Making a plate cabinet

[JohnD]

I am making some kitchen cabinets. I want to put some china plates in them, there are quite a lot, and I don't want to stack them flat on top of each other, as the underneath ones might crack with the weight.

I am trying to think how to make then stand up on edge, like plates in a dishwasher, but without much gap between them. I have not got a router so can't slot the shelves.

I was thinking about pinning half-round to the shelf.

I have a variety of sizes of plates and dishes, maybe a dozen of each size, more than that of some.

This must be a need that has cropped up before, is there a common way to do it?

 

[Jasonb]

Make it with doweling like a plate rack, heres one I did earlier

You can just fit the dowels into strips of wood that screw into the cupboard.

Jason

 

[JohnD]

Thanks, I can manage that!

Two dowels for each "bay" one near front, one near back? And I guess you can put a few plates per bay?

Is there a clever way to take them out to clean the cab?

 

[Symptoms]

John - top hole per dowel bored say twice depth of bottom hole. Dowels loose fit so when needing to be removed lift dowel up into deeper hole ... then swing the bottom of the dowel clear and out maybe.