Built A Fishing Rod Rack Today

[The Rooster]

I'll post this here since I'm not sure where else it would be appropriate.

 

I've been wanting to do this for a while now.  Today I made a fishing rod rack to hold all my combos so I don't have to just pile them in the corner like I have been for years now.  Here's the pics.  I put rolling casters on it so I could wheel it out away from the wall to get to the rods in the back.  It holds 12 combos.  I fish with the 6 in the front and the others are loaners and my wife's little rod that she hardly ever uses.

 

I didn't do a lot of fancy joinery.  I wanted to but I was in a hurry to get it built so I just opted for simple butt joinery and brad nails and glue to assemble it.  I just made it from white pine 1x6's I had laying here.  I even had the casters here already so I spent no money on it other than the initial cost of buying the wood which I had done some time ago already.  Later on, I will stain it and coat it with Varathane that I also already have here.  That stuff is very durable so it will make a nice finish for this.  I will also wood fill all the marks made from the brad nailer.  I did sand everything to 120 with my ROS.  That's good enough for this.  

 

Sorry the pics are so large.  I've tried resizing them on photobucket but even though their site shows all of then resized, it will only let one show here in the new size.  

 

 

 

[slonezp]

Nice job

[Gatorbassman]

You just gave me an idea for that old Quilt rack I made my wife that she never uses. Thanks for posting this. 

[preach4bass]

Nice

[Darren.]

That looks really good, man! Like it!

[The one that got away]

Excellent job, looks great

[Tuckahoe Joe]

Dude, that thing is sweet!  I want one!

[RobbyZ5001]

That is a nice rod rack. It would turn into a drying rack in my apartment.

[Maico1]

Real nice job.......

[J Francho]

Really nice!  I like the recesses for the castors - very smart.. Now get some Danish Oil, and protect that wood. Oil is nice on pine, because unlike stain that reverses the grain, it enhances the grain.  I like Watco in Golden oak for pine.

[jignfule]

I need one !!!    looks great

[endless]

WOW Rooster!! Excellent job!

[The Rooster]

Really nice! I like the recesses for the castors - very smart.. Now get some Danish Oil, and protect that wood. Oil is nice on pine, because unlike stain that reverses the grain, it enhances the grain. I like Watco in Golden oak for pine.

Thanks all. I'm a novice wood worker as my other hobby away from fishing. I didn't consider any oil finishes since, first, I've never used any so I didn't know how it would work out, and second, I am afraid of how it might effect any of my rod handles such as soaking into them from prolonged contact. I was just going to do a stain and then two or three coats of Varathane. That's a hard wood floor sealer and very durable. It dries clear and is very smooth to the touch when fully cured so I thought it would be excellent for contact of any of my rods. I have about 3/4 of a gallon left here from when I built my basement stairs and finished them. It gets applied to most of the furniture I make so I figured I'd just use it here, too.

[J Francho]

Danish oil has about 1/3 varnish in it, and you can certainly clear coat over it with a compatible varnish. Just an option. I just love oil on a light grained wood. I'll dig up some pics of a rustic shelf my son and I built with an oil finish.

[whitwolf]

Nice!

[The Rooster]

Ok. I'd be interested in trying a new finish to further my learning in this other hobby. Thank you.