| Plate Rack: Rabbets and Lap Joints |
From "Woodworking"
episode DIW-208 |
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What's both attractive and functional, and made of oak with a dark finish? This arts and crafts style plate rack! Adapted from a plan first published by Gustav Stickley (one of the founders of the arts and crafts movement), it features the simple lines and handmade details that were the hallmarks of authentic craftsman pieces. This intermediate-level project can be completed for about $120. The Arts and Crafts Plate Rack pattern in Bruce Johnson's demonstration was featured in the Summer 1998 issue of American Woodworker magazine. For ordering information, go to the Resources list below and click on "Arts and Crafts Plate Rack." Materials: Table saw or radial-arm saw with dado blade
Band saw
Pencil
Cardboard arch template or pattern
Sandpaper
5 pieces of 1/2" x 5" x 44" oak (for back)
2 pieces of 7/8" x 2 1/2" x 10 1/2" oak (for upper brackets)
2 pieces of 3/4" x 3" x 3" oak (for lower brackets)
- The final dimensions of the plate rack will be about 48" long and 24" wide. Instead of using a single sheet of plywood for the back, use five individual boards, planed to 1/2" thickness, and cut to 44" long.
- A rabbet is created at the end of each planed board. Add dado blades to the saw to create a cut 1/4" deep and 1/4" wide at the edge of each board's end (figure A). Repeat for all boards.
- A lap joint is used to interlock the long edges of the boards. To create a lap joint, use same technique as in step 2 to cut the top and bottom edge of the inner 3 boards (figure B). When cutting the edge, remove wood from the bottom surface of the top edge of each board; remove wood from the top surface on the bottom edge. Repeat technique until all boards are complete. (For the top board, cut only the bottom edge -- the top will be cut into an arch; for the bottom board, cut only the top edge.)
- Use template to trace curve on top edge of board (figure C). Use band saw to cut slightly outside the pencil tracing (to allow a little extra room for sanding).
- Cut 1/2" notch at top corners of rabbets on top piece (just below the arch) and at the bottom rabbets on the bottom piece, to create tenons that will later hold post in place.
- Cut square blanks for brackets. Trace pattern onto surface with pencil and use band saw to cut brackets (figure D). Make relief cuts (small notches) at areas of stress in order to cut the curve more easily.
- Sand rough edges.
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RESOURCES :
Building Arts and Crafts Furniture: 25 Authentic Projects
Model: 0806994185
Author: Paul Kemner
Classic Arts and Crafts Furniture You Can Build
Model: 1558704906
Author: Andy Schultz
Arts and Crafts Woodworking Projects: 11 New Designs in the Stickley Tradition
Model: 0811726622
Author: Robert E. Belke
Arts and Crafts Furniture: Projects You Can Build for the Home
Model: 094193649X
Author: Blair Howard
In the Craftsman Style: Building Furniture Inspired by the Arts and Crafts Tradition
Author: Editors of Fine Woodworking
Publisher: Taunton Press
ISBN: 1561583987
Order this title from Amazon.com.
Authentic Arts and Crafts Furniture Projects
Model: 1558705686
Author: Popular Woodworking Magazine
American Woodworker Magazine
American Woodworker
Website: www.americanwoodworker.com
Arts and Crafts Plate Rack plan/pattern
The Arts and Crafts Plate Rack in Bruce Johnson's demonstration was featured in the Summer 1998 issue of American Woodworker magazine.
Back issues are available for $5 each. Photocopies of past articles are available for $3 each.
For either, write or call (8 am to 5 pm CST, M-F):
American Woodworker Reprint Center
Box 83695
Stillwater, MN 55083-0695
(715) 247-5060
American Woodworker
Website: www.americanwoodworker.com
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