I am interested in finding out if anyone has created their own surfboard wall racks. If so what materials did you use and how did you construct it. I am trying to figure out how to construct one that will fit on a concrete garage interior wall and big enough to fit a 10'0 Log and a 5'0 Softie. FYI, it has to be a horizontal wall rack and not a vertical one. My celings are only 8 ft high. (Duh) If anyone has any material lists, or plans that they might be able to post please help a fellow craftsman out who is starting to slowly set up his garage shop. Thanks.
You can construct one using schedule 40 cpvc how many boards will determen parts list you will need 1, 10' x 1-1/2di pipe , 1, 10' x 1'' pipe, some 1-1/2 into 1'' T's make sure the T's have the 1-1/2'' in line and the 1'' coming from the middle(2 for each board you plan on hanging) say 6 for hanging 3 boards some insulation tubing like you see A/C companies using that fits over the 1'' cpvc, end caps for the 1'' pipe same # as the # of T's Now think about it you will be making 2 1-1/2'' vertical pieces with the T's evenly spaced so cut the larger pipe into 18'' lengths 4 for a 3 board rack,glue a T on the end then another 18''pipe then a T another 18'' pipe and a T making sure the T's line up straight cut the 1'' pipe in 20'' lengths 6 for 3 board rack glue this into the 1'' part of your T's slide on some insulation tubing on each fallowed by a cap. drill holes through 1-1/2'' pipe just under the T's!! You get to mount them yourself spacing depends on length of your boards (smallest)
Think I figured out what I am going to do. Since my house is a rental, I really dont want to be responsible for unneeded holes in the garage.
So I found this guys page and am going to modify it with some soft coated PVC pipe as my board hangers, and will use the same "pressure" concept that he did in the garage. http://www.kdough.net/docs/surfboard_rack/
Will post pictures of it if I am successful on this thread if your interested to see. For those of you that posted your ideas, thanks again. Hopefully it will work and Ill have a rack by fathers day and a hand made longboard sock as well.
Sounds like you got your answer! I came up with this solution after finding something similar for around $90 online. Took me about 3 hours to make (not including dry-time for the stain). Simple 3/4" Birch ply that was left over from a cabinet project. Jigsaw, sand, stain, drill out holes to mount and hang 'er up. Finally something worthy of hanging my nicer boards on in the home office.
Next set will be with 1/2" Bamboo ply sandwiched with 3/16" red Cedar (Bamboo/Cedar/Bamboo).
Hey kook,these were easy to make and hold plenty of boards,blanks,or whatever.All I did was shoot a few nails or screws through the back of the 2x4 into the arms of the rack,then screw some 45 degree kicker blocks to make them more ridgid.
Hey Kook, I used some of those metal shelving holders with some 1" dowels screwed to them with drywall screws. The brackets are screwed into the cement wall with 3/8" lags (2 per bracket). They hold my 9’6" and my 7’6" PU boards with no problem. We are fixin to move, and I think I will have to use that 2x4 idea from your earlier post…Im curious to see how it works out for you. Happy building!
PS this is my first post, so… Hey everybody! I have learned a lot from reading yalls posts and enjoy all the great pics yall put up!
mine are like those in the pic by Jesus, but I used round dowels, not perfectly horizontal but angled upwards at about 10 degrees (boards won’t fall out even in an earthquake) and then covered in pipe insulation (super easy). Only tricky part is making sure the holes you drill and the dowels you are using are a good tight fit. Can fit a lot of boards and/or blanks in this way.
