Xmas Plate Rack

The wife has been going back and forth on a plate rack. She was looking for an antique rack, but has been unable to find one to fit her needs. My instructions were keep it simple, you know I don’t like fancy. So I need to keep it simple.

I had some poplar that I cut a few years ago, so it would be perfect. This will be a painted project. I hope you can follow along.

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So for a basic design and layout. No she won’t be using these plates in this thing, but if it broke, this one would be ok.
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So I got eh side layout approved. I hope you can see were its headed with the not so great picture.

Next I screwed the 2 side pieces together so I could cut them out all at once.

Then sized a few more pieces. I’ll get some hand tool use, so for this task I’ll bring on the power.
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Off to the bandsaw to cut out the curves.
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The central machine for the curves works well,
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But the straignt cut is the Walker Turners job.
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All saw cuts get cleaned up with the #65.
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Holes gets drilled for the dowels.
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I thought about getting out the shooting board, but the bench hook and the 65 worked just fine for the minor adjusting.
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Some layout work for the hanger plate.
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And handsaw work to natch for it.
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counter sinking.
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And now for the plate grooved piece. We’ll start with the #604 jack. The cambered cut worked like a charm.
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Even out the top a little with the Smoother #604
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grab the largest hollow I have and cut the groove.
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So with the dowels cut and temporarily in place we’ll test out the hollow. It looks good for my taste.
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And some more clean up with the 65.

And that’s all I had time for today. Tomorrow should be plugging some screw holes and other cleanup getting it ready for paint. I could have sworn I took a shot of it dry fitted, but you’ll need to image what it looks like until tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by.