Well again guys, I’m flabbergasted at all the kind words. I’ve been pretty busy the past few days on another project, plus fighting with my new toy (squeezebox), so I haven’t had time to respond to individual comments.
You, my good man, have some serious woodworking skills.
You need some cedar in there to store stogies too.
I don’t think it’s skill per say, but just knowing what tool to use and in what order. With woodworking, you can really screw yourself if you don’t follow a regimented process. I think I’ve ruined more boards learning how to set up tools than I’ve managed to use successfully in a project.
Cigars? I never did get into them. I tried a few when I was in Gitmo, but I didn't like any of them.
As a fellow woodworker, I can appreciate the effort that goes into something like that. If you rounded over all 4 edges of all 1300 of those slats, that works out to about 1 3/4 miles of routing. I can't even imagine how much time you spent sanding and finishing all of them.
Before you go quitting your day job, think about how many hours you invested in this project. When I make anything elaborate, it usually works out to about $5/hr. I'd have to work 40 hours a day to make any money at it! A wise friend once told me that if I made my living at woodworking, it would become a job. I'd hate to have the joy taken out of making things out of wood.
LOL… I didn’t round all four sides. Just two. Plus the miter on the end that took a lot of extra time. I didn’t want to get splinters or tear the labels, so I figured I'd just round them over. I'm glad I did....
I’m in full agreement with you. I really enjoy working with wood. I find it relaxing. I doubt I’d like it very much if I was doing if for a living.
The door before they built our racking, they came back from an install in northern New York. Racking for 10,000 bottles and the guy wanted them back to do more.
10,000 bottle cellar???!!!! Good grief, I can’t imagine how much money it would take to fill up one that big. When I build my next house, I plan to build a 2000 bottle cellar, but it’ll be quite different. I won’t have any double deep racks. They’re great for small rooms like mine, as you double the capacity, but they suck for finding bottles.
Any chance of posting photos of your workshop? You know, woodworking porn and all that.....
Woodshop?? I wish! My “woodshop” is my garage. I had planned on building a shop, but I’m not real sure how long I will be living where I am. I’m ready to move somewhere that I can enjoy four seasons.
