Pallet Wood Prosecco 2 Bottle & 4 Glasses Wine Rack

In this Instructable I would like to show you how I made a 2 Bottle & 4 Glass Prosecco Rack out of a Pallet.

I was asked by a friend if I could make one of these a couple of years ago now and what with one thing or another I never got round to it, so I thought I'd better get on with it as they are having a new Kitchen fitted imminently, well in the New Year.

With a bottle of Prosecco purely at hand for dimensions(Ahem!) It was time to make the rack.

I will be using various power tools and a CNC machine, and the correct PPE will be used at all times throughout cutting and CNC operations.

1 Bottle of Prosecco

A pallet, the slats ideally need to be 100mm wide(The Prosecco bottle is 90mm)

1 1/2 " wood screws

Battery drill

Pilot drill for the screw holes

Wood glue

Counter sink bit

Palm sander and different grade pads(80 -240)

Sand paper fine.

Cnc for cutting out Prosecco name on front panel(Optional) Could use a Laser or nothing.

The first job I did was check the pallet wood for any nails left in from taking them apart, I was putting the slats though a thicknesser and any nails are a no no, then using the the thicknesser I planed each slat getting the thicknesses correct and then using a palm sander sanded to a rustic but smooth finish, to me, pallet wood is very tactile and feels great when all sanded down.

The next stage is to cut some lengths:

I had a bottle of Prosecco purely for dimensional purposes, and placing this on to one of the slats I could clearly see the slat was wide enough to accommodate the width of the bottle, the rack is for 2 bottles so marking a circle for one bottle and then the other gave me something to work to, leaving a 10mm gap at the end of each bottle I then used a piece of the pallet wood to mark out where the 2 uprights would go, to the outer edge of the upright I then marked out a further 100mm on each end, this is for the glass slots we will be creating later, 2 on the bottom and a mirrored 2 on the top.

Creating the slots for the glasses:

Measuring 50mm to the centre from the end and the side of the slat I marked this point, then using a 19mm Forstner bit drilled a hole straight through, using backing wood to stop any splintering, I then used the router to counter sink the hole for the stem of the glass to sit in, then marking 2 lines down from the hole not quite to the edge of the holes but equally spaced out I then cut out the slot for the glass stem, I did this for both ends and the top piece of pallet wood as well but in all honesty this was an after thought, I thought it would make the rack look different.

I then routed the end edges of the board to 100mm and also the glass slots as well, I had an occasion where there was a split in the pallet wood, I stabilized with CA glue and clamped for a while and this turned out ok(Phew!)

I could now move onto cutting and screwing the uprights into position, measuring the height of the bottle I wanted to leave enough height to ensure the bottle would clear the front slat of wood when placing the bottles in and out of the rack, I ended up being a bit too generous but it worked out fine, the positions were marked out and coming in from the edge 25mm I drilled 4 x 3mm pilot holes for the screws, applying some wood glue they were screwed into position.

This was the point when I thought about mirroring the bottom piece of wood with the glass holders, and this I did, applying the same technique to fit the top piece.

Next job was to fit slats to the rear of the Rack

2no slats would be cut to the width of the rack where the bottles are, then using the chop saw cut these to length and sanded to a nice finish, these were glued and screwed into position flush with the bottom and the top surfaces of the rack, the top slat is where the rack will be secured to the wall, I will leave the drilling of the holes up to the recipient.

The final piece of the rack was the front piece, I wanted to carve out the prosecco name on the front, this was done using Vector Cut2D to design and create the toolpath and then the letters cut out on my trusty Ox cnc machine using a 6mm 60 Degree V bit depth was 1.75mm I did the Prosecco letters at an angle and after a little bit of clearing and sanding I was happy with the outcome, the font I used was Monotype Corsiva which is an excellent all round font for engraving.

Not wanting to see any screws in the front piece, I opted for using my nail gun which in all honesty is not very good, but it did a job and I tapped the head of the nails into the wood and filled the holes with saw dust and CA glue, it turned out ok and looks far better than screws.

A final sanding of the rack and a blow out with the airline see's this project completed.

I opted for not applying any finish to the rack as its for a new kitchen, I would leave it as is but it would look equally nice painted or a wood treatment applied, their choice.

That's it Job complete, from a couple of lengths of pallet wood to a useful addition to any home.

Hope you enjoyed this Instructable, Hope you all had a great Christmas and a Happy New year to all, thanks for looking as always.