Scrap Wood Surf Rack

Nice job, looks good.

 

Pretty sweet, good work man

 

Nice work. How did you attach the pipe to the top frame?

 

Very cool, looking to do something likr that on my basement wall...just w/ boards horizontal as opposed to vertical.

 

What if you get a 5th board?

 

That's great, I was thinking of making one myself

 

nice i did something similar but more basic. i took a scrap 2x4 like 4 ft long, counter sunk 1 inch holes and glued (front) and screwed (back) 1 inch dowels 2 ft apart, cut to about 1.5 ft long. the dowels i wrapped with 1 inch soft styrafoam pipe insulation. secured it to a stud in my garage about 4ft off the floor. for the base i just used a rubber mat similar to a yoga mat. to be safe i also have a rope going from side to side with hooks in case a board decided to try and fall out. if i could do it all again i would space the dowels out 2.5ft instead of 2ft. you can find detailed instructions on the web.

 

That looks really nice. Wish I had a place to put one then I would have an excuse to build it. I think you have too many shoes BTW.

 

I went the vertical route. Bought 1 10 ft 2x2 and cut it in half. Bought 1 inch dowel and cut to size. The biggest expense was the 1" drill bit. Definately cleaned up the office.

 

Exactly what I was planning on making, the 2x4 and dowels have been sitting in my garage for 3 years. I'll try to do it this weekend. What did you use to secure the 2x4 to the wall? just nail it through?

 

Both very cool racks. Has anyone figured out a way to "lock" your boards to a rack? I have a condo that we rent out on occasion and we have to bring boards home and/or lock my boards in the closet.

 

I got a guy out of New Zealand that can make one for a cool $250K (USD of course) that's garaunteed to outperform any other rack.

 

Thanks. Just fired off an E-mail to Roy. Now seriously, any locking rack ideas?

 

Ok, ok... maybe you could run some strong wire cable (i'm looking at my braided metal laptop securer thingy now as an example) through your leash loops. Not foolproof but you'd definitely know if they were tampered with. A good security deposit can buy a nice board or two.

 

McLovin make sure you SCREW it into a STUD because there is more weight than you think. That was my plan but the only wall I could use used to have a window there that was drywalled over as the office was an addition. I had to go to the ceiling and screw in there. You dont want to hear that CRASH that makes ya cry.

 

pilot hole and 4 inch screw - make sure you find a stud to secure it too.

 

....neat freak....

Hahaha! Nice work, brother!

 

Anyone use the hangers that they sell in surf shops? I have a handful of them but worry it would be too much stress to have them hang by the rear fcs plug for long periods of time, years