We have 4 cats, and there's no level-to-nearly-so surface in this house that they won't curl up on top of for a nap (or perch on while "hunting" prey). And a few nose-to-tail-tip stretches in the mix. Which means that it's hard to find a place safe for pipes to be shelved, including up on the top of any of the taller bookcases. They regularly take advantage of my wife's pile-building tendency to knock breakables to the floor.
The "nearly-level surfaces" include both our shoulders, and for one cat, on top of my wife's head. So he got named "Topper."
@AnantaAndroscoggin Sounds as if you need glass/plexiglass door covering 2 or 3 shelves of your choice. Or you can possibly convert an old used medicine cabinet like I did. That would render the cats a nonissue... Personally no problem here... no cats...
@KA9FFJ They look awesome. I really like the fact that you notched them rather than cut a hole where the stems go. I have several pipe racks that have the hole opening on the top and due to the length of the pipe it won't fit into the rack unless I remove the stem from the body of the pipe - slip the stem into the hole then re-attach the stem to the pipe. I hate it! I found a nice twenty-five pipe rack a while back at a resale shop that had the holes for the stems. As soon as I got the rack at home I notched out the first and last space on the ends (on both sides - it was a two sided rack), giving me at least 12 places to store pipes that wouldn't easily fit through the holes.
Just thought I'd give you a look at my pipe storage set up. I have approximately 40 more pipes stored in a box ready for the St. Louis pipe show, if it happens, in February... I know I enjoy seeing other people's set ups, so here's mine...
It’s not my dream 366 day Dunhill like chest but my Castello collection has gone from pipe boxes on a bookshelf to this Thomas Cristiano 200 count pipe chest that I got from a buddy who is downsizing. I have pictures of each drawer on my daveinlax Instagram page if you’re interested.
Thank you gentlemen, it’s a work in progress and serves dual purposes right now when I can I plan on changing into some things up and it will be just for pipes and tobacco. Right now it is storage also, lol!
I’ve been meaning to post a few pictures of my pipe cabinet and a few of it’s dimensions for whomever is interested. The pipe holes are 2” between centers, all of my pipes fit without touching each other, and I have a few large diameter pipes. The stem rest holes are 7/8” diameter that I cut one edge off to make a “C” shape. The bowl divots are 1 3/8” diameter and about 1/4” deep. There are pool table felt liners in the bottom of each hole. The inside cabinet depth is ~4”. The space between bowl shelves is 7 1/2” and hold all but churchwarden length pipes. The bottom of the stem rests are 3 1/2” above the top of the bowl rests (between). The stem rests and bowl rests are 1/2 boards, the stem rest boards are 1 1/4” front to back and the bowl rest boards are 3 1/2” front to back. With the narrow ~4” inside cabinet dimension, heavily bent pipes stick out too far and interfere with closing the door if placed in the stem rest normally. I found some rubber fishing rod holder clips at Cabela’s that I was going to screw into the front of a stem rest board for those bent pipes. Much to my surprise, happiness, and totally by accident (I made the cabinet before finding the clips) the rubber clips actually clip into the “ears” on the stem rest holes and hold the heavily bent pipes tipped slightly forward, enough to clear the door and all without screws so they are easily moved where desired when needed👍🏻
The top piece was a scrap and just long enough to accommodate 5 pipes. Decided to angle everything 30° (including the stem rests) and see what happens. Here's the rough...
@RockyMountainBriar I don't THINK so. I loaded it up with pipes and it seemed to be ok. I guess most of the weight is in the stummels. It is an experiment though, so I will be monitoring as I progress. I do think the next one I make will have a larger (deeper) base...
Well, here's the final for this experiment. Didn't turn out too badly IMHO. It functions fine, but I think the next one of similar design will have a deeper base...
Well I had some 3" wide (standing on end to the right of the pic), so I cut 2 pieces, glued them together, sanded and shaped it. The rest speaks for itself...
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Or you can possibly convert an old used medicine cabinet like I did. That would render the cats a nonissue...
Personally no problem here... no cats...
Here's the preliminary stage...
Super cool! Thanks for sharing.
The pipe holes are 2” between centers, all of my pipes fit without touching each other, and I have a few large diameter pipes. The stem rest holes are 7/8” diameter that I cut one edge off to make a “C” shape. The bowl divots are 1 3/8” diameter and about 1/4” deep. There are pool table felt liners in the bottom of each hole. The inside cabinet depth is ~4”. The space between bowl shelves is 7 1/2” and hold all but churchwarden length pipes. The bottom of the stem rests are 3 1/2” above the top of the bowl rests (between). The stem rests and bowl rests are 1/2 boards, the stem rest boards are 1 1/4” front to back and the bowl rest boards are 3 1/2” front to back. With the narrow ~4” inside cabinet dimension, heavily bent pipes stick out too far and interfere with closing the door if placed in the stem rest normally. I found some rubber fishing rod holder clips at Cabela’s that I was going to screw into the front of a stem rest board for those bent pipes. Much to my surprise, happiness, and totally by accident (I made the cabinet before finding the clips) the rubber clips actually clip into the “ears” on the stem rest holes and hold the heavily bent pipes tipped slightly forward, enough to clear the door and all without screws so they are easily moved where desired when needed👍🏻
Awesome set up. Thank you for the tour!
Decided to angle everything 30° (including the stem rests) and see what happens.
Here's the rough...
I like that "angled back" look. Do you think it will need a counterweight on the front edge?
I don't THINK so. I loaded it up with pipes and it seemed to be ok. I guess most of the weight is in the stummels.
It is an experiment though, so I will be monitoring as I progress.
I do think the next one I make will have a larger (deeper) base...
It functions fine, but I think the next one of similar design will have a deeper base...
Very nice.....as always
The rest speaks for itself...
You are pulling off a near creatio ex nihilo.
Is that Poplar wood?
Yep...