C&R Storage Rack

[Jonzie]

The Danish Oil gives it a nice finish

[mrandig]

The Danish Oil gives it a nice finish

I'm going to give the Danish Oil 5 out of 5 stars. It looks great and goes on pretty easy. It gives the wood a light sheen, but not too much. Doesn't really darken the wood like straight BLO does.

I ended up doing 4 coats total. The first two are pretty quick, the last two needed some time in between.

[mrandig]

I ended up spending more time than I had planned getting ready for this next post, mainly because any glue lines become really obvious under the Danish Oil finish. Not only obvious, but exaggerated. That means there was more scraping, sanding, etc. needed.

Now that's all completed, it's time to take care of the final details, finishing out the top and bottom shelves. We're almost ready to call this project done.

[mrandig]

The first thing I'm going to finish is the top shelf.

Here I'm going to use the "loop" side of some hook-and-loop tape I purchased from Hobby Lobby. I'm using the loop side because its soft and will protect my guns. It's self adhesive, so it's really just a peel-and-stick exercise, then cut with scissors to length. Medical scissors work really well for almost everything. As a bonus, it's 15/16" wide, so it's a perfect fit.

As luck would have it, I almost have enough, but not quite. Good enough for some pictures. I'll get more tomorrow to finish up.

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[mrandig]

For the bottom shelf, I'm going to use felt, also from Hobby Lobby. I have some 3M spray adhesive that I'll use to attach it.

I'll need to frame the bottom so each gun has it's own space, so I'll use some of the left over wood I have. The rear strip will be 1-/14" wide and 34" long, and cross strips will be 1-1/4" x 9". I'll use my pin nailer to tack these in place.

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Of course, not only am I out of the hook-and-loop tape, but I'm also out of felt. I'll check back in tomorrow once I get back from Hobby Lobby. These were all leftovers from another project, so I should've checked my stock. No worries.

[mrandig]

I ended up doing 4 coats total. The first two are pretty quick, the last two needed some time in between.

Correction. Make that a total of 5 coats of Danish Oil now and counting. Since I couldn't finish the project last night as planned, why not apply more oil?

My only concern at the moment is that it's gotten so cold, I hope I don't have drying issues. We'll see later today.

More oil = deeper, richer finish

[mrandig]

When I was a young man, all the girls would wait in line for a chance to get Duran Duran concert tickets. This morning was like that, except it was me, with a bunch of much, much older women, anxiously waiting to get into Hobby Lobby for craft supplies.

Anyways, the top shelf is completed. As an added bonus, the velcro strips were on sale for 50% off, so I also got some to hoard away for the next time.

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[mrandig]

Time to wrap up the bottom shelf. I'm going to cut my long inside piece on the chop saw, and the smaller cross pieces on the table saw. I have a sled that I use for small parts, with an adjustable stop. The stop makes sure everything is the exact same size each cut.

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With all the wood pieces cut, I'm going to first put down some felt. I'll use 3M adhesive to keep the felt in place, and then frame the wood on top. First the left piece of felt goes in, then the right piece, and finally the center piece. This way everything goes in even. There's some overlap, but no cutting if 9 x 12 sheets are used. The empty space in the rear will be covered by a wood strip.

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[mrandig]

Next comes the frame. I've already cut all the pieces to length, and also a few spacers. I put some red marker on the spacers so I remember not to nail them to the bottom.

I'll secure the frame with some 1-1/2" pin nails. Nail guns are a blast, and this step goes very fast. I was actually having such a good time, I think I may have actually used too many.

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Once that's all done, time for one last coat of Danish Oil. If you're keeping score, this makes coat number 6.

[mrandig]

Project complete!!!!

Next time, I'll get back on the subject of actual C&Rs, rather than gun storage. These posts keep me from sitting at the computer following the news and social media, which at present is a good thing.

Hope somebody got something useful from all these posts. If not, I got a new gun rack, so it's all good. I actually purchased enough wood to build one more rack (which I was also building at the same time), but I won't post that here. One is enough.

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