Hi there,
Any of you ever made an elegant display system? The kind you could use to display a board in a living room for example.
I’m about to make one so any suggestion or pictures would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Seems like hi quality wood using fancy woodworking joints with a furniture like finish would be remarkably nice, just one idea.
Simplicity is the key to making it look good. Here’s an idea…
Use a forcner bit to drill a 1’’ hole in a nice block of wood at 25 or 30 degrees above horizontal. Do this for two blocks and attach to a stud in your wall. slide a 1’’ hardwood dowel into the holes, and paint or finish the wood.
Note: I suggest using a forcner bit instead of a spade bit. You will get a much cleaner hole.
I do mine like this. They are dug into the wall, then bolted to the studs…nothing is falling over, and they are a very simple design.
I think I made them out of Alder or Poplar?
Id stick with a wooden dowl technique or somehting like resinheads design. simpler the better
Here is the general concept of the rack that I tried to describe above – with holes at an angle and 1’’ dowels. This in my garage. I realized that this isn’t very aesthetic, but you could modify the design to make it look better.
Hi euskadi, did you have a idea of your own ?
Is the board to be displayed horizontally or vertically ?
From a wall or a ceiling?
And how many boards ?, or just one special one?
Theres lots of funky possibilities,
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you could put it on a flat wooden stand and place a vertical flouro tube behind it for a subtle focus point,
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hang it from the ceiling under a fixed light so it has a halo effect,
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mount the tail on a wall and the nose on the ceiling so it forms a butress-like entrance ( best with 2 boards)
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make a low square polished wooden box or cube with a hidden back brace ( to steady the board) and a coloured glass top, stand the board on top of the glass, (attach to the brace) and put a low voltage globe inside the box so it throws a gentle coloured glow up from the floor and over the hull of the board,
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mount 2 boards crossed like a pair of old swords over the dining table, (or bed if you prefer),
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mount it on a wall as the centrepiece of your surfing memorabelia, trophies, posters, photos,etc…
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if its not too precious, it could double as a hallway table for lighter objects,( just need to knock up 2 end supports),
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or if elegant is your aim, how about incorporating clear or coloured laminated glass or polycarbonate into your design rather than ply so it looks like the board is floating on the wall?, glaziers will cut stuff fairly cheaply and theres tons of options to choose from,
if its for a living room you probably know what level of effort and style you need, flick thru a few hundred net pages on design, that’ll be a quick way to find something you like.
Regards, thrushy
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Hi there,
Any of you ever made an elegant display system? The kind you could use to display a board in a living room for example.
I’m about to make one so any suggestion or pictures would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Now, what a creative mind you have Thruster!!! And I didn’t think of the lighting, but will definitely use you’re ideas in that way.
For the rack itself I was more thinking of a display stand, like the ones shown to us by Ted; The issue I had was that the board has a glassed on 9" single fin!
Resinhead, you’re diplay system would have been my choice if I had been going for a wall display, and THAt board you have…!!! Classic!!! a real beauty can you tell us a bit more about it?
Anyway thanks for all the ideas
lived most of it’s life hanging in the Hobie surf shop window, was supposedly the Hobie Rainbow Team rider board. It’s been fully restored, but the color and design are accurate. I have a before and after picture some place. Thanks.
Oh yeah before someone bitches at me…no I don’t take it out and ride it. 60’s boards suck to ride, I just like fixing them up and sticking them on my walls. Art work, that’s all there good for. Long live tucked rails!
I do have a few that come out and run over the punks that get in my way though.
-Jay
you are right about the 1960’s boards, you forgot about another major pain in the ass, carrying them.my 1960’s hobie easily weighs 40lbs. the only thing it is good for is running over people and practicing dropknee turns.
The coolest surfboard display system especially if you want to show off a particular board, were ones make with simple heavy duty clear nylon fishing line (the type used for leader lines for big game fishing) connected to small eye bolts suspended from the ceiling. The boards can be placed in different positions either against the wall or in the middle of the room. The best part about this system is that the holder/rack is clear and does not distract from the board. The viewer is exposed to more board and less rack.
Just my two cents worth…
D
Hi Eauskadi,
What kind of board were you thinking of displaying? Long or short? How many boards? I was playing around with my guitar stand and it holds up one short board pretty good. Guitar stands are quite cheap as well.
You could also check out the “hand” racks that Austin uses.
Cheers,
Rio
Hi Resinhead - Man, I dig that display!! That board also fits the bill as a special one. Very, very cool.
Hi Jay,
Is that rack one size fits one board? It looks like you’d slide the board in from the side until it hits the top bracket at the wide point. So if you had another board, a little narrower it wouldn’t work?
Did anyone see the exhibition of Rennie Yater’s boards at some gallery in Hollywood? When I saw that I started trying to think of a way to convince my wife that one of those boards would be a better investment than a 401k. I’d love to have one of those hanging on my wall!!
The top bracket is lag bolted / Molley bolted into the wall so you can change boards. But most old 60 boards were about the same width, so if you make the throat of the bracket deep enough you can adjust about 1.5 inches either way. Plus you want to put some wetsuit neoprene to pad the board up. There’s all sorts of ways to make a tight fit, but to most important thing is to make sure the bottom 2 brackets are secure into the 2x4 studs…lag bolts.