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Here are the plans I put together for the shelf, custom fit for the space in my dad's cellar. Here are the detailed plans in Visio 2007
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| Here is a wood plan so I knew how many feet I had to purchase. We chose to use 1"x7" redwood, which is a dense pine similar to cedar but not as aromatic. Construction grade was $2.56 per linear foot. Clearheart, which has fewer knots, is over $5/lf so we elected to get construction grade and with proper planning I managed to cut around most of the knots. |
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Using a router, I put dadoes (slots) into the long side pieces.
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| Here's a closer shot of the dadoes. You can see the pilot holes I drilled as well. |
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| Here are the actual shelves. I used a special crown moulding bit ($50 from MLCS) in my router to put a groove for the wine bottles to sit. |
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| I glued and nailed each of the shelves into the dadoes on the side pieces. |
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| Then I used straps to hold the shelves together while the glue dried. I could have used clamps if I had 3 footers, but I didn't. |
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| For the middle section, I did use clamps since I had 2 footers. |
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| For the base I simply used some cheap stud grade 2x4's to lift the shelves off the floor. |
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| Test fitting the first shelf. |
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| Here is the finished product installed with trim (ripped from 1"x7" redwood and finished with a roman ogee router bit)! |
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