Post by mwardncsu on Jan 19, 2014 19:43:17 GMT -5
I finally got tired of rods falling over in the storage closet and getting all tangled up with one another, so I broke down and made a wall rod storage rack.
I used 1x finished pine material, but you use 2x framing lumber as well - I figured the 1x would give a tighter to the wall profile and a little more finished look.
For the base I used 2, 1x4's and 1x2 (or maybe they were 1x3). One of the 1x4's had 1-1/4" holes drilled through them ever 6" on center - these holes set front to back of the board so that when the 1x2 was attached the hole would be centered in the remaining space. I would have gone 1-1/2" but I did not have a drill bit / hole-saw that size handy. I then glued/screwed the 1x2 into the 1x4 to have a mounting cleat to screw to the wall, and then glued / screwed another 1x4 to the bottom as the base.
If you used 2x material, you could just drill 1/2 through the 2x for the rod bases and not have to do the "sandwich", probably could even get away with a partial drill with the 1x material.
The top portion of the rack was done made in similar fashion, except I drilled 2-1/4" holes also 6" on center, to allow for a variety of rod guides. If you have sufficient height in the room where you plan to hang these, and rods of uniform length, you could space them such that you insert the rod tips up through the bottom of the holes and then sit the base down - but I had a mix of rod lengths and limited height so I wanted to have a slot where the rod could slip through when storing them. The slots I cut are a little too wide and it would have been better if I had left a bit more of a "hook" on the inside of the circle to catch/hold the rods - right now a few have a habit of wanting to pivot and flop out through the slot. I plan to fix this with a strip of foam gasket attached across the face, with cuts in front of each slot so that you can push the rod in but it won't easily flop back out. If I built another one I'd make the slots narrower and come in at an angle.
Finished product..... 6' in length - holds 12 rods.
I used 1x finished pine material, but you use 2x framing lumber as well - I figured the 1x would give a tighter to the wall profile and a little more finished look.
For the base I used 2, 1x4's and 1x2 (or maybe they were 1x3). One of the 1x4's had 1-1/4" holes drilled through them ever 6" on center - these holes set front to back of the board so that when the 1x2 was attached the hole would be centered in the remaining space. I would have gone 1-1/2" but I did not have a drill bit / hole-saw that size handy. I then glued/screwed the 1x2 into the 1x4 to have a mounting cleat to screw to the wall, and then glued / screwed another 1x4 to the bottom as the base.
If you used 2x material, you could just drill 1/2 through the 2x for the rod bases and not have to do the "sandwich", probably could even get away with a partial drill with the 1x material.
The top portion of the rack was done made in similar fashion, except I drilled 2-1/4" holes also 6" on center, to allow for a variety of rod guides. If you have sufficient height in the room where you plan to hang these, and rods of uniform length, you could space them such that you insert the rod tips up through the bottom of the holes and then sit the base down - but I had a mix of rod lengths and limited height so I wanted to have a slot where the rod could slip through when storing them. The slots I cut are a little too wide and it would have been better if I had left a bit more of a "hook" on the inside of the circle to catch/hold the rods - right now a few have a habit of wanting to pivot and flop out through the slot. I plan to fix this with a strip of foam gasket attached across the face, with cuts in front of each slot so that you can push the rod in but it won't easily flop back out. If I built another one I'd make the slots narrower and come in at an angle.
Finished product..... 6' in length - holds 12 rods.
Kind of like how there is no such thing as a gun safe that is too big.
but thanks.....