Shoe rack for the wife

Very nice. However, for my wife’s closet I would need to make one at least 3 times larger. For myself, I would only need one half that size (and that would provide room for future purchases).

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Lets just say that was a… sampling… of the wife’s collection. I need about 10 more of these I think.

Nice looking and useful to. I thought you would need more racks. A woman with only 11 pair of shoes?

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Your wife needs more shoes. I would need at least 5 of these. lol. Great job.
MrsN

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Nice shoe rack.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Lord, I’d have to build one with three more shelves!!!!

Nice project. I love the kreg jig!!!!

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

Nice job.
You could get or make some contrasting plugs to fill in the holes and provide an interesting accent.
I know that Kreg makes them in walnut.

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Nice project. Coincidentally, I was asked to make one for a friend. Only she has a one day deadline and the wood is less than spectacular. She brought over a blue piece of plywood and some scrap plywood that was sitting in an outdoor shed for 20+ years last night. I am doing the best I can and will paint it. Not exactly one of the projects that I love having the Craig name attached to :) Unfortunately, that is usually how most of my projects happen.

I like the use of the pocket holes and the nice wood choices. Thank you for sharing.

David

-- There is little that is simple when it comes to making a simple box.

cool shoe rack… best to build jigs for the pieces to make it easier to mass produce. If your wife is anything like mine, you’ll need them… I have already put together 4 shoe racks and she still has a need for more…. I say sell some shoes or show me the 80 plus feet that you seem to have to warrant so many shoes… good luck my friend…

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Well… after building this there were many less shoes scattered across the kitchen floor so I have to admit it’s been a success. I’ve got a stack of about 15 maple boards that I keep eyeballing for the second one. ;)

Nice job indeed! I would suggest my approach for many projects – first make a life-size mockup/model out of cardboard. That way you can “test drive” it, and cut/glue/tape changes until you’re happy with the design.

Bob

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My wife just said something a couple of days ago about wanting to get a shoe rack or two for the closet. Instead of buying a generically-sized one, I told her I could make one to better fit the closet and the sizes of shoes (both hers and mine) that are in there. This helps in giving me a good place to start. Thank you for posting the details and pictures. Assuming that I do end up doing this project, I’ll post details and pictures after I’m finished.

I second Bob’s idea on the cardboard mock-ups, especially for something like this where it’s easy to find pieces of cardboard for a (relatively) small-sized project such as this. I think this extra step saves time, headaches, and materials/money in the long run.

Question: You just rabbeted the front and rear rails, yes? No dado on the side rails, correct? Or are the shelves also attached to the side rails?

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Looks good I could use a couple of these.

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One other question: How did you attach the front/rear rails? It looks like 1.5” width wood, so I’m trying to imagine how you would’ve rabbeted it to accept the plywood shelves, plus drill 2-pocket holes to attach to the stiles. I suppose if you put a dado directily down the center of the wood, then put one pocket hole above and one below the shelf, but I don’t see any pocket holes?

-- Jonathan, Denver, CO "Constructive criticism is welcome and valued as it gives me new perspectives and helps me to advance as a woodworker."

Sorry, I meant dadoed it, not rabbeted it. Didn’t catch that until just now.

-- Jonathan, Denver, CO "Constructive criticism is welcome and valued as it gives me new perspectives and helps me to advance as a woodworker."