Time for some new racks

how do you guys center and make plumb (carpenters term) the center post when you make racks consisting of post in bucket of concrete? Also, I just got an ingeneous idea for padding (dont dissallusion me from me retard idea)… Carpet Samples! (I work in an architecture and interior design office so we have more than we can handle)

P.S. my old racks consist of 3 chairs and an ice chest and some blankets

Drive a couple screws through the bottom of the bucket into the wood before you pour in the concrete.

Been using carpet since '68 for padding.

Don’t like buckets, except for easy moving. Unstable usually.

Like wooden cross, like homemade Christmas tree stands.

But like to X’s bolted together with 2x4’s, as you get total of 4 legs spread 5’ apart, one unit, and the rail shaping faces you!

what type of carfet u use? shag or short?

Short with foam pad beneath it.

Shag’s a mess.

here are my stands

I put a post level on it while poring the concrete (90deg L with level on each side)

The carpet samples may not give you enough length to make the craddle, but if they do that is perfect. Mine are med/short carpet. My stands are made tall as I’m 6’2". I think the idea is that your planner (i.e. top of the blank) be at belly button height.



Thanks for the pics… gives me a great visual to work from.

Some more carpeted racks:

Is that foam attached to the carpet? or is it glued on? if its part f carpet, is that sufficient to keep dings ou of board?

I think someone should start a thread called “Show Me Your Rack” where people post pics of their shaping racks and how they built them. It would be great for first timers to get an idea of what they need.

Bang! Already done!

By none other than our very own and only: Chipfish61, also known as “Ben”. CTA.

Yeah, the foam is part of the carpet, and has been sufficient, to this day, to prevent any dings. (Dings did happen, however, when moving blanks out of the shaping room…)

Scott, I just duct taped the top of the 2x4’s down to the sides of the bucket before I poured the concrete in.

Here are my racks.

General heavy duty and repair racks (w/adjustable height) for vertical and horizontal work.

The inside legs also have this carpeted area to set a nose or tail into so the board will lay in the throat of the other rack on it’s rail at a 45^ angle.

Alternate repair racks for horizontal and diagonal work.

My new shaping and glassing racks.

My shaping racks have hanging short fiber carpet in the throat of the racks so the blanks don’t hit anything solid and the foam over the top keeps the blank from moving around on the racks. The way the foam stops on the inside lets the blank sit on the hanging carpet up under the foam lip to keep the board at a 30^ angle. It works great for dragon screening and grit screening the rails.

The glassing racks have pieces of carpet under the tape to let the sticky side out tape stick better to the board.

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Don’t like buckets, except for easy moving. Unstable usually.

Like wooden cross, like homemade Christmas tree stands.

But like to X’s bolted together with 2x4’s, as you get total of 4 legs spread 5’ apart, one unit, and the rail shaping faces you!

I agree Lee, but the xmas tree stands like on my repair racks have to stick out a ways to be sturdy, and when I shaped on them I kept kicking the leg while running screen down the rails, etc. It probably works better for you, but I was too clumbsy.

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I think someone should start a thread called “Show Me Your Rack” where people post pics of their shaping racks and how they built them. It would be great for first timers to get an idea of what they need.

I think that’s a real good idea. ‘Show Me Your Racks 2’ ?

Howzit ozzy,I think there was just that thread a few months back, check archives.Aloha,Kokua

I should’ve seen that coming. Got me.

I never reall liked carpet. the fibers will eventually find thier way into places that they don’t belong,

Instead I opt for rubber gym mat material. Or also easily availabale int he shape of Home Depot Welcome doormats. the underside is this wonderful spongy foam that grips a board extremely well without leaving any trace of it.

You can buy one of them for lik e$12 and you’ll ahve enough material to cover both racks with a littel left over.

Drew