well fellas,i like the case rack idea .heres a little input on design. instead of plywood with a vaneer and edge strip(which with time might peel and lift,how about 1 in. planks edge planed and glued together using biscuits? sanded smooth and a couple coats of stain and if you match the grain itāll look like one piece of wood.i did that when i built my kitchen cabinets.
Instrument Case Rack
Good thoughts mark. Thatās exactly why I havenāt used edge bandingā¦ I glue up boards to make bigger pieces (used to anyway, I havenāt made furniture in years). I might be wrong, but I assumed that cost was a factor in Larryās proposed project. If cost is a major player, plywood is tough to beat.
Larry, you may have created a monster. My wife has been after me to organize my office/music room/place of residence about 60 hours a week. I am thinking I might make something built inā¦ the wheels are turning.
My original idea was to edge glue the leftover red oak planks I already have, but when i took inventory, I realized I didnāt have enough lumber to complete the project, and started considering plywood. In additon to being less expensive, plywood seems a lot easier. I donāt have a biscuit joiner and Iād be hand planing, so it would take a bit of effort for me to edge join planks.
Although youād probably prefer to go āau naturalā Larry, you could always use plywood, whack some filler on the edge grain, sand and paint it!
Then you could also customise with little cartoons of your picker mates on the ends, just like the Christmas card :mrgreen:
And by the way:
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Iām getting nothing done right now, though, what with the distraction of the holidays. I havenāt even got around to restringing my dobro.
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Dobro restring, dobro solo,** much higher priority Larry**!!
doh! 
man larry sometimes i forget not everyones a toolaholic like me.my wife says i have more tools than sears!the last time i bought a new tool box she bought a new car and said we paid the same. 
btw,still got the box cars gone].
I probably have more tools than I deserve, given how little I actually use them, but there always seems to be one more that I need!
Did you guys build any case racks?
Iām getting to where need one. I havenāt priced one yet, but they donāt look cheap.
Itās still on my to-do list, but I havenāt found any time. I am probably going to have some cabinets made that can house instrument cases. I am thinking I will also have a couple removable shelves made in case it needs to find another use in the future. I havenāt priced it yet, but I suspect the local cabinet guys can do it about as cheap as I can get materials.
Not a bad idea. Saw someone on another forum ( UMGF I believe) that had a cabinet built for cases. Probably put 20 cases in that thing. It would also be nice to have the option to lock it. I just wish I had more woodworking tools to make something nice to my specs.
The other thing that made me think the cabinet would be good is that I could humidify the cabinets in the winter. I keep the house humidified, but when it gets real dry out, I have to go to case humidifiers to supplement.
It doesnāt take much tools to make enjoyable stuff. I made some of my favorite pieces with the crudest tools. I made my bike rack with just a few tools in the kitchen of our little apartment when I first got married. It makes it all the more special to me. Now I have a decent amount of tools and they just sit there 
I never got around to making a rack, either.
I intended to make the rack for my local jam, but I was advised that it would probably disappear from the pickinā shed between jams. A lot of people use the park and I guess we arenāt the only one with a key to the shed.
I came across this nice guitar rack today in a different forum and it made me remember the BanjoBen forum thread:
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Iād love to do some woodworking, but life keeps getting in the way. Itās just not going to happen in the foreseeable future. I think I am going to have a local cabinet shop make something like this (not trying to be as fancy):
accessnsight.com/vintage.html
and Iāll get hardware like this:
stringswing.com/product/cc2 ā¦ ase-hanger
And put it all together and be able to keep 3-5 guitars easily accessible and control the humidity. I was originally wanting to do a case rack, but I think Iād rather do something to hold the guitars ready and then put the cases away in storage.
That Access n Sight cabinet is pretty fancy. Would be a great display for vintage guitars, but itās not too economical space-wise.
My thoughts changed over timeā¦ I was originally going to make a case cabinet for my office. My thought was it would be good storage and handy for supplemental humidity when I have to typically start adding in the case humidification as well. The problem with that is that I have to take the time to get the guitar out and put it away (I like being able to play for a minute or two if the mood hits me). The reality of it is that I typically have several instruments out of their cases (hanging on the walls), but I canāt do that when it gets real dry. The access N sight version would allow easy access and I could also humidify the whole thing. Iād like to build it, but thatās not likely to happen soon, so Iāll call a local cabinet shop. The glass is pretty, but itās not my main motivation to have it for display. If the glass doors are problematic, Iāll just have him do the whole thing in wood. If he can do the glass, then all the better. If thatās the case, Iāll probably put some lights in it. While I have electric going to it, I may as well run an outlet for the tonerite (or whatever else I might want plugged in there).
Is that the story you told your wife to justify your purchase?
Iām like you, though, I like to have a guitar sitting out with easy access. Fortunately, humidity isnāt much of a problem for me.
I took down an old entertainment center and had it all in the back of my truck to take to the dump when I thought I would try to make a case rack out of it. I had just a pile of parts to work with and had to figure out a way to cut it all to size while trying to leave the finished edges where I could.
I didnāt have a piece wide enough for the bottom, so I had to make it in two sections. The trim on the bottom use to be at the top of the entertainment center.
Iām not that happy with the seams in the trim along the top but thatās all I had to work with. Itās not too bad, the camera flash makes it look worse.
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I need to figure out a way to attach the to bottom pieces together. Iām thinking just a flat plate that I could screw on both sides. The bottom will be covered with something eventually. Iāll probably put some padding in the bottom to protect the cases too.
I think it may need some case dividers. I left some room above the cases for a shelf and was going to run some dividers off the bottom of the self but I think with the height differences of the cases, that wouldnāt look right.
Itās far from perfect and I may add some things here and there to make it better. It definately gives me some ideas how I could build one in the future with some good wood and stain it all. If I built the top out to match the bottom, I could easily glass the front and part of the sides. The possibilities are endless! Anyway, you canāt beat the price of this one, $0.
Iāve been having a lot of computer problems lately (lucky to be on here now) and couldnāt resize the pics so some of them got cut off due to the size.
Here are the dimensions of the rack:
4ā 8" high (56 inches)
3ā 3" wide (39 inches)
1ā 4" deep at the top (16 inches)
2ā deep at the bottom (24 inches)
Excellent. Great thinking Shawn. I drew up some rough plans and sent them to a local cabinet shop and I never heard back from them 
This thread reminded me that maybe I need to check in with them.