| Plate Rack: Shelves and Plate Rail |
From "Woodworking"
episode DIW-208 |
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Once the back section and posts have been assembled, the shelves are cut and a plate groove is added. 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: 1 piece of 3/4" x 4 3/8" x 47" oak (for bottom shelf)
1 piece of 3/4" x 2 5/8" x 44 5/8" oak (for top shelf)
1 piece of 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 46 7/8" oak (for plate rail)
Pencil
Tape measure
Band saw
Table saw or radial-arm saw with dado blades
Drill
3/8" drill bit
Wooden dowels
Wooden dowel centers
Woodworker's glue
Clamps
Decorative brad (optional)
- Begin by measuring and marking for notches on back surface of each shelf (the notch will accommodate the post).
- Use band saw to cut notches on both ends of the shelf (figure A). Repeat for other shelf.
- Use dado blade to cut narrow plate groove on top surface of both shelves. The groove will continue all the way to the edges on top -- where the bracket prevents the plates from falling off. On the second shelf, however, the groove should stop about 2" away from the edge of the shelf.
- Set dado blade 1/4" wide and 1/4" deep and cut grooves.
- Dry-fit shelves onto rack.
- Mark and drill holes two 3/8" holes into each bracket (figure B ).
- Place a pointed dowel center into the holes (figure C).
- Press shelf onto dowel center to make tiny impressions (figure D). Using impressions as a guide, drill two corresponding 3/8" holes in the end of each shelf (figure E).
- Apply woodworker's glue to the holes in the ends of shelf and to dowels, and tap dowels into the holes.
- Apply glue to bracket holes and attach to shelves (figure F)
- Use long clamp to secure until dried.
- Add plate rail in front of top shelf. Nail to front of posts (figure G). Attach decorative brads to the front of the rail (if desired) to add an authentic arts and crafts detail.
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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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