Knockdown Drying Rack
A drying solution that preserves crucial floor space.
The drawing shows my solution to the problem of stacking freshly painted trim without taking up all the floor space in my shop. It’s a drying rack composed of individual standards that can be stacked atop one another to provide varying amounts of rack space. With the components illustrated here, you end up with a 2-in. space between the crossbars of each standard.
I’ve stacked as much as 750 lin. ft. of base and casing on this setup by going 15 standards high (be sure to add cross bracing as the stacks get taller). Just start at the bottom, fill with trim, and then add another pair of standards—no messing with sliding wet trim in and out. By cantilevering the work beyond the standards, one set can accommodate 16-ft. material with no problem.
—Harry Bishop, Middletown, MO
Edited and illustrated by Charles Miller
From Fine Homebuilding #182
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I don't understand the drawing.
It would be nice to see a drawing of the blocks that are used between the pieces of trim.
Define standards. Also the drawing needs more detail to easily understand it.
This doesn't make since. How do you attach the trim to the uprights? How do you add to the standards? The whole thing wil be top heavy and fall over.
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I agree with all those who are confused!
I'm sorry, what do you mean when you say "standards". It's a very broad term with many possible meanings.
Obviously left out a couple of sketches here - doesn't make sense
Looks like a Roy Doty Wordless Workshop image, except it leaves out critical details and every other bit of useful information one would expect.
How did something like this, with so few details, make it past any kind of editor?
Ditto