New screen rack

[Nick Bane]

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[TCT]

Looks nice! What did you use for the "rails"?

[Nick Bane]

Thanks! The frame is 2x4 redwood i think and the rails just standard home depot 1x2 furring strips.  had to dig for a few minutes and break into a fresh still strapped bundle to get straight ones but wasnt too big of a deal.  stole the casters off a cheap harbor freight moving dolly since the dolly was cheaper than buying just the casters haha. It gets the job done.

[Gilligan]

How is this guy holding up?

I need another screen rack and not about to pay what they want for the aluminum ones you can buy.

[mimosatexas]

Did you coat the strips in anything?  I have popped a screen on those wood 1x2's before, even after sanding them down.  Some little splinter caught the mesh :/

I picked up two used 20 slot aluminum racks on craigslist just last week, $50 for the pair.  Cut each in half and about 10 minutes to screw in a few 2x4s on the top and bottom to widen them.  Working great in my new screen room!

I'm not sure what your budget is, but if you're handy enough to cut the racks in half, you can find brand new 20 slot aluminum racks from restaurant supply companies for $119 shipped if you cant find them used.

[Gilligan]

I'm THAT cheap.

I need to find them used... I just don't ever take them time to look... I really need to utilize that "let me find that for you" site or whatever it was.  I tried craigwatch, that just sucked balls.

As far as coating strips... polyken would fix that up real quick.

[sqslabs]

I picked up two used 20 slot aluminum racks on craigslist just last week, $50 for the pair.  Cut each in half and about 10 minutes to screw in a few 2x4s on the top and bottom to widen them.  Working great in my new screen room!

Now that is a great idea.  You just saved me some dinero, many thanks sir.  Pics?

[TCT]

How is this guy holding up?

I need another screen rack and not about to pay what they want for the aluminum ones you can buy.

Dude, I have had wood "rails" made out of 2x2's for YEARS I have never poped a screen on them due to a splinter ect. Think someone on here mentioned using like 2" PVC pipe that also sounds like a good idea.

[screenxpress]

I picked up two used 20 slot aluminum racks on craigslist just last week, $50 for the pair.  Cut each in half and about 10 minutes to screw in a few 2x4s on the top and bottom to widen them.  Working great in my new screen room!

Now that is a great idea.  You just saved me some dinero, many thanks sir.  Pics?

I picked up a couple of aluminum baker racks which came with aluminum bars for width that were too narrow.  I just got a couple sticks of boxed aluminum and set the width for newmans.  I paid a little more since mine were not used, but still a good price.

[tonypep]

How is this guy holding up?

I need another screen rack and not about to pay what they want for the aluminum ones you can buy.

Dude, I have had wood "rails" made out of 2x2's for YEARS I have never poped a screen on them due to a splinter ect. Think someone on here mentioned using like 2" PVC pipe that also sounds like a good idea.

That was me. Just grind/sand the ends though

[Admiral]

Cut the edge of the wood at an angle before screwing them in place and with that angle you are almost screen safe.  Add a smooth strip of plastic over top of that and now it is almost impossible to bust a screen from the rack.

Screen holders like this       \           /          but not as steep.

[Terrapin Tees]

i built my drying cabinet similar, and for the rails, home depot sells 2 foot straight lengths of black abs (i believe) for doing sprinklers, and such. they're about 1" diameter, maybe a little bigger. perfect.

[mooseman]

If you look close you can see we used 1/2 " wood dowels in this frig conversion and  1/2" pvc pipe on the dryer cabinet.
mooseman

[mooseman]

This hit me right after  I posted, you can make a real cheap and dirty screen rack out of simple PVC pipe. A bit of a "moosegoldberg" arrangement but it can work estimated cost under $40.00.
Hope you can read the moose scratching

[Gilligan]

Did you slip in the bathroom and hit your head on the toilet when this came to you?