The 4-pack:
My initial thoughts are its too "clunky" looking. Seems a bit over-sized to me, but I feel like I'm on the right track. This one was made of 3/4" poplar plywood, the dividers are joined with half-lap joints (which are a little sloppy because I did this is a little of a rush and didn't measure out stops to fit them perfect) and held into place via dados cut in the end pieces.
My initial thoughts are its too "clunky" looking. Seems a bit over-sized to me, but I feel like I'm on the right track. This one was made of 3/4" poplar plywood, the dividers are joined with half-lap joints (which are a little sloppy because I did this is a little of a rush and didn't measure out stops to fit them perfect) and held into place via dados cut in the end pieces.
I also think the handle needs some work, I don't like the straight design as much (compared to the curved ones on my growler totes).
I decided to play around a bit, after cutting the dados in the plywood, I had a little bit of tearout, I decided to get out the torch and burn the wood a little bit. I've done this a couple times in the past with a little bongo cajon I made for my cousin. Plywood will make really cool looking burn patterns if you just follow the grain lines in it. I think this particular design would look much cooler if done in 1/2" plywood.
I decided to play around a bit, after cutting the dados in the plywood, I had a little bit of tearout, I decided to get out the torch and burn the wood a little bit. I've done this a couple times in the past with a little bongo cajon I made for my cousin. Plywood will make really cool looking burn patterns if you just follow the grain lines in it. I think this particular design would look much cooler if done in 1/2" plywood.
The 3-pack:
This one is made out of 1/2" solid poplar. In my opinion the 1/2" stock is much more aesthetically pleasing than the 3/4" plywood. This one has no finish on it, and for some reason I only have a couple of pictures, I thought I had taken more.
On the next batch of these I haven't decided if I will make dado cuts in the end pieces to hold the rails on or if I will simply pin them into the sides with dowels like I did on the growler totes.
There is one mistake on these that is my own fault for not double checking my measurements before assembling, the rounded part inside of each spot for the bottle is not suppose to be there. Once I put the handle on I realized that there wasn't enough room for the bottle to move out of the way of the handle. Anyway the next one won't have that "feature"... Unless people really like it! I'm not so much a fan though, its pretty hard to get the rounded part even and uniform throughout each section.
The handle will have a slightly different look as well.
I think my favorite thing about the 3-pack is how much the end pieces look like 22 oz. bottles.
This one is made out of 1/2" solid poplar. In my opinion the 1/2" stock is much more aesthetically pleasing than the 3/4" plywood. This one has no finish on it, and for some reason I only have a couple of pictures, I thought I had taken more.
On the next batch of these I haven't decided if I will make dado cuts in the end pieces to hold the rails on or if I will simply pin them into the sides with dowels like I did on the growler totes.
There is one mistake on these that is my own fault for not double checking my measurements before assembling, the rounded part inside of each spot for the bottle is not suppose to be there. Once I put the handle on I realized that there wasn't enough room for the bottle to move out of the way of the handle. Anyway the next one won't have that "feature"... Unless people really like it! I'm not so much a fan though, its pretty hard to get the rounded part even and uniform throughout each section.
The handle will have a slightly different look as well.
I think my favorite thing about the 3-pack is how much the end pieces look like 22 oz. bottles.
Thank you for looking, questions and feedback are appreciated!