Howdy All....
I'm planning on making a minor modification to a cedar closet in my
house. It's a deep (two rod) closet in the master bed room. I want to
add a gun rack to the back at floor level. I keep my guns in this
closet anyway, but instead of leaning them in the corners I
thought...Why not put them into a rack across the back. The butt plate
on the floor and a barrel rack at the appropriate height, a locking bar
and it's done.... Easy as pie........ ;-) hahahahahaha. Yeah right.
What I'm looking for is if someone has a pattern for the barrel rest.
The butt rest is basically an angled oval, I'm planning on making a jig
out of ply for that part to router it out.
Any suggestions are appreciated...Thanks.
Thanks for the ideas. The spade bit/jig saw worked great. After I had
the slots drilled and cut I ran a 1/4" roundover bit along the leading
edge of the rack.
The rack is in and the guns are on it. I decided to angle them to make
a little tighter profile. In a space of 44" I can put 10 guns,
shotguns or rifles with or without scopes, in withouth any problem. I
also decided to make one slot big enough for a double barrel as well.
Thanks again for the help.
Actually, that's what I did, using a spade bit and a saber (sabre?) saw. A
wood rasp & some sandpaper finished the job. I'd probably have spent a
little more time of the surface prep had it been out where I could see it
every day, but in the back of the closet...it's just fine. By the way,
Angling the slots isn't necessary unless you have a front-to-back (depth)
constraint...
BruceT
"professorpaul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> How about boring holes a diameter slightly larger than the barrels,
> then cutting the board through the diameter, leaving a series of
> "notches" for the barrels. Do the butt end with a router and a template
> of some sort.
>