Are there any woodworking plans for building pipe racks posted on-line somewhere?

schnorrer

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Mar 8, 2010, 6:26:00 PM3/8/10

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This week I am going to organize my "extra" pipes. I have a terrific
pipe rack I bought from e-bay that holds my 12 best pipes. But over
the past couple of years, I have accumulated another 12 pretty-good
fishing/lawnmowing pipes, and some favorite cobs. Right now, they are
laying about here and there, but I want to promote them to rack
storage as they have proven themselves to be faithful good smokers. I
can figure out on my own how to make a wooden rack that will work, but
I was wondering if there are any good plans posted to help me in my
DIY project? Seems like Popular Mechanics should have posted
something like this years ago.
Thanks in advance!
Paul

Bert Olton

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Mar 8, 2010, 6:36:34 PM3/8/10

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Hello Paul,

Just a quick suggestion - if your pipe rack is as easy to take apart as
mine was, just trace the shapes. I duplicated mine pretty easily.

Bert

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Tim Daneliuk

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Mar 8, 2010, 6:50:48 PM3/8/10

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No plans, but here's a couple I built myself a few years ago:

http://www.tundraware.com/Woodworking/Pipes/PipeRack1/
http://www.tundraware.com/Woodworking/Pipes/PipeRack2/

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NICHE541

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Mar 8, 2010, 7:47:32 PM3/8/10

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I don't know about plans but Tony makes great pipe racks at
http://www.tonyspiperacks.com/
john in the Indian Nations

Scott Voigts

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Mar 8, 2010, 11:32:06 PM3/8/10

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Tim,

How did you make the lower section? Did you make a jig and use a
drill press or something else?

Thanks
Scott

Tim Daneliuk

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Mar 9, 2010, 12:16:52 AM3/9/10

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I assume you mean the depressions for the bowls. I've used two methods.
One is to use a Forstner bit chucked up in a drill press at an angle
to the base plate. The other way is use a large "bullnose" style bit
in a router mounted in a router table - be careful when doing this
since routers can very nicely carve your hand into small bloody
chunks as they spin at 20+ K per second.

ALWAYS wear ear and eye protection, and stand out of the "line of
fire" of the cutting tool.

Bob Ramstad

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Mar 9, 2010, 9:37:49 PM3/9/10

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I haven't built a rack, but I've seen a few simple plans that revolve
around using L shaped wood molding for the bottom rails. If you pick
something big enough, like 1 1/2" or so, the bowl will sit nicely in
the L, and then all you need is a way to prop up the stem, either with
slots on a horizontal member or possibly with holes. You could
probably also do the rack in a profile style this way, if you wanted.
The non slip material that is sold to line drawers can be very useful
for the L molding, it'll keep the pipes from moving without having to
drill or cut the piece.

All hearsay, take it for what it's worth... just stuff I've heard and
been meaning to try.

-- Bob