Wineador build

[Demuths1770]

Nice find!

That was my plan when I was looking at a wineador, but I got tired of looking and looking and finding nothing around me. So I broke down and bought one...

I was bummed as it meant I had less $$ to spend on filling my wineador!

In the end, I'm REALLY glad I have it. So does my best friend who has taken the liberty of storing his stuff in my wineador.

I collect rent from him, in the form of smoking one of his cigars every once in a while.

i will be honest it took me close to a year actually to find one for free. i had found two in New Jersey last winter round this time last year but the weather was so bad i was not able to make the trip to get one so i continued the search. i got some measurements done last night and im probably looking at around 20 dollars per drawer with the place im looking at getting spanish cedar from. i think just to get a feel for the build i am gonna make a mock up drawer from some skid wood i have sitting around so im not wasting spanish cedar. stay tuned for pics of this!

[Sticky B]

I'll be following this as well. Excited to see how it turns out!

[Sticky B]

How thick is the wood you are using? I'm trying to gear up for my own shelf construction, and any further details you have would be immensely helpful!

might I add, do you know your interior dimensions on the wineador? and what are the dimensions you used for the wood/ of the completed drawer?

I know my cooler is a unique size, but trying to figure out how much clearance to give and such is giving me a headache. Wondering how much you left on the sides and back for air movement.

If using 1/4 for bottoms as suggested above, would you still be able to use the same construction method?

I'm considering doing 1/4 bottoms and 3/8 sides - was gonna go 2 inches like you said, because the wood comes in 4in widths, so good usage. But after checking, my large drawer-style humi is 2in high for the drawers, and honestly I only get them 2 high. 3 cigars would make it real tight between drawers clearance-wise and I don't want my cigars scraping on wood every time I pull a drawer, so I'm debating going 2 3/4 for height, hoping that gives me safe room for 3 gars high. 3 inches is too high for my drawers to fit in the wineador nicelly, also, have to add that 1/4 piece the walls sit on, right? It's these things that always end up messing me up with building projects...

[Ilroy]

Wondering how much you left on the sides and back for air movement. I probably have 1/4" - 1/2" on sides and back

If using 1/4 for bottoms as suggested above, would you still be able to use the same construction method? You could use very similar construction. I was thinking if I did it again, I'd just have the bottom slats hang past the sides to use as the part that fits in the cooler slots. You could do the sides/fronts/backs the same as Kyle and then either glue the bottoms to the box, or nail it with brads. I used brads to join all mine together on my build, and would probably do the same if I did it again.

I'm considering doing 1/4 bottoms and 3/8 sides - was gonna go 2 inches like you said, because the wood comes in 4in widths, so good usage. But after checking, my large drawer-style humi is 2in high for the drawers, and honestly I only get them 2 high. 3 cigars would make it real tight between drawers clearance-wise and I don't want my cigars scraping on wood every time I pull a drawer, so I'm debating going 2 3/4 for height, hoping that gives me safe room for 3 gars high. 3 inches is too high for my drawers to fit in the wineador nicelly, also, have to add that 1/4 piece the walls sit on, right? It's these things that always end up messing me up with building projects...

Measure out exactly how much room you'd have for height of drawer sides and go with that. I am just guestimating 3" for what I'd do with a new build, but it might be slightly less than 3"...?