Contemporary Shoe Rack. Easy-to-build woodworking project. 

This looks like a great project for newer woodworkers to build skills without being too difficult. The end product looks great also. Nice design.

My wife walked in on me watching this video. She wants a shoe rack, book shelf and kitchen china display built like this... Thanks Steve?

Love this…made it years ago (and in part to justify buying that drill press I wanted). Now making one as a gift, different dimensions and FOUR levels. Lots of dowels and pieces to keep strait. Early dry fit finds lots of friction…I’m using paste wax (Johnson’s 😢) for needed lubrication on the dowels.

Great to see you using a Japanese hand saw on the dowels! They look perfect for small precise work

Hey Steve - big fan from Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). Look forward to your videos each week, and helped inspire me to get back in my shop! Thanks and keep up the fantastic work!

I made this years ago…it’s in daily use. Now another for a gift. 👍

Hi Steve, i am a 12 year old kid with my own woodworking shop. I absolutely love the hobby and I love your videos. Thank you very much for the channel!!

I am relieved to finally see Steve use a little dust control. Even if it only was to keep the chop saw from jamming up ;-) good for you!

Just found out I can watch your videos on my smart tv using my playist on my ipad or android phone. A 59" HD screen is way better than my little screen on my phone. Fantastic project by the way

First off, I would like to say thank you very much for the opportunity to download a couple of free plans to help us get started with our woodworking adventures. I will definitely be back to purchase other plans and will try and pay a bit more than the suggested price once things settle down a bit. Buying a home tightens the wallet a lot. I would ask one tiny little addition to your plans that I either am missing or aren't there are what size boards you are using for the project. If you could say just put " 2x - 2"x4"x8" at the top of the cut list, for example, it would be very helpful for us newbies. Not that you're busy or anything and need any additional work, I'm sure. Just a suggestion, but I really look forward to seeing your new videos and plan on going through your whole course of woodworking classes. Really enjoy your videos and frequently laugh out loud while watching them. Please keep it up. You are a very good teacher and entirely enjoyable to watch. Thank you.

Have you ever made a folding hotel-style suitcase rack? I’d love to see you do one. Ralph

Just finished this as a present for my daughter for her new house. If you use the plans make sure you drill three holes in the down pieces (the plans only show two) Also sand down the dowels otherwise your going to need a big hammer to push them through all the holes. Great little project!!

Wow Steve lining up all those holes. That would make me crazy! You did a great job. Thanks for the project,

I know I am late to the party. But I love the videos very informative. One of my favorite things is when you start the show and get interrupted by the microjig the gripper add. I wish you had a compilation video of it. Very clever add input.

Another nice project . I am hoping for a Micro jig for Valentines day.

Awesome simplicity man

I love the way you do your sponsorship your the only who makes me want to buy there products and I don't work on woodworking projects a lot

Cool project! I love the fact that it requires minimum glue up! Neat design too!

Wow that turned out very nice.

I was recently considering a shoe rack for my closet and was thinking of using a solid sided structure (plywood). But I really like this idea more better (not a type - LOL). Oddly, it'll be my wife that is happy that I'm putting MY shoes where they go.

That's really cool... Liked the way u make it... I first time saw this method in life thanks... 😊

This is great! Really like the design and the cleverness of the build.

Everybody needs a good shoe rack!

Steve this is the first time that I comment on one of your videos even though i've been a subscriber for quite a lil while. It was the want to build a Hi-fi rack for my vintage audiophile equipment that brought me to your "end grain cutting board video" ever since I've been pretty hooked to woodworking and saved myself a lot of money building custom things that would have cost me way more. I am a fine artist and thanks to woodworking and people like you I am transforming my garage into an art studio. All is custom to my needs. Thank you and thank the woodworking community for sharing your knowledge and inspiring other people with their own ideas and designs. Have a Blessed Day!

Awesome project, Steve! You, Marc (TWW) and Alex (ThisWoodwork) made me switch from IT to Woodworking! You guys rock!

Once again, you have made a complex looking project look easier. Thanks and keep them coming.

I liked! Very easy to do and a beautiful result. And thank to sharing the project in millimeters.

Beautiful shoe rack. I have the same drill press except mine now has delta pulleys and a craftsman motor. The things I do to keep my tools working....geesh

I built this and had one suggestion. Inserting the dowels was difficult at best. I found the process a lot easier when I put a very small amount of floor wax on the dowels. This made it much easier to do.

Espero cada viernes tus nuevos trabajos, gracias por poner tan buen humor en tus proyectos! (Desde Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Thank you for making something that we want to make again!

I love the dowel jig on the drill press. Thanks Steve!!

I liked your plan for the shoe rack but I needed a very cheap rack that would hold 16 pair of Nike Running shoes. I found a load of scrap pine and cut 3/4" segments that I needed. I modified your design. I added 6" to the shelf length, 7 " to the overall height allowing one additional shelve. I now have 4 shelves @ 36" and each shelf now holds 4 pairs of shoes . I painted it white and it looks great. Best of all , I constructed the rack for a total cost of $7.00. ( spray paint & dowels )

Someday, I'm gonna add woodworking to my list of hobbies and build all the things, and be an official cool kid :)

Lovers in the world will be exchanging sweet Microjig for Valentine's Day! That's so sweet! Those lovers surely are woodworkers. >.

nice; looks complicated from outset but step by step the all clear

Love when duck tape makes an appearance. I really don't like to dry assemble anything. I like to live on the edge, apply glue, run around frantically looking for the right size clamps or cauls.. It gets real intense sometimes. Love your videos Steve.

