An oldie but a goodie...
Do you ever come back from fishing, and have to wash your rods+reels against the wall, scratching and messing it all up?
Even if you wash them holding one by one, how/where do you dry them? Against the wall?
Are you gonna store your wet rods and ruin your fabulously varnished pine rod rack you got as a especial b-day present from the missus?
If your have any of the above hassles everytime you go out then this might help you... Here's a small, quick and cheap DIY project.
What you need:
* 50 mm PVC pipe (left overs from the last renovation will do just fine - total length depends on the number of rods you use);
* Small can of PVC cement
*4 x PVC 50 mm 90 degree elbows
* 8 x PVC 50 mm Ts (depends on the number of rods you have)
* Hacksaw
* Drill and 6 mm drill bit
* Rivetts and rivetting tool
As stated above you can build the rack to match the number of rods you regularly use. In this example I will use 8 rods. 40 mm pipes will also do.
Getting it all ready:
Step 1: Cut the PVC pipe in 4 sections of 15 cm;
Step 2: Cut the PVC pipe in 16 sections of 20 cm;
Step 3. Drill a 6 mm hole on one side of each of the PVC sections cut above
Getting it all together:
Step 4: Join a 15 cm PVC section into one elbow and one T. Always make sure that the hole you drilled on each PVC section faces down - this will ensure proper drainage of your rack;
Step 5: Use another 15 cm PVC section and connect it to the other side of the T;
Step 6: Grab another elbow and connect it to the free end of the 15 cm PVC pipe. You should now have: elbow - 15 cm PVC - T - 15 cm PVC - elbow;
Step 7: repeat steps 4-7;
Step 8: Grab a 20 cm PVC section and connect it to one T and then another 20 cm PVC section and so on until you end up with four 20 cm PVC sections and three T connected in a row;
Step 9: repeat step 8;
Step 10: connect all four pieces together. You should end up with a rectangle.
Step 11: find the 8 remaining pieces of the 20 cm PVC sections and connect them to each of the T openings facing up.
Step 12: if you are happy with the result just cement it all and you can wash, dry and store your rods in less than an hour later!
If you use medium to heavy tackle (50-80-130 lbs) you may want to rivet all connecting parts in addition to glue it with PVC cement... I did it on my rack and it really holds it tight and solid.
