My first thought was what is 5 of something that I could probably need at home? I was thinking of a plant pot holder, phone charging docks, then as I was looking through Urban Outfitters at home furniture, I found this cute but EXPENSIVE spice rack. With being out of the city, I had to keep in mind also something that I can easily travel with.
I found this old country style spice rack on YouTube and got my drawing inspiration from there.
Luckily, my boyfriend's dad (Marc) had everything and more needed for the project, including 1/8 and 1/2 scrap plywood. He also taught me best ways to cut such as using the miter saw for lateral cuts (so it doesn't get so frayed like the next pic), table saw for long cuts, and using the router to rabbit the back piece of the rack.
Spice rack process:
- Cut 1/2" plywood in size for sides and bottom
- Cut 1/8" plywood in size for back panel and front panel
- Use router to rabbit side panels for back panel to slide in
- Draw out patterns and cut out and trace onto pieces
- Band saw pieces
- Sanding
- Screw in bottom panel to side
- Wood glue and clamp front and backs
The band saw was a very trial and error experience with getting the best curves. Marc had a sander and grinder at his place but we ran out of time to come back from the band saw that night so we resorted to sanding by hand. I learned the best way to go about curves (for me at least as of currently), is to make teeth and curve it through. Without this I notice I pulled on the band saw with a curve and it took it off track, having my boyfriend (Noah) to retighten the track and fix it.
Before coming back to Brooklyn, I wanted to glue the back panel so it would not fall apart on my trip back.
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