Ski / Snowboard Storage Rack

Here’s a simple project that I made to hold skis and/or snowboards. After browsing different items available for sale and looking at various DIY options I decided to try and make my own. I designed the ski rack using Carbide Create Pro, which I had been using to create the tool paths for my other projects. This is my first project made completely in Carbide Create and I was surprised at how easy it is to design something from scratch using that software.

The photos show the rack sitting on the floor as a test, but they are intended to be installed on a wall for ski storage. I screwed a small strip of 3/4" ply to the inside of each of the two rack sides, and then mounted them with screws to studs in my wall approx. 32" inches apart from each other. The bottom “hook” is for backpacks, helmets, goggles…etc.

This project was cut using the M4 with a high-quality 1/4" compression end mill. Feed rate was 1200 mm / min, and depth per pass was 6.5mm. My Maslow “frame” is horizontal on a concrete shop floor, and my anchor points are bolts threaded into inserts in the slab. Happy to share the file if anyone is interested, cheers!

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I also use Carbide Create but I’ve never designed things there, I’ve only imported .SVG files. I will have to give that a try!

Same with me. Before this project I had only used Carbide Create to make tool paths from .SVGs

The interface looks simple, but it was surprisingly powerful. I found it really intuitive and easy to create and transform simple shapes, copy and paste, measure, align, and combine or remove parts of vectors to create the final project. It has become my go-to for 2D design work that does not require modeling in Onshape.

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