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hi folks

i have just taken delivery of the first 30 2" mortar tubes
are there any designs floating around for wooden racks
i have had a look on the skylighter page buy could not find anything usefull

thanks in advance

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Um... Andi.. "Designs" for what?

If you have mortar tubes, what is it you're asking about?

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Lloyd wrote:Um... Andi.. "Designs" for what?

If you have mortar tubes, what is it you're asking about?

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Hi Lloyd

I have 30 out of the 100 I have ordered
I need to rack them up in 5s and 10s carpentry
Is not something I am good at my dad has said he will make them
If I pay him for the materials [thats the easy bit ] and give him a set of
Plans on how to construct them
I have never used wooden racks all the ones I normally use are purpose made
From steal and take 4" tubes far too expensive for 2" tubes so wooden will be the way to go
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Ok... first rule -- don't jam the tubes together.

On BARGE shots (which isn't the norm), the required spacing now (by Coast Guard rules) is one FULL mortar i.d. spacing between tubes. However, for ground shows, there is no spacing requirement.

But in spite of that, there's a benefit to spacing them apart some. We use nominal 1" lumber (firring strips) to space the guns that 7/8" apart. It helps some to prevent commuting a gun explosion from one to the next, if a shell should 'nuke' in the gun.

A simple frame that captures the tops and the bottoms of the guns is enough. I can probably find a picture of one, but it's a simple affair.

It's a 2" (nominal) bottom plate with 7/8" spacer strips between guns, 1" (nominal) full-width verticals on both ends, and two 1" (nominal) straps along the sides at the top, to 'capture' the guns (again, with 7/8" spacers between, to keep them all straight).

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I don't have a photo of one on my system, so I did a one-line Google search from Mozilla: "photo of a 4" fireworks wooden mortar rack"

That's all I entered, and I did ONLY the one search. Below are listed just a few of what came back. There were dozens of photos of fireworks racks!
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Here's a single, straight-up rack: Image

Here's why you space the tubes apart! -- Image

And here's how angle-fires are done: Image and Image

And finally, a drawing, just for fun: (looks to be for 2" pipes) Image

Will that do?

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thats what i have been looking for
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Oh, you're welcome... but I don't quite understand why that information is so readily available to me and hidden from view for you.

I did only the one search, just moments before I replied with the photos. It took all of three seconds. And since it was using the Google search line, it would have displayed the same stuff no matter which browser I used.

Where have you been 'looking', Andi?

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@lloyd
i foun theses plans what do you think

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Lloyd wrote:Oh, you're welcome... but I don't quite understand why that information is so readily available to me and hidden from view for you.

I did only the one search, just moments before I replied with the photos. It took all of three seconds. And since it was using the Google search line, it would have displayed the same stuff no matter which browser I used.

Where have you been 'looking', Andi?

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my father is a carpenter/joiner he can build most things but if i say to him can you build me a mortar rack he has no idea what i am on about that was why i was after some more detialed plans
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I think Andi might have been wondering what the "safest" setup would be and you've helped him hugely! If you do a search you're right a million hits come back and it's hard to filter out the noise to know if you can trust what's being suggested. I've also learned something from you - my 3 inch tubes are separated but anything under that size isn't - maybe I need a rack re-design.
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Oh, it's all good, and I thought I knew why he wanted pix. If I'd never built one before, I would!

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thanks lloyd i have printed the pics and given them to him aswell
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Andi, nobody minds if you ask questions here. It's welcomed... and what we're here for. Thanks Lloyd, for your helpful responses.
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lloyd

now that i have 3 gun racks built dose this make me a red neck lol
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Andi,
It' only makes you a redneck if you use them between show schedules to hold up your back yard picnic table!

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Lloyd wrote:Andi,
It' only makes you a redneck if you use them between show schedules to hold up your back yard picnic table!

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does using them a outside coffe table count ??
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Andi,
I imagine that would do!

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Lloyd wrote:Andi,
I imagine that would do!

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