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Lacrosse lockers for Rockhurst University

52 lockers for the lacrosse team's locker room in Kansas City. Drawn, prototyped and built in my shop in Lathrop.

Rockhurst University lacrosse locker room lined with birch lockers holding helmets, sticks and gear
Client
Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri
Scope
52 player lockers
Each locker
Helmet shelf, gear cubbies, stick slot, three hooks, hinged bench seat with storage below
Built from
¾″ prefinished birch plywood, edge-banded. 24″ W × 30″ D × 79″ H
01Design

Drawn before anything was cut

Each locker started as a 3D model and a dimensioned shop drawing. The parts were then laid out on 4×8 sheets so 52 lockers came out of the plywood with as little waste as possible.

Shop drawing: elevations and 3D views.
Sheet layout: every part of one locker on two sheets.
02Prototype

One locker first

Before building 52, I built one. The initial prototype went to Rockhurst University and was loaded with a player's actual gear. Their feedback added three hooks to every locker and a hinged bench seat, and both went into the production drawings.

The initial prototype, out of the shop.
Fit-tested with real gear at Rockhurst University.
03Production

Built for repeatability

Fifty-two of anything means jigs. I designed and 3D-printed the stick-slot inserts and the bottom vents, plus the jigs that kept every locker the same. Rockhurst University didn’t want to see screws, so shelves and dividers are joined with Domino tenons and screws only go in the backs. Sheets were broken down, edges banded, and lockers glued up in batches.

Prefinished birch, ready to break down.
Breaking down sheets with the track saw.
Cut parts stacked at the edge-banding station.
3D-printed stick-slot insert.
Store-bought vent (left) next to the one I designed and printed. Rockhurst University chose the printed one.
3D-printed jig holding a divider joint square.
A printed fence that locates the Domino for the shelf joints. No visible screws allowed.
Shelves and dividers in the clamps, squared up with another printed jig.
Final assembly.
04Delivered

Delivered in batches

Finished lockers were staged in the shop, stretch-wrapped, strapped down and delivered in batches on the schedule we set with Rockhurst University.

A finished batch: hooks, hinged seats and vents in.
Staged for delivery.
Wrapped and strapped down for the ride.
In use at Rockhurst University.
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