#tie storage

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[sultanofsawdust]

Necktie Cubby

I was looking at my old tie rack the other week, and decided I wanted something better.

With some rough measurements and some equally rough sketches, I realized I could double the amount of ties I could store and make them visually more apparent, all in the same amount of space.

I was at my local sawmill last week, and they had this piece of spalted soft maple set aside for $5 because of all of its checks and cracks.  I figured I could cut around them to get what I needed, since most of my cuts would be small.  

The longest pieces needed to be about 43″, and by resawing I was able to get both of them from one piece of the board.

I decided to go with a simple rabbet joint on the corners.  The original plan was to reinforce them with dowels, but eventually opted not to do so.

A cheap piece of plywood ($12) would serve as the backer, so I cut a groove to house it.

The dry fit seemed good, so I began cutting the dados to hold all of the dividers.  There would be one long divider to separate the neckties and belts.  Getting all of the dados lined up was an adventure, but it eventually worked out okay.  Then I started the stages up glue-up.

Then went in the horizontal dividers.  Before gluing them in, the dividers needed dados as well.  

Finally, I cut the vertical dividers and glued them in.

Then I applied a coat of finish. This is going to live inside a closet, so I only used one coat.

Finally, I took down the old tie rack and put in the new one!

This was a good one-day project, and it drastically improved my necktie storage.