#KAYAK STORAGE RACK FULL#
#KAYAK STORAGE RACK PLUS#

#KAYAK STORAGE RACK PLUS#

Because I was now using a smaller ¼” bit, I could also reduce the size of the dog-bone fillets, which looks a lot better, plus I could obviously work on other things while these mortises cut.Īfter cutting the mortise, I realized that I had also modeled in a 2” radius on the top corners of this piece, which I was planning to awkwardly cut at the router table, but I realized I could kill two birds with one stone and go ahead and knock that out while I had the piece on the CNC. I zeroed the bit to the upper left corner of the piece, which I used as the reference point for all of the pieces I cut as part of this build, and then I could get to cutting, which went extremely smoothly.

I could then load in one of the long uprights, which was way longer than the capacity of the X-Carve, but I was able to clamp it securely as well as add a roller stand to help support the overhanging end. To do this, I started by screwing down a piece of ½” plywood to my spoil board on the X-Carve and then cut out a rectangular section, leaving me with an L-shaped piece I could use as a reference point for all of my pieces.

It makes cutting multiple parts to the same length so much simpler and I’m kicking myself for putting it off until recently.

#KAYAK STORAGE RACK FULL#

Luckily, I was able to get the full 5 ½” inch width out of all of these boards, which made laying out the joinery later a lot simpler.Īfter ripping the boards to width, I cut them to final length at the miter saw, I’m loving my new stop block system. I actually did this milling over the course of two days, to allow the boards time to acclimate and, after milling the boards to final thickness, I could rip them to width at the table saw. I also sized all of the parts in the plans for this project, which are linked here, to work with 2圆s, in case you want to build one of these racks for yourself. That said, these boards were essentially rough 2圆s, and you could totally skip this milling process if you used standard dimensional lumber 2圆s. This lumber was rough, so next I needed to spend some time milling it down to size at the jointer and planer. I started the build by breaking down the boards into rough lengths at the miter saw, making sure to cut off any checking from the ends of the boards during this process. This kayak rack started out as massive 16 foot long Cypress boards, which I bought from a local lumber dealer.

Kayak storage rack