Shoe rack

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Introduction
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My inspiration for this shoe rack was a video by Steve Ramsey. I slighlty adjust the design, making it slightly wider and deeper to fit more shoes.

The slats need to be cut to exactly the same size. The same goes for the dowel holes at the end of the slats. I set up some simple jigs on the mitre saw and drill press respectively to ensure equal length of the slats and equal holes for the dowels.

Materials
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Dress grade pine planks. Planed to 18mm and ripped into slats.
A couple of long 10mm dowels.
Some construction grade 10 minute drying glue, which was the only stuff at hand at the community workshop. Regular wood glue would have been better as the longer drying time results in a more relaxed glueing experience.
Raw linseed oil. The “boiled” stuff has a bunch of chemicals added to make it dry much more quickly.

Build process
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The legs of the shoe rack showing where the holes are drilled.

An overview of all the slats, including some support slats on the bottom right. In this picture, the legs are still missing the holes for the middle row.

Showing how the vertical and horizontal slats will fit together.

Here it is inside the house. The dowels need to be cut off and it'll need some glue. — Here it is inside the house. The dowels need to be cut off and it’ll need some glue.

All glued up and ready for some finishing oil.

Applied the linseed oil with an old rag.

Here's a side view. — Here’s a side view.

All done! The pieces of paper underneath the legs absorb the excess linseed oil while the oil is drying.

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