There's no way I'm going to be able to build any of the projects (lack of tools, materials, and skill), but I always like the effort you put into your builds. Great work.

Hi steve you are absoloutley brilliant

Hey Steve. I have a rig that I use for Adirondack chairs at the drill press. Rather then coming from the side. I bring my pieces from the front. I set the bit on my mark and move my drill press fence into position. At each side of the piece I add two pieces of scrap that help me to line the pieces up. In a project like this. It's a lot of help. Works well for making chair seat slats. It hard to describe. But I can send a video if you want to see it.

Wow...It is very beautiful..

Hi, lol just thought I would stop over and see what you were up to. Have a good one.

Wow Steve great project what a good idea also to only have glue up the end pieces I'm actually building an office desk for my bedroom in my high school shop class based off of your "elegant" and "quaint" writing desk it's birch ply wood with walnut accents I'll be sure to post pictures when it's done keep doing what your doing -Gabe

Very fast and nice finishing

Sweet, my pallet nightstands made your video! Keep up the good work Steve!

That is a really neat shoe rack!

Good job Steve

This idea was really Awesome and helpful bro........

I looked at the plan and seeing measurements in mm I believe ill opt out on this build

Thanks for the free plans Steve

Pub time here in England. Keep up the good work Steve.

Nice project Steve.

Love the simple design even if you have to be careful to drill the holes. Great job Steve!!!!

great design and I like how the danish oil accents the oak!

thank you for posting the plans for this in millimeters :) I'm using a different metric system and this really comes in handy. keep up the great work! I'm a big fan Steve!

Hi Steve ! Another great looking project. I'll be starting on one in the next few days. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome idea! I'm definitely getting my wife of 26 years a MicroJig for valentines day.

Finally got the download. But the plans indicate 4x17.5" pieces on the materials list, and all the other specs show 4x17" pieces. LOL I'ma build it today. Thanks, And keep em comming.

I like this project, this is something that I can use next to the back door.

You built another winner Steve. Very nice.

Nicely done. I like the perfectly sized assembly table as well.

Hey Steve, love your videos. Keep up the good work!! Thanks for all you do for the woodworking community.

great project steve!

I have been so busy this weekend I didn't have a chance to watch this until now. I love it though! I would not make it for a shoe rack myself but looks great for organization in my crafting room. I use a lot of plastic shoe boxes - and a few cardboard ones too - that I could easily store on there. :) - Heidi

Awesome and ''simple'' project! I was just thinking that my next project should be shoe rack, well a bit different. Thanks for sharing!

What a great project, Steve. I am going to try this in a couple of days. You are GOOD!

Very nice project. Too nice for shoes as you said. I'm sure that it will find a better use. Thanks for sharing.

Love the channel, I've benge watched all of your videos. converted my basement into a woodshop recently and I'm gonna start building some new desk for my office

built the shoe rack last weekend, cool project.

Really nice. Too complicated for my very humble capability. I've made a few but totally different. Love your videos.

Hi Steve! Great job!

steeeeeeve your awesome man love your projects keep up the good work i look forward to your videos every week you inspire me to start wood working

Super idea, thank you.

I do not have the patience for that, but I applaud you for doing it! It looks great. 😀

Awesome! Keep making great videos!

Very Very Nice 👍

Great as always! Looking forward to the day I have room for some tools and scrap wood to knock out a few projects of my own!

That was a good build. I like the look of it with the different slats.

That is really nice!

Really cool appearance when its done. I may look into this

Very cool project.

Only use hardwood. I did a proof of concept with box store pine (big mistake). This project highlighted all the bows and bends with their dimensional lumber. Lining up all those holes failed on the second poc.

I fall for the Micro Jig thing every time.

Great project! The slat look is cool looking. You're right, I'd have a hard time putting shoes on it too.

Love what you do Steve! I feel a bit like a dummy, great idea with the cross cut sled stop block, that's had me stumped for a while now as I didn't want a more "permanent" one on my sled like other ones I've seen before! Keep up the great work!

Wow Thank you for sharing this I think even I could do this project with the help of your instructions.

Very Nice 👍

Love your videos. Thanks for what you do. Just wanted to let people know that if you build this shoe rack, some of the dimensions on the plans are off. I had to make two new pieces to fix the problem but their was plenty of extra pieces to work with. Just trying to head off a problem before it happens. Thanks again Steve. You are fun to follow on youtube.

Love it Steve! Thanks for sharing. I always LOL at the intros for the MicroJig too. Nicely done :)

Hey Steve great video. Been thinking of making a shoe rack for ages and this helped me a lot. Thanks again

Love you style of making video and all of your wooden working

Another great project Steve! Thanks for being such a good teacher !!!

It would look better in purple. :). Look forward to your videos each week.

OK link in comments worked...I so need one of these

Thanks for doing what you do, Steve. Love it

Cool build Steve. Nice to see all the holes line up. Not an easy task sometimes.

Another great video! Nice job Steve.

Another great video Steve. Thanks for sharing.

Simple and nice!👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

I really like that design Steve, you can never have too many slats