Next, you can cut the wine rack to its final shape. Essentially this project requires you to create a rigid structure with holes held out from the wall. We will make the holes in the following step, but we need to consider them now when we are preparing to cut the board. We recommend that you use 1 1/2" holes (38mm). Even though the necks of most wine bottles are 1 1/10" (28mm) we want to make sure that the holder can accommodate virtually any bottle. Note that the larger hole, does not sacrifice the holding ability of the rack. The centerline of this hole should be about 2 3/4" (70mm) (ours was a bit more; 2" (5cm) is the minimum) from the wall - this will leave you plenty of room in case you want to store wider bottles. Lastly, we recommend that you keep 1/2" (13mm) wall thickness on the outside of the hole, which means that the entire rack should be 4" (102mm) wide.

You should review the entire plan and especially the design considerations section at the end of this plan before deciding on the shape you want to pursue. We made our rack using a simple sine curve because the recessed areas are used by the opposing rack thereby efficiently using the wood. See the graphic on the right. You can use the pattern that we used by printing it out and transferring it to the wood in succession until you have the desired number of holes. Note that since the racks are offset, you need more slightly more wood than the final length of the racks. We recommend that you distance the centerlines of the holes 6" (150mm) apart, so your board will need to be 3" (75mm) more to accommodate for this offset.