Wine Barrel Rack

You can find half-wine barrels in a lot of hardware and gardening stores (at least in California) and use them to create a cute wine rack, and easily transport it inside or outdoors!
In California, you can find a half barrel as low as $15 and  if you pay more than $25, you paid too much.

Step 1: Materials

Use safety glasses while operating the drill, jigsaw and hacksaw used to make the wine barrel wine holder. Use work gloves and latex type gloves where appropriate.
Materials needed:
1- Half wine barrel
2- Marker
3- Wood glue and all-purpose adhesive
4-A pair of pliers or a screwdriver whichever is needed to loosen the top ring of the wine barrel.
5- Jigsaw
6- Drill and large drill bit(approximately half inch)
7- Wood panels for construction of the top
8- Heavy Duty handles (2, one for each side)
9- Screws/nuts for assembling the handles. The size of the screws/nuts depends on the type of handles you choose to use.
10- Wine rack insert. You can use a ready-made one or construct your own. If you plan to construct your own, you need 10 feet of 4” diameter pipe and a hacksaw to cut it into 8" long pieces.

Comments

[tim_n]

I have an old half whisky barrel which I used to use as a bar (I put a hand pump on the back of it, barrel of beer used to sit inside the barrel.

Since I built a proper bar and don't have a wine rack, this'll be perfect!

[audreyobscura]

This is pretty adorable. Was the pergo hard to work with?

[smafeb18]

Pergo panels snap together very easily and can be cut with the jigsaw.

[MissouriVillian]

If someone used a six bottle rack like you show in 8a would there be room to turn the removed slats into a door without hitting the bottle necks? Lovely build and yet another thing I need wine barrels for.

[smafeb18]

Yes. You can mark the slats before cutting them so you can put them back by gluing them. Couple of small hinges can turn it to a lovely door. Great idea!