stackable and height adjustable shoe rack

This is a height adjustable shoe rack.

You can increase the height by pushing the arms further in. By this you can achieve a maximum distance between two plates of around 18cm. The lowest distance is around 7cm. If you have at least one ´´more adjustable plate´´ in your build you can choose from more options in between the maximum and minimum.

You will need the following parts for 2 plates:

4x big spacer

4x small spacer

8x long bolt

2x short bolt

10x nut

2x arm 1

2x arm 2

2x plate or 2x more adjustable plate or one of each

For every extra plate you will need:

4x long bolt

2x short bolt

6x nut

2x arm 1

2x arm 2

1x plate or 1x more adjustable plate

Assembly

General Information

Do not tighten the bolts to strong otherwise they may break

1. Bolting together arm 1 and arm 2.

Take one short bolt and put arm 1 on it than arm 2. Afterwards use one of the nuts to tighten them.

Do this with every arm 1 and arm 2 you have.

2. Joining the arms and the first plate.

Here you take 2 of the products of the first step and connect them to one plate. 

If you want to use a ´´more adjustable plate´´ I advise you to use it as your base plate.

2.1 You put your chosen plate on the floor or a table facing the right way as in the picture.

2.2 You take a long bolt and put a small spacer on it. Afterwards you put one arm 2 also on the bolt. Make sure that the arms are orientated like in the picture of step one. The head of the short bolt should face the inside of the plate. Than you can put the bolt with the spacer and the arm through the hole of the plate and tighten it with a nut from the otherside.

2.3 Repeat step 2.2 on the other side with the other arms. I advice you to use the directly opposing hole of the plate. It would work if you would use the other hole, but the rest of my assembly guide is based on it being the directly opposing hole.

2.4 Allign the hole of arm 1 with the hole of the plate and a big spacer in between then put a long bolt through and tighten with a nut.

2.5 repeat 2.4 for the other side.

3. Putting on the second plate

If you only want to have two plates skip this point.

3.1 Take a arm 1 and put it on a arm 2, that you have already joined on the first plate. Then put a long bolt through arm 1 and arm 2 the head of the bolt should be on the outside. While the bolt is in this position allign the second plate in such a way that you can put the bolt through the corresponding hole of the plate. From inside to outside you should have plate, arm 2, arm 1, bolt head.

3.2 Repeat 3.1 on the other side where you should then also have the same pattern from inside to outside. If you have done so you can tighten both bolts with a nut.

3.3 Put a bolt through a already fixed arm 1 and a new arm 2. Once again allign the plate in such a way that you can put the bolt through. You should end up with the same patern from inside to outside (plate, arm 2, arm 1).

3.4 Repeat 3.3 with the other already joined arm 1. Now you can tighten both bolts. Your product should look like in the picture.

If you want to have more than three plates you have to repeat this step.

4. Putting the final plate on.

4.1 Put a small spacer on a long bolt then allign the final plate in such a way that you can put the bolt through an arm 2 and the corresponding hole of the plate.

4.2 Repeat 4.1 with the other arm 2 and corresponding hole. Then tighten both bolts with a nut.

4.3 Allign the plate with a hole of one of the arm 1 and hold a big spacer in between of them. Then put a long bolt through. From inside to outside you should have plate, big spacer, arm 1, bolt head.

4.4 Repeat 4.3 with the other arm 1 and tighten the bolts.

5. Adjusting the height.

If you want to increase the height you have to push the arms in, you should push the end of either both arm 1s or both arm 2s of the             first plate. If you can not push them you have either tighted them to strong or they have snaped in somewhere else. In both cases                   loosening them a bit can help. Then You have to secure them by pushing them down into a hole so that they snap in to place. Repeat             this two the other two arms. If you have secured all the arms of the first plate it should look like this:

You do not have to have all 4 arms at the maximum level! You can also only have 2 arms at a level and the other two arms at a diffrent level. You only have to make sure that both arm 1s of the first plate are pushed in the same amount. This also aplies to the two arm 2s of the first plate.

If you can you should also let the other plates snap into place by pushing the arms and the plate so that it does so. If you have one ´´more adjustable plate´´ as your base plate and the rest is the ´´standard plate´´ it might not be possible if you do not use the maximum height. But if you manage to snap the other plates and arms into place it should look like this: