Thanks for this information. Your video has inspired me to build my own racks rather than purchase pre-made racks from a vendor. I will post my build when completed.
Thank you so much for this video and the series. It definitely helped me shore up a great way to assemble them using the jig and your design is excellent. I building my cellar out of solid cherry and I’ve cut, machined and sanded all my parts. On the first few ladder assemblies the problem I’m having is the nails hit a hard spot or different grains going thru the wood and kick out the side and/split several pieces of wood. I even try to orient the chisel point of the brad to cut the grain and I still get 3-5 repairs needed per ladder. I’m thinking of switching to trim screws unless anyone has any ideas. My guess is this method worked well for popular given its soft and relatively uniform grain.
I just finished building racks for our wine cellar. I couldn't have done it without your video series. I built the ladder racks, magnum racks, and diamond bins to fit our space. I ended up using cypress. Seems to be a great choice so far. Thank you so much for the informative video. I will share some photos on your Facebook.
Thanks again for such an informative and well-produced video series. I used it as my guide to build my cellar rack, watching it multiple times, and am delighted with the final product. My u-shaped rack is built from redwood [I am not able to attach a photo]. The cellar space is relatively small, not quite 6’ x 8’, but it does have 9-foot ceilings. Despite the small size, the rack build took a long time. There are a lot of little parts. Some things that I learned which may be helpful to others contemplating this build: Sketch Up is incredibly useful and powerful. I have used it in the past, but not for several years. Your drawings inspired me to relearn the software. I spent some time with some TH-cam videos to come back up to speed, and the more that I used it, the more efficient I became. Because of my small space, it was vital that my racks fit. With Sketch-Up, I could determine the exact location on the floor for each rack. Also, the software was beneficial for laying out the corner racks, which are placed 30° from the adjacent racks. The significance of 1/32 and the problem of cumulative error. I had to make the jig for building the ladders twice. The 1st time, I cut the spacers 1/32 too wide. After placing 8 of them, I was off one-quarter of an inch beyond the design specification. For my 8-foot ladders, I had 20 spacers, which created a significant error. I should have installed the LED light channels before I attached the racks to the wall. It would have been much easier to install them from behind. I made a saddle push stick for thin stock. There are many designs for this device on the internet. I used the design from Stumpy Nubs th-cam.com/video/UIqsT2VESk4/w-d-xo.html This device was useful when cutting the narrow pieces. It allowed me to keep my blade guard in place, also providing dust collection. Despite having a small cellar rack, I spent 8 hours cutting out the parts. Thanks again for this fantastic video series. It is the definitive guide for building wine cellar racks.
I’m glad you got it made. Yes, the cumulative error is definitely something to take into account. My first cellar ended up one ladder extra on each wall. Thanks for the comment and hopefully it will encourage more people to build one.
@@JSH1515 I now realize that “channel” is not the correct term for my installation. I attached led strips to the inside surface of the molding over the display racks. I like the way the lights highlight the displayed bottles and it was not difficult to install. Good luck with your rack build.
I wanted to let you know that this was a very helpful video. I built my racks using your approach, and I think they look great!! (If I could attach a picture, I would!)
That’s awesome!! Love to hear that. I would love to see your pictures. You can tag us on Instagram @oregon.makers or post to our Facebook page. Makes me very happy to hear you built a version for yourself.
Maybe a silly question, could you share the nail details? I'm going to give this a go but not 100% confident on what nail to go with for the build. Realllllly appreciate the build videos!
Would you be so kind as to share the distance between the wine supports for the angled shelf and the next one above it? Thank you. I really appreciate you putting this online. About to start building my racking… just finishing up the cellar now!
I'm about to attempt a build similar to this one for my under the stairs cellar. You mention that "The racking needs to be away from the wall by at least 2.25”. What's the purpose of the spacing from the wall? Earthquake safety?
The wine rack video series is very informative and well organized. Can you elaborate on the spacing for the display bottle? How does that bottle space relate to the bottle spaces above and below? Does the 15-degree angle for the display space keep the cork wet? Also, I thought you said that you were going to post your sketch-up file but I have not been able to find it. Thanks for such an incredible video.
