?
Hopefully.
Ok.
Careful.
There we go.
Let's have a look at it.
Oh that's pretty good.
Its very good.
And just within the hour.
You can then finish your wine rack with vanish or stain or just about whatever you want.
And if 1 isn't enough, they are so simple you can build more.