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I love fresh pasta. Nothing better than fresh linguine, lasagna, fettuccine and such. My original drying rack was terrible - wobbly, a pain to set up and just plain looked ugly. So, I went looking to buy a better rack. Strangely, there really wasn't anything that was much better than what I had so I designed my own.
My criteria were:
After playing around with a fair number of ideas, I came up with the folding design you see here. It took several iterations to get the proportions right and the stops in the correct positions. Surprisingly complex for such a simple concept.
Made with Walnut, Maple and Cherry. Dowels are of some mongrel Home Depot softwood. 1/4" SS bolts and locknuts. Mortises routed with a template. Tenons cut on TS with the "repetitive cut" technique. Finish is hand wiped oil based polyurethane. No finish on the dowels. Along the way I learned that you can't make half-round dados with a straight bit - I settled for square dados. I suppose a round nose bit would have worked but the square dados don't look bad. Overall, I'm happy with the way it turned out and my Son in Law liked it so much we made one together for him.
note: I don't know why one of the photos isrotated 90 degrees. It looked fine on the PC. Also, it looks like there is some white debris in several of the photos. I think it's just the light because it isn't visible on the rack.
My criteria were:
- Must hold and dry a large amount of pasta - triple batch
- Must be fast and easy to set up
- Must store in a very small amount of space
- Must look good
After playing around with a fair number of ideas, I came up with the folding design you see here. It took several iterations to get the proportions right and the stops in the correct positions. Surprisingly complex for such a simple concept.
Made with Walnut, Maple and Cherry. Dowels are of some mongrel Home Depot softwood. 1/4" SS bolts and locknuts. Mortises routed with a template. Tenons cut on TS with the "repetitive cut" technique. Finish is hand wiped oil based polyurethane. No finish on the dowels. Along the way I learned that you can't make half-round dados with a straight bit - I settled for square dados. I suppose a round nose bit would have worked but the square dados don't look bad. Overall, I'm happy with the way it turned out and my Son in Law liked it so much we made one together for him.
note: I don't know why one of the photos isrotated 90 degrees. It looked fine on the PC. Also, it looks like there is some white debris in several of the photos. I think it's just the light because it isn't visible on the rack.
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