Like all my projects, I begin them with CAD. I plan out every cut and get the general idea of what I want to make out on my computer and use the CAD to aid me while fabricating and assembling the project.

This particular project went through three versions, all included in the public Onshape file linked.

I made a list of final and rough cuts for all the wood in this project. I intentionally designed it to be simple to fabricate, with only three distinct parts (and 46 individual ones)

The most time consuming part of this project was cutting all the wood. I planned to use a dato stack for most of the cuts but I don't have a tool capable of using one. I hoped for this project to be finished before the end of the school year so I could use the highschool's table saw but I ran out of time for that. I decided to reach out to a friend and ask if I could use his shop for my project.

Pictured left is a friend cutting a skirt on the dado stack at my friend's shop.

The assembly of the almost fifty parts was more complicated and time consuming than one might imagine. It was satistfying to see how well the parts fit together.

Here my and my roomates' shoes are stored neatly on the rack. fitting nicely into our room!