Thanks for the comment, very encouraging for us to hear. The horizontal rail that catches the angled rungs is 3.5" above the lower rungs. (3.5" is the spacing for everything). The next row above the angle is 7.375" from top of rail to top of rail. The rails are 1.5" wide. You could increase this distance as it's a little tight for viewing from a distance, but I kept it tight to not be taller than 8' and increase bottle count. The angle works well with Bordeaux (Cabernet) and Burgandy (Pinot) bottles. I wouldn't increase the angle. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to rotate the display bottle a few times a year. I haven't posted a sketchup as the designs are very custom for the space, and I haven't gotten to building my website. I'll update the video description when I've done it. If you build one, Post pictures and tag us, we'd love to see it.
It does not appear this wine room has a cooler or humidity control in the plans. Was there not a need for climate control? Is there a provision in the design for adding one later?
Thank you for a very informative video. I’m inspired to make my own racks now. I used the 3.5” (and 4.5”) spacing between styles on my jig. However, what spacing did you use between ladders when assembling the rack? I initially went with 3.5” between ladders (measured from the inside of the styles supporting the wine bottle), resulting in a square 3.5 x 3.5” opening for each wine bottle (the spacing between the styles, horizontally and vertically). However this spacing is too wide to support a standard 750ml bottle. I assume your ladders are closer together than 3.5”?
I’m glad you made them and sorry you ran into trouble with the spacing. I did 3.5” between the vertical support of the ladders. My material was a little thicker than 3/4, but my design was based off everything 3/4” thick. th-cam.com/video/bCEDekJBtcc/w-d-xo.html is me installing using the 3.5” blocks. If the runners are less than 3/4” horizontal dimension, I could see how a Cabernet style bottle (3” diameter) would be close.
@@oregonmakers2000 thank you very much for your quick reply. I adjusted to do 3.5" between vertical supports and that works great. Appreciate your videos... the wine racks look great!
@@markgardner6858 Awesome! Tag us in pictures you post on Instagram or Facebook. We want to share all the cellars and inspire more people to build one.
I uses 4/4 and my wood dealer has that planed down to 27/32. I leave it like that, but 3/4 would definitely work fine. The key is to build the jig based on the thickness of the material to maintain the 3.5" spacing.
Thanks for the video! Interested in building my own and had a couple of questions. What did you use for the width of the vertical pieces for the ladders, did you go with 2" or 2.5"? Also, assume you didn't apply a finish to the poplar, any concerns with warping over time?
The vertical elements are 2". I didn't finish for a few reasons: I like the natural feel of the wood, planed, not sanded. It's in a conditioned space without much, if any temperature variation. Mostly, because you're basically building a truss system. Like the roof of your house, no need to finish, as everything is extremely tied together, and built with kiln dried material. If you build one, tag us on any photos, we'd love to see it. Thanks for the question.
I’m building a smaller version of this and also see no need for glue on the individual horizontal pieces. As he said in the video, each horizontal only needs to hold the weight of 1/2 bottle of wine. Four nails ought to do that with ease.
Yeah, you’re probably right. But 45 years of building has taught me to err on the side of caution. Mechanical fasteners fail with movement of any kind and then it’s too late. A small drop of glue takes a moment and provides a lot of strength. Still a nice enough build for me to mimic and improve. Thanks
Thanks for this information. Your video has inspired me to build my own racks rather than purchase pre-made racks from a vendor. I will post my build when completed.
Thank you so much for this video and the series. It definitely helped me shore up a great way to assemble them using the jig and your design is excellent. I building my cellar out of solid cherry and I’ve cut, machined and sanded all my parts. On the first few ladder assemblies the problem I’m having is the nails hit a hard spot or different grains going thru the wood and kick out the side and/split several pieces of wood. I even try to orient the chisel point of the brad to cut the grain and I still get 3-5 repairs needed per ladder. I’m thinking of switching to trim screws unless anyone has any ideas. My guess is this method worked well for popular given its soft and relatively uniform grain.
