Rack

Here's a display rack designed for travel. Kept it simple. It'll hold a variety of lengths from 17" scale on up. Has about a 10 degree tilt back, a channel to keep them from slipping off, 2 shelves, and comes apart for travel. I could add some guitars hanging from the upper shelf but it gets a bit cluttered looking.
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  • Well done! Cool car too!

  • I kind of forgot about the old Ghias.  They were pretty neat.

  • Yep. thats my neglected but running 1970 Karmann Ghia. Someone should buy it from me.

    I wish I had plans to send along with the rack but I drew a sketch and modified, modified, modified as I went along. Its pretty simple to figure out though. I could have gone 48" but wanted to keep the overall width to 36" for packing and in case I ever wanted to cover the back with fabric (36" seems to be a standard width and has more option than 48". That'd be my guess anyway. The shelves are in a track I cut on the table saw....yes, a router would be better if I'd've had that size bit. I forwarded the shelves a bit to allow for an even distribution of weight...I guessed but it came out very stable (though I could put weights on it. The height of each section is about 36" also. I left the top with that room in case I ever make a sign or want to add lights. I used hex head screws to bolt it all together with embedded 1/4-20 wood inserts...so I could take it apart over and over again. The side pieces are hinged and a bolt goes thru the center to give it more stability. I used a star nut (I think thats what its called) under so I could make it nice and snug in the middle....no wobble. Dowels and screws connects the parts that don't come apart and i covered the screw holes with wood plugs to neaten it up. Hope that helps if anyone wants to make one. Any modifications welcome. 

  • I'm going to email this to my 78 year old dad. See if he thinks he could build this for me. He had a better workshop. All my builds happen on the deck and in the kitchen of my double wide trailer ;)

  • I do like a nice rack.  This sure qualifies.    What is that car?  Looks like a Carmen Gia.

  • Feels kinda wrong saying "nice rack" to a dude.

  • Also, nice 'Gia!

  • Hey! That is cool! I need one of those!

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