First ever project: Spice rack from pallet wood

[PennineRider]

Probably not the most impressive job ever to have been posted on these boards, but...

I had a pallet left over from a gardening project, so I decided to get the tools out and make something for the kitchen. It's not the neatest job but my other half is happy

 

[NazNomad]

Nothing wrong with that, plus the bonus points scored with the OH, gotta be good. :-D

 

[MattRoberts]

Looks well made - great work for a first project.

Now you've done it, would you change anything if you did it again?

 

[PennineRider]

Looks well made - great work for a first project.

Now you've done it, would you change anything if you did it again?

Thanks.

I would sand off all traces of excess glue before applying the wood stain. The result of NOT doing that can be seen in the second picture.

I like the naïve, rustic simplicity of the build, but to develop my skills I will try something more ornate next time.

I would take more care with the router/build a better router jig to get neater and more accurate dados. Or I would stop being so lazy and chisel them out by hand

I would use headless panel pins to pin the shelf fronts into place, rather than being impatient to finish and settling for the ugly headed ones I happened to have in my toolbox.

 

[MattRoberts]

Hah - all good lessons for next time

 

[ColeyS1]

Smart job !!! I really like the colour aswell

Coley

 

[PennineRider]

Smart job !!! I really like the colour aswell

Thanks - yeah it's "Jacobean Oak". I'll be using that again. It brought out the grain nicely.

 

[bugbear]

I like the proportions - designing well is much rarer than making well, IME.

The only issue I see is that on the lower shelves, the next-shelf-up, combined with its quite thick retaining wall, obscure access, for both hand and light.

BugBear