New paint rack

I have been working on a re-design of my painting station, trying to put most of the various pieces up on the wall (using designs by Multiboard). As part of this, I realized that my existing paint racks where rather over-sized. They worked well to store paints, but the angle and size meant that there was a lot of wasted space underneath and behind. The overall size is also obsolete given my current primary laser cutter, since they were cut using the diode laser. Still possible to re-create, but a lot more effort (and messier).

As a result, I re-designed the layout to improve the design. The rack is now flatter, at a 15-degree angle instead of 45 degrees. This allows the paint to sit more upright, making them easier to see, but also using far less space against the wall. I also reduced the footprint to approximately 11 inches square, so that I could cut both the top and bottom in a single pass on the laser. This speeds up the process quite a bit, while still leaving the assembly pretty simple.

I am posting the new design on Etsy and will post it here as well shortly with the Quartermaster. As is typical, members can download the digital plans for free (using the membership code). Since I can easily produce these on the layer, I am also offering a physical option, for those who just want the end product. For shipping, assembly will be needed by the customer, I can’t ship them easily pre-assembled.

Although I am only using the Citadel pot-sized design, I also added a top layer for dropper bottle style paints (Army Painter, etc). In my case, those are on the wall in a Multiboard design, so I only needed room for contrast and miscellaneous other Citadel paints I have.

The Citadel design holds 48 bottles, the Dropper Bottle design holds 88 bottles. The design is sized and cut from 5mm Maple MDF (available from Menards).

https://h13hobbies.etsy.com/listing/1895751639/laser-cut-hobby-paint-storage-tray

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