I just finished building racks for our wine cellar. I couldn't have done it without your video series. I built the ladder racks, magnum racks, and diamond bins to fit our space. I ended up using cypress. Seems to be a great choice so far. Thank you so much for the informative video. I will share some photos on your Facebook.
That is awesome! I look forward to seeing the project. I think cypress is a great choice, not so easy to get in the Pacific Northwest.
Thanks for all the good work
Thanks for watching. Hopefully I’ve inspired you to build one. 🍷
Thanks again for such an informative and well-produced video series. I used it as my guide to build my cellar rack, watching it multiple times, and am delighted with the final product. My u-shaped rack is built from redwood [I am not able to attach a photo]. The cellar space is relatively small, not quite 6’ x 8’, but it does have 9-foot ceilings. Despite the small size, the rack build took a long time. There are a lot of little parts.
Some things that I learned which may be helpful to others contemplating this build:
Sketch Up is incredibly useful and powerful. I have used it in the past, but not for several years. Your drawings inspired me to relearn the software. I spent some time with some TH-cam videos to come back up to speed, and the more that I used it, the more efficient I became. Because of my small space, it was vital that my racks fit. With Sketch-Up, I could determine the exact location on the floor for each rack. Also, the software was beneficial for laying out the corner racks, which are placed 30° from the adjacent racks.
The significance of 1/32 and the problem of cumulative error. I had to make the jig for building the ladders twice. The 1st time, I cut the spacers 1/32 too wide. After placing 8 of them, I was off one-quarter of an inch beyond the design specification. For my 8-foot ladders, I had 20 spacers, which created a significant error.
I should have installed the LED light channels before I attached the racks to the wall. It would have been much easier to install them from behind.
I made a saddle push stick for thin stock. There are many designs for this device on the internet. I used the design from Stumpy Nubs th-cam.com/video/UIqsT2VESk4/w-d-xo.html This device was useful when cutting the narrow pieces. It allowed me to keep my blade guard in place, also providing dust collection. Despite having a small cellar rack, I spent 8 hours cutting out the parts.
Thanks again for this fantastic video series. It is the definitive guide for building wine cellar racks.
I’m glad you got it made. Yes, the cumulative error is definitely something to take into account. My first cellar ended up one ladder extra on each wall.
Thanks for the comment and hopefully it will encourage more people to build one.
Where would you recommend placing a channel for led lights
@@JSH1515
I now realize that “channel” is not the correct term for my installation. I attached led strips to the inside surface of the molding over the display racks. I like the way the lights highlight the displayed bottles and it was not difficult to install.
Good luck with your rack build.
I wanted to let you know that this was a very helpful video. I built my racks using your approach, and I think they look great!! (If I could attach a picture, I would!)
That’s awesome!! Love to hear that. I would love to see your pictures. You can tag us on Instagram @oregon.makers or post to our Facebook page.
Makes me very happy to hear you built a version for yourself.
Do you happen to have the sizes of the wood used?
Maybe a silly question, could you share the nail details? I'm going to give this a go but not 100% confident on what nail to go with for the build. Realllllly appreciate the build videos!
Thanks for sharing. Nice work!
Thank you. Great channel.
Wondering how you settled on 11 inch runners. The fat part of the bottle is closer to 10 inches which could result in quite the savings in wood.
what is a good type wood, can i use poplar? red aok?
Great video! Any chance you could list the measurements/demensions? Thanks
I've added the critical dimensions in the video's description, 3.5" is the base for all the spacing,
Would you be so kind as to share the distance between the wine supports for the angled shelf and the next one above it? Thank you. I really appreciate you putting this online. About to start building my racking… just finishing up the cellar now!
Sure thing! Key to this whole project is 3.5"
I'm about to attempt a build similar to this one for my under the stairs cellar. You mention that "The racking needs to be away from the wall by at least 2.25”. What's the purpose of the spacing from the wall? Earthquake safety?
