Hello All,
I’m looking for design ideas or plans (or photos) for what I believe is called a drying tree. It’s basically a base with wheels and lots of shelves or shelf brackets to place doors/drawer fronts while staining or drying after finishing and while the cabinets are being assembled. I am now building kitchen cabinets for a living, and have a need to store 25-35 doors and a like number of drawer fronts at any given time. This would save plenty of much needed table space in my shop. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Lee
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Lee,
I have 2 of these that have been in use for about 8 years or so, and they're so simple and useful. I wouldn't change anything if I had to make new ones.
It's simply a solid base, approx 18" square with 4 big swivel castors. Use large wheels if you can so it will roll smoothly when delicately loaded with freshly sprayed items. There are 2 posts firmly attached to the base, that rise to about eye-level. The posts are dadoed to solidly attach wooden brackets at 90°, that are the supports for the painted doors etc. My brackets are about 5/8 thick x 1 1/4 high. There's 3" high of space between each successive bracket. When you need to arrange small pieces, just lay some slats across the brackets. The topmost bracket should be flush with the top of the posts. You can put any extra-wide piece on the top. Also, if your drying room isn't perfectly dust-free, you might want to lay a sheet of scrap ply on the top to keep dust from settling on everything below.
Sorry I don't have a photo handy, but it's really straightforward enough.
DR
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