rlp@cbosgd.UUCP (Bob Platt) (01/05/85)
I recently built an inexpensive wine rack for my cellar. The parts
cost about $30, and the finished wine rack has a capacity of 45
bottles. I constructed it by building two wooden frames that
look basically like this:
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comprised of 5 two-by-fours (each) of about 3.5 feet in length. Three 3' x 1'
particle boards were then bolted to the crossbeams forming a set of three
shelves. Finally, I obtained a set of four 10' long, 4.5" dia plastic
tubes from a building materials store ($3.50 each). I cut the tubes
(they cut EASILY with a hacksaw) into 10" lengths. On each shelf I stacked
one row of 8 tubes, and one row of 7 tubes. The resulting wine rack is
convenient, sturdy, and ugly as hell. Fortunately, it fits in a dark closet
in the basement.
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"Wherever you go, there you are"macrakis@harvard.ARPA (Stavros Macrakis) (01/08/85)
> I recently built an inexpensive wine rack for my cellar. The parts > cost about $30, ... capacity of 45 bottles.... > [It is] convenient, sturdy, and ugly as hell. -- R.L. Platt Crate and Barrel in Cambridge (617-876-6300) has a very serviceable metal wine rack for ~50 bottles at $22. Made of heavy-gauge wire, it looks flimsy but is not. It can be screwed into the wall for additional (not really necessary) stability. It will not support magnums or splits, but takes only about two minutes to mount. They don't stack. It is convenient, sturdy, and actually quite handsome. -s