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Closet Shoe Rack: Wedge-Shaped Pockets on the Wall With a Slatted Bottom for Dirt to Fall Through (Boy Mechanic, 1913)
A shoe rack "that can be placed on the wall in the clothes closet", from The Boy Mechanic (1913): two boards 9 in wide and about 3 ft long, held apart by six wedge-shaped partitions so the pockets open wider at the top, and a slatted bottom that lets the dirt fall through. Sizes are the book's.
Contributed to Popular Mechanics by Guy H. Harvey of Mill Valley, California.
Beginner
About 2 hours
Instructions
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The partitions
The partitions
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Read The Boy Mechanic
Read The Boy Mechanic
"Two boards, 9 in. wide and about 3 ft. long, with six partitions between, as shown, will make pockets about 6 in. long. The width of the pockets at the bottom is 2 in. and at the top 5 in."
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Cut the boards and partitions
Cut the boards and partitions
Cut two pine boards 9 in wide and about 3 ft long, the back and the front. Cut six partitions as wedges from the notebook, 9 in tall, 2 in deep at the bottom and 5 in at the top.
Materials for this step:
Pine Board1 pieceTools needed:
Tape Measure
Pencil
Try Square
Hand Saw4
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Assemble the pockets
Assemble the pockets
Nail the partitions to the back board, square to it, one at each end and the rest spaced about 6 in apart. Nail the front board to their sloping edges, so it leans out and the pockets open wider at the top.
Materials for this step:
Nails1 pieceTools needed:
Claw Hammer5
5
Fit the slatted bottom
Fit the slatted bottom
Nail strips across the bottom of the pockets with gaps between them, as his Fig. 1, so the dirt from the shoes falls through.
Materials for this step:
Hardwood Strip1 pieceNails1 pieceTools needed:
Hand SawClaw Hammer6
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Hang it
Hang it
Screw the back board to the wall of the clothes closet (ours), and put a pair of shoes toe-down in each pocket.
Materials for this step:
Wood Screws1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Drill
Screwdriver Set7
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Shoe rack troubleshooting.
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History and honest limits
History and honest limits
From **The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1**, edited by H. H. Windsor, Popular Mechanics, Chicago, 1913 (Project Gutenberg #12655), "Homemade Shoe Rack", contributed by Guy H. Harvey of Mill Valley, California. The board sizes, pocket sizes and six partitions are the book's; the wood, nails, slat sizes and hanging screws are ours.
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