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Display rack

I’ve made numerous rod racks, for all my rods (plastic and bamboo). Most of these are utilitarian to a T, just to store my rods, and in some cases to have them ready to grab when I go fishing. Some were made to display individual rods at shows, and incorporated different ‘mechanisms’ to protect the rod in the rack from occasional pilfering - like the new rack I showed in the previous post - a 2-rod rack for doing a side-by-side comparison of rods made from Tonkin and Lô ô bamboo; this rack has a split central shelf with holes that prevent removing individual sections from the rack when closed, and can be ‘secured’ by screws that ‘lock’ the central shelf to the uprights - not completely secure, but more than sufficient to prevent occasional pilfering.

However, I now also wanted to make a more elaborate display rack, that would enable me to keep some of my go-to rods ready for grabs in a more accessible, visible location. I came across a picture of a nice wall-mounted rack and decided to make something similar, with 2 shelves, to be attached to a wall independently, with the bottom shelf holding the butt ends of 8 3-piece (or shortish 2-piece) rods and sporting a central shelf extension to hold a small fanny pack or shoulder bag, and a top shelf keeping the rods upright, with a central section with room for a logo, and pegs to hang a net, a vest, and maybe some other stuff… I didn’t make pictures of the build process, as this was very much a trial-and-error prototype thing, but the end result is nice enough to post a photo of…

Update: I’ve now made 3, in different sizes: the original for 8 tods, plus 2 smaller ones for 6 and 4 rods. 




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