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Sunday 11-5 CST | |  | Cocktail Picks & Swizzle Sticks | Home » » » » » J.K. Adams MWR-B12-PG Hardwood 12-Bottle Wine Rack, Natural with Black Pegs | | | | | | | Description: | | Introduced over 25 years ago, our geometrically proportioned wine racks have sold in the millions. They'll fit into virtually any space ¿ and are infinitely expandable. Each wine rack kit comes packed with enough extra joining pins to allow you to add on another rack in the future and another... and another... as your wine collection grows. Precisely constructed of solid hardwood and put together like tinker toys, the pins seat so snugly into the octagonal beams that no glue is needed for assembly. Each bottle is securely cradled, even in earthquake country. Three finish options allow you to select a casual or more elegant look. Available in unfinished hardwood beams and pins (N); lacquered oak beams and pins (OK ¿ pictured in circle); or Penguin - lacquered oak beams with black pins (PG). Specify choice N, OK, PG | | | Features: | |
• Sturdy wine rack made of solid hardwood
• Securely cradles up to 12 standard bottles of wine
• Assembles like tinker toys; no glue required; wipes clean
• Extra joining pins included for adding on additional racks
• Measures approximately 9 by 15 by 15 inches; 5-year limited warranty
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 12.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 11.25 inches | | Product Height:
| 3.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 9.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 13.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 11.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 8.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 148 reviews |
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29 of 30 found the following review helpful:
 What a nice little wine rackJun 22, 2005
By Neil
It's inexpensive. It can be assembled in minutes a variety of different ways to accomodate whatever space you have available and it is attractive. I just ordered a second one.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Assembles easily into 'diamond' pattern vs. square shownNov 21, 2007
By Davis Walp
"biopharm guy"
Even though the pictures (and the assembly instructions) don't depict it, this kit assembles quite easily such that the openings are in a diamond shape vs. square (turn your head 45 degrees while looking at the picture and you will get the idea).
Using a hammer, I assembled two '12 bottle' sets together in this manner, without wood glue or additional fastening, and it sits solidly on my bar, and looks much better in my view.
There are slight downsides though -- you do lose about one bottle capacity assembled this way -- e.g., I can rack 22 bottles vs. 24 had I used the square configuration (this is true because rack sits on a series of trianges must be subtracted from total capacity)
The second downside is that the bottle does not sit firmly cradled between the flat spots of two thick dowels, as it does in the square configuration. Assembled with a diamond opening, it sits on the flat spot of one dowel only, and the bottle either rolls slightly to the left or right, but is still firmly enclosed in its space. No risk of the bottle slipping out or through, it is purely an aesthetic objection, and hardly noticeable. (and I am really picky about such things)
If I have time, I will take a picture and post for others to see. This
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 TERRIBLE quality control, but good customer serviceFeb 10, 2010
By J. Nelson
Based on the overwhelmingly high product reviews this wine rack has on Amazon, I bought it with the anticipation of a quality product. When I attempted to assemble the kit, however, I discovered that the supplied hardware is insufficient to complete the job.
The instructions for assembly indicate that each peg should provide a "friction fit" during assembly, and that if any peg doesn't provide such a fit, to discard it and use another, since enough extras are provided to allow for some defective pegs. I discovered that about one in three or one in four of the pegs could provide a friction fit (not a tight friction fit, but just a friction fit). The remaining pegs turn loosely in the holes, and fall out if the "octobar" into which it is driven (yes, with a hammer) is upended. After a while, I began suspecting that maybe it wasn't just the pegs, but perhaps some of the holes were overlarge. So I started hunting through multiple holes looking for a tight fit, and rotating the bars to try to locate the wider holes towards the outside of the rack, where they wouldn't be used. Still, some pegs were so small that they wouldn't provide a friction fit in any hole, and some holes were so large that no peg could satisfy them.
All told, I was able to assemble slightly more than half of the octobars into two rows of openings, capable of holding some 20 bottles of wine. The box still contains a good number of octobars and a surprisingly high number of rejected pegs.
The instructions indicate, and I quote, that "Glue is usually unnecessary on J.K. Adams wine racks. Our pins are slightly oversized to produce a friction fit which is generally sufficient to insure a tight rack. In a dry environment, however, some wood joints may loosen. If this occurs, add a spot of glue." I'm located in southern California, where we're in the midst of our wettest winter in over a decade. In the last two weeks, our area has seen over 7" of rain (average yearly total = 3"). On the day I was assembling the rack, it was actually raining. So there is no way that I'm in "a dry environment."
I don't want to use glue to hold the remaining components together (and would not be confident in the structural strength thereby achieved - it would be like trying to glue a hot dog into the middle of a hallway). So, now I'm forced to decide whether to keep the 20-something bottle wine rack that I have (after paying for a 40-bottle rack) or deal with the hassle of disassembly and return shipment for a refund.
------ Update 3/11/2010 ------
I contacted customer service for JK Adams, and they were happy to send me out another bag of pins, which from the shipping label, they appear to have custom ordered a little larger than the standard pins. Using these extra, oversized pins, I was able to finish assembling the rack and use all of the 'octobars.' There are still a few less-than-solid connections in the rack, but hopefully nothing that causes the whole thing to come apart. Based on the experience, I'm upping my review to 3 stars, because the finished product is pretty good (four stars), and the customer service was helpful (five stars), but the hassle of receiving a defective product wasn't exactly great.
15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Great product that is simple to useJun 10, 2007
By R. Brincheck
I have 4 of these kits that I have used to construct the racking system in my wine closet. They are fairly easy to assemble and all of the parts are made to specification so everything fits together well.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Just what it looks likeJun 26, 2007
By Lois Weddle
I didn't need anything except a rubber mallet to put this together. I didn't glue it, since I wasn't sure of the configuration I would prefer. I gave it a "step down" effect, which turned out just right. It's sturdy and unobtrusive. I bet I add more to it later on.
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