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Since this project is going to require
about 180,000 slats to make,
I thought I would cut these boards
down to the rough lengths of those slats first.
For cutting the longest pieces to their lengths,
I'm going to use my table saw with a crosscut sled
I've attached this extension arm and a stop block.
I'll use a stop block on my fence
for the shorter pieces.
I want the width of these strips to be
as wide as the thickness of the boards,
so I can just line up the edge of the board
and bring my fence over.
What I want to do is drill all the holes
that hold these pieces together at the same time
so that they're all in the exact same spot.
I have a feeling this is going to get a little tricky.
You pretty much have to have a drill press to do this.
Even using my drill press,
I'm not sure how accurate
all of these holes are going to be.
But, by positioning a stop block
right next to my drill bit,
I'm giving myself a fighting chance
of having some accuracy when I
drill holes through the ends of each of these
and that they will all be in the same spot.
When I got to drill the hole on the other side,
I'll flip the board over this way
in case the drill bit isn't exactly centered
on the board, at least it will be equal to the other side.
I'm laying everything out on my table here
to get an idea of how this is all going to fit together.
The legs, which are longer,
have a shelf on the bottom that's raised up a little
so I have to drill those holes next.
The trick is going to be getting this hole
lined up with all of these holes
for that bottom shelf
when the dowel goes through all of them.
So what I've done is cut a little piece of the dowel
and I'm going to hook these two together.
I should be able to line this up
and drop my drill down where that hole is
and set up my stop block.
Remove that one and drill out all of these holes.
The holes that I need to drill
for the center shelves are a little easier
because they don't require exact positioning.
As long as they're all the same.
I'll just split the difference between these two holes.
I've gut these dowels oversized so that
I can get them in and out easy.
I'm going to try to dry fit this together
and see how it works.
I think I'll just leave it assembled
I can put a dab of glue on the ends
of each dowel and then put my
support cleats in
that are going to help keep this square.
A dab of glue on this side
and a dab of glue on this side.
I can slide this final piece on here and here.
With the glue on all of these end pieces
of the shelves,
I'm going to let that dry and then I'm going to come back
and put in these cleats.
I'm going to glue these blocks to the underside
of the top and bottom shelf.
I don't think I need one on the middle
and this should give it a lot of
extra support and help keep it square.
I'm going to finish it by wiping on some Danish Oil.
If you would like to challenge yourself
by building this shoe rack,
check down below for a free set of plans.
It's not really that difficult of a project,
but it just demands a certain amount of precision.
Whenever you are drilling holes,
make sure that you drill them all at the same time.
If you have to move your setup for any reason,
it's going to be really hard to get it
exactly the way it was before.
Just be patient with it,
have some fun,
and you'll learn some skills along the way.
If you're looking for some other ideas for shoe racks,
and free plans, check over on my web site
at ForMereMortals.net
There are a number of people who have posted plans
to their own shoe racks.
And I'd like to remind all of you to visit
ForMereMortals.net where you can get involved
and become a Me-Mo!
Post your own pictures.
There's a lot of great ideas and free plans
available on the web site.
It's growing by leaps and bounds every day.
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I don't know if I want to mess it up
by putting shoes on it now!