Shoe Tidy

In this episode, Paul covers the trapezoidal handle and then the hinge rail ready to receive the lid. Paul also makes the lid following similar patterns to the main box carcass itself.

In this video, Paul focuses on how to fit the internal shelves and the divider, support them and then install them. Paul then moves on to laying out the lid frame for making the mortise and tenon joinery, and ploughing the grooves to receive the panel.

Making, fitting and installing the tambour support guide track to maintain a seamless continuity is an important step for smooth running.

In this episode, Paul walks you through the steps to sizing the wood for creating a tambour door for the shoe tidy cabinet.

The groove receiving the tambour makes a quick change ninety degrees to tuck up and out of the way, allowing clear access to the whole of the front.

The importance of fitting tenons into their relative mortise holes with precision should never be underestimated, and Paul deploys tips and techniques to avoid any under-sizing. The frame of the shoe tidy will stand on its own four legs by the end of this video, replete with all the mortises, tenons and grooves completed.

Laying out and preparing for 16 mortise holes takes a little thinking through. Paul demonstrates the process of planing and truing the stock, ready for developing the joinery and running the grooves.