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As the winter ski season has started to wrap up, it has left me with some time to get back to work on some wood projects.  The winter seems to kill my time with everything skiing.  I am not complaining but is does cut into my time in the shop. 
I have been playing with a live edge style wine rack.  Been using a few of my smaller slabs to craft a wall mounted piece.  Not real complicated but I figured that is was also something that I have not really seen before.   

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/37659/Wine_Rack3.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/37659/Wine_Rack1.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/37659/Wine_Rack2.jpg)

nice job :)

Nice!

Sweet!  I like it a lot.

Would you share how you made the slotted pieces on the bottom for the glass holders?

I started with 1x2 and 1x3 stock for the different pieces the side pieces and the center piece.  I cut the pieces on my table saw with a home made "jig" ( a scrape piece of 1/8" hardboard clamped to the table. I used the "jig" to allow for a zero clearance and also to be able to reproduce my pieces a little easier in the future For the narrow pieces I set the fence at 1/2" and 1/2" blade height.  For the wider double side piece I set the fence at 1" and made a cut down each side leaving the 1/2" pieces in the middle of the piece.  I then tilted my blade to 12.5 degrees and set the height to intersect the first cut.

The first time I made the angled cut first which makes for a more challenging set of second cuts with a 1/2" bearing on the table.  Either way it is a little tricky clearing the pieces all the way through the blade.  A push stick is a must unless you have good insurance and enjoy the ER followed by several weeks of going to the OT to learn to use your newly altered fingers and hand...

Let me know if that helps.  If I need to I could take some photos.

Nice job.  It sounds like you learned the hard way to use a push stick. :)

No, the lesson was learned from frostbite rather than shortening them with a table saw.  I have decided I like my fingers all that much more after almost losing several due to the cold...

Beautiful.  Is that ash?

Red oak with a raw linseed oil finish.  Milled in the fall of 2014.

Me like. ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) :snowball:

Thanks for the info - i'll add it to my list of things to try :)

Love that you can see the labels, great design and nice finished product.

Really nice! I like the live edge. I think it adds unique character.