Friday, May 15, 2015

Fishing Pole Rack from Plywood and a 1x2

Full Fishing Pole Rack
I have 6 good fishing poles, and as I am working in my garage, I don't want them to get damaged.  I finally decided to build a fishing pole rack.  This one is my prototype for use in my garage.  Someday I might make some nicer ones as gifts.

The basic design is three circles.  The bottom of the rod rests against the bottom circle.  The middle circle has holes in it for the rod to lean inside of.  The top has slots for wooden clothespins to hold the top in place securely.

In this case, all three circles are made out of thick plywood.  The bottom two have a couple of rectangular uprights between them to set the spacing.  They are just glued in place.

The post of the center uses glue and pocket joints to hold it in place.  Unfortunately, I got a bit of a split when screwing it in place, but it is still strong enough to work in my shop and I can fix it in the next version.

To hold the clothespins in place I put a small dab of super glue on one end and covered the rest with wood glue.  The superglue will hold it in place in only a few seconds while the wood glue dries.

As an added touch, I had some small plastic casters left over from some big box piece of furniture that we never used, so I drilled holes in the bottom and forced them in.  It rolls nicely and is easy to spin to get access to all the fishing poles.