[Bumpus]

My daughter has requested a wall mounted quilt rack made of walnut. She sent me a picture of the style she wants, just not distressed as in the picture. My question is the notch that is cut out to hold to rod looks like it might break. The quilt they will be using is 6' by 4', the rack will be 7' wide. My fear is that the quilt will have some 'heft' to it placing even more stress on the notch.

My thought is to do away with the notch and just bore a hole in the vertical bracket to place the rod in. Looking for some input.

 

[Bumpus]

I start vacation Wednesday and I'm headed on a 1 1/2 hour, one-way road trip for lumber. Found a guy selling walnut and maple for $2.25 a BF as well as oak for $2.00 a BF.
I like the idea of extending the bracket below the notch to allow for more wood and better support. As for dowels, I'm not sure I even know where to buy a 7' dowel. My thought was to glue 2 pieces of walnut together into approx. 1.5" square by 7' rod. Then router the corners to make it into a hexagonal type shape. I thought it might give more support.
As for scroll work, I have a 16" scroll saw that I haven't used. It was given to me by my father-in-law. This might be a good time to pull it out and give it a try....on scrap wood first!

Thanks for all the replies! Man I love this site!

~Bumpus

 

[Bumpus]

The 7' dowel was referring to what would the quilt :laughing:, sorry for the confusion!