First, the obligatory thank you all for teaching me so much about mixing. Thank you! This community is awesome. I still suck at recipes but I hope this setup will help me use the little mixing time I have more productively. (And, perhaps, the same for you!)
The idea of the design was to be able to keep everything stored in alpha order, and visible so it can stay in order and so I don't have to hunt for every flavor I use, yet not be leak-prone when stowed. So far it seems like it worked. The fastener is the main thing I'd like to improve, but I welcome other criticism.
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These look great.. I would add a handle at the top, and a small bit of elastic cord in front of each shelf so you could easily carry without dropping bottles..
I like the stackable concept. Do the separate modules clasp together somehow?
How about a video how-to-build ;D
Hah! I could do that if I make another. For now I've got one more than I need. Though come to think of it I could use one for 4oz bottles...
This is great. I will steal this idea for when I outgrow my spice shelves.
One idea I have about a sturdier stand-up method would be legs, 2"x2", one on each side, attached at the top of the rack that swing out. Attach a small chain(?) from the bottom of the legs to the bottom of the rack to keep them from over extending too much (a slight over-extension would be ideal though to keep it steady). In my head it would be easy to grab the rack and fold up the legs in one motion. Also seems like standing them up would be easy.
Hey thanks! Hinged legs were my first thought but I didn't think of a chain. If I can implement a chain that allows the legs to close flush, then I can get rid of the spacer blocks as well. But would probably need something other than chiseling to make the stack ability stable... or maybe I could chisel trenches all the way down the legs, I'll have to try it out.
No problem! I vote to leave your spacers as-is. Put the legs behind them (on the sides of the racks). Radius the top front end of the leg so it will swing behind the spacer without getting involved. Or hinge it below the spacer. Use a Romex U-Nail to attach the rack-end of the chain to the back side of the rack and another to the back of the leg. That should allow the leg to fold up beside the rack (hanging chain when folded is the issue I haven't solved yet). The chain doesn't have to be at the bottom, could be midway so it's shorter. The leg should kick back with a little lean toward the rack (10 or 15 degrees?) so that it won't accidentally fold up with backward force on the rack. PM me if you want, I can sketch what I'm talking about. Hard to text out ideas like this.
The other thing I thought about would be harder to make but more sturdy. Same legs, no chain with metal straps hinged from the bottom with a lip at the end that fold out to catch the leg and stop it. I think that might be over-engineering it and too clumsy to operate though.
To be clear though: if the legs go flush on the backside, then (when stacked) they would act as spacers for the shelf below (and can be stabilized with your screw/hole idea) so the spacers would be redundant. You may have caught this before, and if so I wonder why you vote to keep the blocks?
If you want to easily identify your flavors you can just put a number on a small sticker on the tops. Then just make a list or a simple spreadsheet with the number and its flavor. Those little tiny fluorescent red round stickies work great. Then you really don't need to see the bottle label to know what's what.