Creativity in woodworking

So, somehow, I became motivated to build a carrier of some kind to hold and keep upright, 1/2 gallon growlers. The local breweries have tasting rooms where you can get a half gallon of your favorite delicious local craft beer.

It's tough to get just one filled, so when you have two, it makes carrying them a challenge. So I went online and searched for some options. I found a couple of places that sell wooden carriers. In looking at them, it looked like something I could do. Plus it might give me an option to buy more cool power tools.

Here is the first one I created. This is made out of pine and finished with tung oil. There are dowel plugs to help give it a nice finished look.

Pine growler carrier with tung oil finish

One of the cool new tools that I bought was a stacked dado blade. You can see that in this overhead photo. There is something really cool about ripping a 3/4 swath through the piece of wood you are working on.

Notice the dado cuts

I've also created 6 (yes that is right six) more. But these are made out of rough cut cedar. I used the cedar because the walls of the tasting room of my favorite Indy brewery, Flat12, are cedar. The rafters in their building are also put together with pin construction. So the dowel plugs tie in that element as well.Working with the cedar also was nice because of the aroma.

Cedar growler carrier