Leaning Clothes Tree

This is the first project out of my new shop in Portland, OR. I wanted something other than the usual clothes tree, and came up with this design. So far it’s working quite well.

The ‘footprint’ is only 16×16, and it is not attached to the wall in any way. Useful when you live in an apartment, and want to get your deposit back. I also put small silicone bumpers on the back of the wings to protect the wall.

This one is white oak. I am in the process of making another one, using dark red meranti this time. Most any species will do though.

A few details:

1) The piece knocks down via a half-lap joint where the rail meets the wall ‘wings’, for easy moving.

2) Because the tenons on the pegs are 5/8” long, and the rail is only 3/4” thick, I half-lapped the tenons inside the through holes. More glue surface, and much stronger than cutting them back to 3/8”.

3) The only embellishment is a small chamfer on the rail and wing edges.

4) The finish is 3 coats of oil-based satin poly.

As always, the SketchUp model is available, just ask.

Tim

-- There is nothing in the world more dangerous, than a woodworker who knows how to read a micrometer...