How to Build a Water Ski Rack
After a fun day of using your water skis, you'll need to find a proper place to store your water skis until your ready to use them again. You have two options when it comes to storing your equipment, you can either purchase a rack or build one on your own.
Items Needed:
- 2 studs, 2 by 4 - inches, 6 - feet long
- Saw
- Measuring tape
- Pencil
- 3/4-inch dowel, 6 - feet long
- Drywall screws
- 2 pieces of foam pipe insulation, 4 - feet long
- Heavy duty shears
- Latex caulk
- Caulk gun
- Drill
- 3/4- inch drill bit
- Bevel gauge
- Fine sandpaper
- Level
- Cut the two pieces of studs in half using your saw. These two pieces will be able to accommodate two sets of water skis. You can add additional studs to accommodate the number of skis you need to store.
- Using a ruler, measure how much space you need within the rack to house the water skis. Use a pencil to mark the stud with spacing marks. Ensure that you leave enough space between each of the crossbars to make your water skis easily accessible.
- Make 1.25-inch holes inside the stud according to the marks you made in the previous steps to house the dowels. Begin this step around 6 inches from the end of the stud and ensure that they are at least 15-inches apart. You can use the bevel gauge to help you drill at an angle.
- Using a saw, cut each of the dowels into 6 -inch compartments. Use sand paper to smooth the edges.
- Connect the 6-inch dowels inside each of the stud holes leaving the smoothed edge facing out. Apply a small drop of caulk on the base of the dowel and put pipe insulation on top of it. The pipe insulation will serve as a cushioning to protect your water skis.
- Determine where on your wall you plan to install the water ski rack and begin mounting your studs. Ensure that you mount each stud so that it is parallel to the previous stud.
- Screw each stud into the wall ensuring that you leave adequate space so that the dowel will not interfere with the bindings. Use a level to assist you with completing this step.