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Entertainer's Kitchen From "Wasted Spaces" episode DWSP-106

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The wine rack is composed of custom built stem holders affixed against wood plank backing.

Wine Glass Rack

1. The stem holders are small wood pieces cut from a long board that was cut into a long "T" shape. It is called a "through dado cut."

2. Use a table saw to make the dado cut. In order to make this cut, the safety guard has to come off. Only do this is you are a professional with this tool.

3. To make the dado cut, angle the blade five degrees and turn the board on its side. For the depth, the cut should go about 2/3 of the way through (the long side of the "T" shape) and for the sides, each cut should go about 1/3 of the way through.

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4. Two of these dado cut pieces, when mounted upside down and side by side, form a little slotted rack for the base of the wine glass to slip into. The back of the glass rack is a plywood sheet cut to fill the cavity on the wall. However, yours can be custom made to fit whatever niche you would like to fit it into, or it can be independently wall mounted.

5. Measure, mark, and cut wood to create your back plank.

6. Lay out your dado cut pieces on the plank.

7. The dado cut stem holders and attachments get glued and nailed (or screwed in) from behind.

8. Affix it to the wall and add any trim that is needed.

Tips:

• If you need to remove safety equipment to make a cut, be sure to put it back on!

• When positioning something up into a higher space than you can reach, particularly when you are alone, it helps to fasten two marker screws to the back. This will give you a reference point to work with in "blind" spaces, it will keep it in position while you nail it into place and it also makes it easier because it lessens some of the physical weight you have to hold up.

• A dado cut is a slot or trench cut into the surface of a piece of machineable material. When viewed in cross-section, a dado has three sides. A dado is cut across, or perpendicular to, the grain and is thus differentiated from a groove which is cut with, or parallel to, the grain.

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RESOURCES :

Klein Tools
Website: www.kleintools.com

Delta Tools
Website: www.deltaportercable.com

Porter-Cable Tools
Website: www.deltaportercable.com

Smokey Mountain Tops
Website: www.smokeymountaintops.com