I love mine. Simple installation, simple use.
Would you be willing to measure the width of the top triangle for me?
thanks
I love mine. Simple installation, simple use.
Would you be willing to measure the width of the top triangle for me?
thanks
And it doubles as a gun rackA couple of spare 5/4x 6 deck boards and a couple of 2x4s laying around became this.
Organizing skis can be a PITA so @Andy Mink and I bounced some ideas off of each other while walking the aisles of Home Depot and came with a wall rack that will hold 14 pair of skis organized and safely...all for about $20.00
1 2x3
1 1x3 (cut in 3" lengths)
5 3/8x5" lag bolts
28 Deck Screws
WoodGlowGlue
Belt Sander
The part that takes the longest was shaping the 3" 1x3's to be shaped like a ski boot toe lug.
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The skis hang safely away from the wall and no risk of falling over. It is also handy for when I am tuning the skis.
Now to finish off the rest of the walls so I can put more skis up.
I've been hanging my skis from the ceiling since the late 70's. The pair goes side-by-side with the binders facing down.
The theory being that the weight of the binders will help maintain the ski's camber, especially during long-term storage. Gravity does the work.
The benefit of saving wall space goes without saying.
Four bike hooks, two galvanized pipes and foam pipe insulation is all that's needed. Assembly time is about 15 minutes including the argument as to who's side of the garage the skis will hang over.
The only downside is that over the summer months, dirt accumulates on the ski bases, but I throw so much storage wax on my quiver that it goes on the floor after scraping anyway.
I've never had a rack rip outta the ceiling and one if them has 10 pair hanging from it.
I simply slide the tips up over one rod/pipe then use an old broom between the brake treadle and the heel piece to slide the tails up and over the other side. To be honest, my daughter did slip and dropped the tail of her ski on her head, but being the horrible parent that I am, I handed her a bag of ice and said, "You won't be making that mistake again!", which has also worked well so far...I thought about doing this in my garage but my ceilings are 10' high and I didn't want to get the ladder down everytime I wanted to acess my skis... I am going to build one of these for my scrap lumber however.
I just built one of these in about 30 minutes this morning. works great!!
I had an idea to use a French Cleat
As a trial, I made this...
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I would have the wall peice run the full length. then the ski part could be put anywhere as needed. A pole holder could be added..a bag holder. Hmmm. I could be on to something