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A couple years back, I was in need of a valet as well as a shoe rack for my dress shoes. I was working on plans for both, then decided to combine them. This shoe rack/valet combo is made from solid 1/2 to 3/4” red oak, finished in India ink and lacquer. I didn’t do much with dividers up top, because I already had a couple boxes for rings/cuff links/etc. The shoes rest nicely on a 1/2×3” slat mounted on a diagonal.
The drawer on the bottom is where my polishing supplies live. It is made of solid unfinished cedar, with dovetailed sides and a bottom attached with tacks. The rock on the front is one I found on the beach in Homer, Alaska about 15 years ago, and which had a previous life as the gear shift knob in my Jeep.
-- Chad in Charleston, SC, http://www.etsy.com/shop/acousticallyblue
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 126 days ago
Good job,a good build.
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Chad
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#2 posted 126 days ago
Thanks, Jim—and thanks for your contribution to the site. I haven’t posted much yet, but have been reading this forum for years. I can’t remember a project without a word or two of encouragement from you.
-- Chad in Charleston, SC, http://www.etsy.com/shop/acousticallyblue
Monte Pittman
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#3 posted 126 days ago
Good idea. Helps with space management.
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
Fishinbo
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#4 posted 126 days ago
I could definitely use something like this. Like the design, finish and great idea.
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Dupree
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#5 posted 125 days ago
Sweet.
How is the rock attached, and assuming you epoxied a screw into it, how did you drill the hole without shattering the rock?
Chad
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#6 posted 125 days ago
I actually went the other way and epoxied a nut (to fit the threaded shaft on the gear shift). It’s been so long, I can’t remember exactly how, but I think it was a masonry bit, a drill press, and patience.
-- Chad in Charleston, SC, http://www.etsy.com/shop/acousticallyblue
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