When a woodworker takes over the kitchen to help out after my wife was diagnosed with Parkinson's, certain projects do tend towards a few ways the cooking experience is "enhanced" with a little bit of this, a little bit of that.
I ordered a set of pepper and rock salt grinders. It came with a wire caddy. Unfortunately one has to use both hands to remove either because the two wire collars act as spring clips to secure the grinders.
There were at least a dozen ways I thought a replacement caddy could be made. Below is what I came up with, put together without glue, screws or nails; yet, rigid and securely fastened together. How I did it is detailed in the photos to follow.
As often the case I started with a rough sketch but here I drew the lines in actual scale on the workpiece directly on the base.
Cutting to size
Slots were cut on two sides and the center divider and three slots on the base will enable assembling the pieces together like a 3-D jigsaw puzzle. Using the table saw, I cut two kerfs as shown.
I drilled two finger holes on the two outer sides, then on the router table I cut the grooves for the Plexiglass, then using another router bit, I eased the edges of the holes.
Dry-fitting the Plexiglas (cut to measure earlier on the table saw) with the blue protective film.
Finished with Polyurethane
A while back I did a project on "Kitchen Tools Stand" shown below in the background. That is the reason I designed the caddy with all straight lines so the two would sort of aesthetically match.
For those wondering what the pink stuff is, it is Himalayan Pink Salt. Not expensive at all, bought in a 2-pound bulk.
{As a side note: The word salary comes from Latin, 'Salarium' for salt, " A commonly cited theory is that the phrase meant “money consisting of salt”, because Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt', or so the theory goes. Whatever the case, salt was apparently an expensive item back then}.
My wife thinks this is not the end of kitchen-themed projects. As always, she is right 😍!
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