My wife and I were sitting downstairs enjoying a wonderful movie a few nights ago, and a loud CRASH BOOM came from upstairs, I brushed it off as our two cats getting into it, they are very loud at times.

Later I walked up to hit the sack and walked into our closet and low and behold, a complete wire rack system of shelving and all my hanging clothes was now on the floor along with all the boxes we piled up on top of the wire rack shelf.

I was fine selling the home with the racks they way they were, but what the heckers, I'll build a single tower cubby and run some rods from it to the walls for hanging the clothes on, and install some top shelving for the heavier stuff.

And, it'll be an attraction for the prospective buyers, best part is it won't cost me a dime in materials, I already had the pre-finished 3/4" maple ply on hand from the last cabinet project I did for my workplace a few years back.

Ripped some shelves out, at 14" wide.

Cut to length the tower cubby side panels, just gotta rout some dados in for the shelves.

Some odds and ends left from the last build, I'll be able to use these for shelves etc.

All set up for a little production!

The layout I'm shooting for is similar to this. We have a walk in closet that is 5' wide by 9' long with the door at the end. So I'll have this layout on one side (wife's side) and my side will just be one closet pole and shelf.

Image source: Lowes, Allen Roth Closet System

Looks nice John! Good work.

2 minutes ago, MrRick said:

Looks nice John! Good work.

All I done so far is rip some boards Rick! 😅

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

So I'll have this layout on one side (wife's side) and my side will just be one closet pole and shelf.

I feel your pain, boss 😁

It's been awhile since I've done any sizable flatwork with dadoes, so I made up a zero clearance dado guide. I had half a dozen of these for different sized bits and for my skilsaw. I set em out on the curb awhile back.

And just as with my old ones I marked the backside with the router and bit size this can only be used for.

And of course, in the middle of it all!

Did pretty much the same thing for my table saw dado set- #of chippers, size of brass/magnetic shims, type of plywood. Just pick the slot that fits the best.

Years ago I made a zero clearance dado guide. Still have it, still use it once in a great while.

However I'm pretty much all hand tools and love it.

Exactly Lew.

Anytime I can idiot proof something I'm all over it, cuz, we'll you know😅.

The template edge is the dado, don't get any simpler than that.

I sure miss my PC7518 I used to have. The 690 does feel it.

6 minutes ago, MrRick said:

However I'm pretty much all hand tools and love it.

Working with ply Rick, I had to succumb.

34 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Working with ply Rick, I had to succumb.

C'mon John! ... I cut plywood for my backer board for the foot stools using a back saw

Then planed the edges with my Stanley Bailey #3 Smoothing plane and used my Sweetheart chisels to clean up the corners. Then I chamfered all edges slightly with my Veritas Detail Rabbet Plane

You can do it! I know you can. 🙂

37 minutes ago, MrRick said:

You can do it! I know you can.

I can, but I don't want too.😁

Am I the only one? I just spent 20 minutes looking for my router. I looked right in that spot 5 times. I looked everywhere, I even looked in the trash thinking it may have toppled into the can.

I looked right there! It finally clicked, hey that's a router!

While looking for my router I did however find my coffe cup, in plain view that I've been missing these last several days. I only found it cuz I set my Army cup down next to the missing one.

Welcome to the club!

Yeah @John Morris you're the only one! 🙄 😉

In that case you have a lot to look forward to, as it don’t get no better

BTDT, more times than I care to remember. Yesterday I was looing for my safety glasses for maybe 2-3 minutes, and then realized they were on my head.

That is why I have three 6 in. rules in my shop. Just hoping I know where one is at.

Danl

On 6/3/2026 at 3:27 PM, John Morris said:

While looking for my router I did however find my coffe cup, in plain view that I've been missing these last several days. I only found it cuz I set my Army cup down next to the missing one.

Is that your 10 mm socket in the cup with the pencils?