On your runners, what were the dimensions? Were they 1”x1”x11”
The wine rack video series is very informative and well organized. Can you elaborate on the spacing for the display bottle? How does that bottle space relate to the bottle spaces above and below? Does the 15-degree angle for the display space keep the cork wet? Also, I thought you said that you were going to post your sketch-up file but I have not been able to find it.
Thanks for such an incredible video.
Thanks for the comment, very encouraging for us to hear.
The horizontal rail that catches the angled rungs is 3.5" above the lower rungs. (3.5" is the spacing for everything). The next row above the angle is 7.375" from top of rail to top of rail. The rails are 1.5" wide. You could increase this distance as it's a little tight for viewing from a distance, but I kept it tight to not be taller than 8' and increase bottle count.
The angle works well with Bordeaux (Cabernet) and Burgandy (Pinot) bottles. I wouldn't increase the angle. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to rotate the display bottle a few times a year.
I haven't posted a sketchup as the designs are very custom for the space, and I haven't gotten to building my website. I'll update the video description when I've done it.
If you build one, Post pictures and tag us, we'd love to see it.
It does not appear this wine room has a cooler or humidity control in the plans.
Was there not a need for climate control? Is there a provision in the design for adding one later?
Is it possible. to share your sketchup plan to adapt it to my wine cellar ? thx
Thank you for a very informative video. I’m inspired to make my own racks now. I used the 3.5” (and 4.5”) spacing between styles on my jig. However, what spacing did you use between ladders when assembling the rack? I initially went with 3.5” between ladders (measured from the inside of the styles supporting the wine bottle), resulting in a square 3.5 x 3.5” opening for each wine bottle (the spacing between the styles, horizontally and vertically). However this spacing is too wide to support a standard 750ml bottle. I assume your ladders are closer together than 3.5”?
I’m glad you made them and sorry you ran into trouble with the spacing. I did 3.5” between the vertical support of the ladders.
My material was a little thicker than 3/4, but my design was based off everything 3/4” thick.
th-cam.com/video/bCEDekJBtcc/w-d-xo.html is me installing using the 3.5” blocks.
If the runners are less than 3/4” horizontal dimension, I could see how a Cabernet style bottle (3” diameter) would be close.
@@oregonmakers2000 thank you very much for your quick reply. I adjusted to do 3.5" between vertical supports and that works great. Appreciate your videos... the wine racks look great!
@@markgardner6858 Awesome! Tag us in pictures you post on Instagram or Facebook. We want to share all the cellars and inspire more people to build one.
You’re in Oregon? I’m in Newberg. Can I rent this jig please? 😊
Great job! What is the thickness of the runners? Is it 1"x1"?
I uses 4/4 and my wood dealer has that planed down to 27/32. I leave it like that, but 3/4 would definitely work fine. The key is to build the jig based on the thickness of the material to maintain the 3.5" spacing.
Any chance you can outline the dimensions?
I've added the critical dimensions in the video's description.
Thanks for the video! Interested in building my own and had a couple of questions. What did you use for the width of the vertical pieces for the ladders, did you go with 2" or 2.5"? Also, assume you didn't apply a finish to the poplar, any concerns with warping over time?
The vertical elements are 2". I didn't finish for a few reasons: I like the natural feel of the wood, planed, not sanded. It's in a conditioned space without much, if any temperature variation. Mostly, because you're basically building a truss system. Like the roof of your house, no need to finish, as everything is extremely tied together, and built with kiln dried material.
If you build one, tag us on any photos, we'd love to see it. Thanks for the question.
I don't see any glue? Big mistake, I'm afraid. Nice build otherwise.
I’m building a smaller version of this and also see no need for glue on the individual horizontal pieces. As he said in the video, each horizontal only needs to hold the weight of 1/2 bottle of wine. Four nails ought to do that with ease.
Yeah, you’re probably right. But 45 years of building has taught me to err on the side of caution. Mechanical fasteners fail with movement of any kind and then it’s too late. A small drop of glue takes a moment and provides a lot of strength. Still a nice enough build for me to mimic and improve. Thanks