A shoe rack/cabinet

**meuls69** · 4th September 2011, 10:21 PM

Hey guys,
having a go at a work in progress for this unit, started it a couple of weeks back so i will catch you guys up to where it is now

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So the plan was /is to make a cabinet for the entry of our unit, needs to be no wider than 300mm, I am using european beech, the boards i have are 1 1/2" rough sawn so require machining

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First image is of the timber rough and the machined timber.
Second and third are the gables before joining then after.
Then we have the tennons and groves for the shelves in the gables.
After that is the bottom shelf and the drawer support, with tennons cut to go through the gables

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Then it is together......Partly

(through tennons with jarrah wedges

So that is what I got done last week, Ill post what i got done today.....tomorrow

Any thoughts welcome,
peace out

**meuls69** · 4th September 2011, 10:35 PM

here?

**RufflyRustic** · 5th September 2011, 09:36 AM

Watching with interest

**Sawdust Maker** · 5th September 2011, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by RufflyRustic

Watching with interest

me too

**johnredl** · 5th September 2011, 11:02 AM

nice. keep us posted.

**meuls69** · 5th September 2011, 10:47 PM

Ok, here is what was done last weekend.
So started by cutting the shelves to size, rebating the edges, mitring the back and joinining the front edge to the shelves.
1st pic is the shelf before slid into the unit.
2nd is unit with shelves
From there i wanted something a bit different for the top, so i riped some of the timber into 35mm strips. so i could turn them and join to make one bigger quarter sawn board for the top

) ..(had to chose between using wide boards for the top with no quartersawn, or narrow boards with quartersawn). These were finger joined together. After gluing, it was cut to size, rabated to allow for the back, and mortised for the tennons

) Then attached

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Then the timber from the back was machined, 14mm with lose tongue.
Last pic is the progress to date.
Cheers.

**Dengue** · 5th September 2011, 11:36 PM

Well done, meuls69 ! Keep 'em coming please

**ajw** · 6th September 2011, 09:05 AM

Looking good.

ajw

**meuls69** · 2nd October 2011, 09:31 PM

Hey guys this is what i got done last weekend.
Ok so after the box was done, i hade to cut/sand the tenons down, then machined the timber for the back and the drawers. The back is 14mm thick random widths with a groove and joined to each other via a loose tongue.
Also put the dividers in that divide the drawers, and fitted the angled shelves and back.
The drawer fronts are 20mm thick, and the sides and back are 14mm quarter sawn oregon, and the bases are 6mm oregon.
The drawers were then dovetailed, and fitted. (I made so the back is 2mm less wide than the front, so as the drawer goes in it has minimal play, but when you pull it out it comes easy)
It is finished with hard burnishing oil, and now lives near the front door of our townhouse.

I know some of you will wonder where the handles for the drawers are, there are none, they are opened by puting your hand under the drawer. Later down the track i would like to make something like what is on my lowline unit.(previous post).

Cheers

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**Wongo** · 2nd October 2011, 09:53 PM

Great job.

**Sawdust Maker** · 2nd October 2011, 10:52 PM

Yep
works for me

**johnredl** · 2nd October 2011, 11:20 PM

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

**Christos** · 3rd October 2011, 02:37 PM

Nicely done.

**NCArcher** · 3rd October 2011, 06:01 PM

Great job and excellent joinery.

I'm staring at the 10 pairs of shoes near our back door and thinking "I need one of those" On the list.

**Wongo** · 4th October 2011, 10:59 AM

We have at least 40 pairs of shoes in the house.

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