New Shave Den

**Alembic** · 03-13-2010, 06:14 PM

Hey Group,

You all inspired me to build this new shave den. I still have to apply the pickled oak finish and two coats of poly. I designed it for the space and curved the razor racks. It is subtle, but the razors splay from the center out. It holds 30 razors, 4 brushes and 4 DEs. The razor racks have notches that are 1/2", 7/16" and 1/2" for different widths of razors. The shelf is already full. I might remake the shelf in the future to be 3" wider.

Thanks for all of the ideas people have posted. They helped a lot.

David

**willow2006** · 03-13-2010, 06:19 PM

Looks great! Nice work, I especially like the curve.

**Lynn** · 03-13-2010, 06:30 PM

That turned out great!!

Lynn

**gary haywood** · 03-13-2010, 06:35 PM

That is awsome!

**Bill S** · 03-13-2010, 08:54 PM

Very nice work!

What are those T shaped things on the bottom? (just kidding).

**mattluthier** · 03-13-2010, 09:53 PM

Beautiful work David! Love it! Nice collection of goods too!

**terrylmtl** · 03-13-2010, 10:47 PM

Looks Great Did You Work From A Plan? How Wide Are The Styles And Rails? Got tTo Have Me One.

**Alembic** · 03-14-2010, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by Bill S

Very nice work!

What are those T shaped things on the bottom? (just kidding).

In spite of how it looks, I really am still a newb at this. And those T shaped things really help me when things get tough.

But please note the absence of anything Mach XX related!

**Alembic** · 03-14-2010, 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by terrylmtl

Looks Great Did You Work From A Plan? How Wide Are The Styles And Rails? Got tTo Have Me One.

Thank you. No plans, I just went to Home Depot and grabbed 1/2" red oak out of the racks. The 1/4" oak plywood for the back came from Woodcraft. Total I have about $50 into it. I had to buy way more plywood than I needed.

The stiles are 1 1/2" oak, and the rails are 2 1/2" for the notched rail, and 3 1/2" for the dimpled rail. Now the critical measurment is the distance between the bottom of the notched rail and the top of the dimpled rail. That is 4 1/2". It is critical so when the wedge end of the razor sits in the dimple, it leans back into the notch at an angle to ensure that the razors don't fall forward and to also take up the least amount of space. I did not have a lot of height, and I wanted 2 rows for some growth in my collection. I have RAD very bad.

David

**terrylmtl** · 03-14-2010, 11:49 AM

Thanks For The Info.Only Thing To Do Now Is Go To The Workshop.

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