ooh! it's almost valentine's day where lovers all over the world will be exchanging sweet microjig. maker of the grr-ripper work safer.work smarter. 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 crosscutsled i've attached this extension arm and a stopblock. 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 sametime so that they're all in the exact same spot. i have a feeling this is going to get a littletricky. you pretty much have to have a drill pressto 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 otherside, 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 tothe other side.
i'm laying everything out on my table here to get an idea of how this is all going tofit together. the legs, which are longer, have a shelf on the bottom that's raised upa 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 ofthe 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 theseholes. 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 thesetwo 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 goingto 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 danishoil. 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 sametime. 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 forshoe racks, and free plans, check over on my web site at formeremortals.net there are a number of people who have postedplans 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. if you enjoyed this video and you appreciate free woodworking content, like woodworking for mere mortals, i'd like to ask you to please take a moment to share this video throughout your networks,
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