DIY XPVC Rack - Complete with pics!

[Simple Man]

In the beginning...



Stabilize your pieces!









Use the tubs and shelves to stabilize and determine your drill spots.













Ripley the Patterdale Terrier aka B's Little Helper.











Finished up the side support pieces.







Back support pieces.



Back support pieces finished, notice 4" gap on side pieces to leave room for 4" Flexwatt.





Front shot.



All completed!



After the build I moved it inside and applied Cyanoacrylate (Super Glue) to the joints taking advantage of capillary action! The Cyanoacrylate melts the plastic slights and forms a checmical weld. Once glued the rack can never come apart again BUT it makes the pieces of plastic all bonded together.

This rack holds one 32qt Clear View latching Sterilite or 2 x 15qt Clear View latching Sterilite per shelf. I designed it to use one sheet of 1/2" XPVC. The dimensions are as follows:

8 pieces of 24" x 17"

6 pieces of 48" x 4"

I used 96 x #8 1.25" Metal Screws and 6 small tubes of generic Cyanoacrylate (Super Glue).

Hope this helps everyone! I am considering building these in a DIY kit and fully assembled for a reasonable cost. I wanted to put this up regardless for people comfortable with DIY work. I'm all about helping out the community I also have the parts to build a 50 x 6qt hatchling XPVC rack so keep watch for another DIY XPVC build coming soon!

Regards,

B