The economy may be soft, but it’s not dead!!

[joseph j shields]

Hi Joseph, How did you make the bottle divots for the neck and the base? Im building large wine cellar but was just going to use rails for bottles to sit on. Since it will hold 1000 bottles it may not be condusive to do it your way but im intriqued.
I assume a router and a jig?

Actually it was much simpler, I just used a hole saw and then cut the board in half...so you get 2 rails from one board... does that make sense???

I had to use my little drum sander to clean-up the holes (i did this before cutting the board in half)

I used a 1.5" inch hole for the front (i think) and a 3.5" for the back (I sure of this one since I had to buy a new hole saw for ~$16)

-jj

[Ben West]

As I understand it, you can deduct any amount you pay for something at a charitable auction that is above suggestested retail price.

So, if you buy something for $500 that has a MSRP of $200, you can deduct $300.

[Jim Becker]

Very nice work and I'm glad it brought in a very nice sum for the charity!

[John Thompson]

Very modern and very nice... and glad to see there is money still being floated toward charity.

Well done and for a worthy cause..

Sarge..

[Terry Achey]

Joseph,

Very nice workmanship and style. Since you asked, IMHO, given the more modern feel to the design, I would say that adding a "very small/simple piece of maple molding to the top of this piece" would not have added much to the design appeal. In fact, may have been a distraction to the clean, modern design. Again, just my impression.

Great build! ....and serious wenge gloat !

Terry

[Martin Shupe]

Very nice piece, JJ, and I like it just the way you made it.