TMNT
7th March 2012, 03:26 PM
Hi from Sydney
Chris here, totally new to doing things myself and trying to build things except for a bit of wood work in year 9 oh about 13 years ago.
I really enjoyed it back then but did not keep up with it due to other interests taking over.
Basically I have now the need to have something custom built. For me it is a somewhat daunting task. For you guys I assume it would be an easy task.
I have made my designs using google sketchup which I found really handy and took my back to using autocad (although this was a dumbed down).
So I guess I should state what I am making.
It is a clothes rack. Similar to this http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Articles/clothes_rack/clothes_rack_files/clothes_rack4web.jpg (http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Articles/clothes_rack/clothes_rack_files/clothes_rack4web.jpg)
However mine is customised to have 2 cross poles. a bottom support and a top support and a shelf then built on top of that.
My question now comes to the fact that as this thing will be 2200mm tall and supporting 2 rods of clothes. 1800mm wide and I'm tossing up a 700mm base or wider, I am wondering what type of wood to use? Pine, well its the cheapest option that I know of but I want strength. Would pine be enough? For the uprights what dimension should I choose. I modelled the design of 70mmx70mm but i figured this woudl be a bit of overkill. would 90x42 suffice.
The rack is not designed to be portable so I am looking at a solid unit and weight isn't an issue.
heaviest clothes would be on the bottom and lightest (business shirts) on top.
Ideally i would like a darker wood as all my furniture is dark, but i understand that I can stain or paint the wood to make it darker.
Thankyou for your help and appreciate any responses
Cheers Chris
Chris here, totally new to doing things myself and trying to build things except for a bit of wood work in year 9 oh about 13 years ago.
I really enjoyed it back then but did not keep up with it due to other interests taking over.
Basically I have now the need to have something custom built. For me it is a somewhat daunting task. For you guys I assume it would be an easy task.
I have made my designs using google sketchup which I found really handy and took my back to using autocad (although this was a dumbed down).
So I guess I should state what I am making.
It is a clothes rack. Similar to this http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Articles/clothes_rack/clothes_rack_files/clothes_rack4web.jpg (http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Articles/clothes_rack/clothes_rack_files/clothes_rack4web.jpg)
However mine is customised to have 2 cross poles. a bottom support and a top support and a shelf then built on top of that.
My question now comes to the fact that as this thing will be 2200mm tall and supporting 2 rods of clothes. 1800mm wide and I'm tossing up a 700mm base or wider, I am wondering what type of wood to use? Pine, well its the cheapest option that I know of but I want strength. Would pine be enough? For the uprights what dimension should I choose. I modelled the design of 70mmx70mm but i figured this woudl be a bit of overkill. would 90x42 suffice.
The rack is not designed to be portable so I am looking at a solid unit and weight isn't an issue.
heaviest clothes would be on the bottom and lightest (business shirts) on top.
Ideally i would like a darker wood as all my furniture is dark, but i understand that I can stain or paint the wood to make it darker.
Thankyou for your help and appreciate any responses
Cheers Chris