After a long delay I finally had time to finish the rack last weekend. I spent around 3 months writing to finish my last degree along with work and family pretty much prevented any shop time. Was glad to have some time to finish.
Basic last steps were running a smoother over the outsides and trimming the proud through dovetails flush. Also gave most edges a light chamfering with a block plane to remove sharp edges. Final finish was 3 coats of general finishes water based satin poly which is my go to idiot proof finish.
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Couple let of the lessons learned: first is I would not do sliding through dovetails. They looked neat at first but the fitting is pretty poor on most of them and could have been hidden if half blind. I like the contrasting colors but could have just left it to the regular dovetails as through on the top and bottom rails.
Second is to lay the dovetails out further in from the edge of the board. I induced some splitting on the the tails on the outside at the top and bottoms. Nothing too bad but a lesson learned.
The important thing is the Mrs was very happy and the shoe rack quickly filled
Bob
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Originally Posted by Robert McNaull
, although my wife avoids heels as often as possible. She would fill the rack with tennis shoes if allowed.
