Saturday, June 19, 2021

DIY plywood bicycle rack

 























Tools and materials:

Chisel set

Gouge

Forstner bit set

Corner clamps

Belt sander

Bandsaw

Router

Router bits

Centre drill countersink bit

Table saw

Cordless drill

Cordless Impact Driver

Air compressor, nail and staple gun kit

Lathe

Wood turning tools set


In this video I make a bicycle rack out of 15 plywood. This way I can hang my bicycle on the wall and out of the way. 


I begun by making a few cuts on the table saw. Then I glued and nailed a few pieces together, so I can work with thicker stock. 


I made the tenons on the table saw and I cleaned them up with a sharp chisel. 


To make the mortises I issued a forstner bit to remove most of the material. Then I used a gouge to remove some more material. And finally I used a chisel to easily clean things up. You could just use the chisel but the gouge makes things muck easier. 


I cut the pieces on the bandsaw and then I sanded them. I also used a round over bit on my router to ease up all the edges. 


Finally I glued and screwed the pieces together. 


I glued three plywood pieces to make a dowel on the lathe. You can just use a ready made dowel. 


I used a guide block to glue and screw the dowel in place. The dowel acts as support but you can also use it to hang your helmet or other cycling accessories. 


Finally I finished the piece with few coats of water based varnish. 


I then hang it on the wall with four wall plugs.


And it works really nicely. But that was it, see you soon with a new project video.




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