Thread: Picture of a jig rack?

The local Menards here in the frozen north has closet racks that work for me. I clamp it a 2 foot step ladder while painting, when done I take it apart and put it away.

What works great for me is I have a couple old (mid 80s) spinning wire display racks that were popular in department stores for counter top displays.

I use a hand built rack.

30 inch board on the bottom, two verticle boards (on on each side) about 8 inches tall. Unit is 3 inches wide. On the back side, 1 inch from the top, I drill a hole on each end. On the front side of the vertical support, about 2 inches from the top, I drill two more holes (one on each end). I span this with 3/16in smooth rod stock (36 inches long).

I can hang 100 3/4oz jigs with 4/0 hooks on this unit. I will paint 10 and hang them on the top, then 10 and hang them on the bottom. I can then go back to the top and simply slide the jigs next to each other and all the way to one end.

This setup works for me. Many nights I'm painting 1000 or more jigs during the peak of selling season

I just modified the rack that came with my toaster oven. I wove wires crossways and wrapped the ends around the outside wire. These ended up bowing in under tension as I worked across the rack.

Even though the wraps were fairly tight, the wires slipped a little, so I soldered them in place.

I haven't loaded it up yet, but figure I should be able to cure 120+ jigs. I probably could have spaced the wires a little closer, but the way it is now I can drop the jigs on and not have to worry about them swinging and touching one another.

Kind of crude, but it works.

TJ's dries the jigs upright so they don't form the occasional pimple on the jig face.

I take wire(OR) metal coat hangers, cut them straight. Next I get one of them cheap roster pans at Walmart, poke holes in the sides. Slide the coat hanger through and you have an instant fixture. I can then send them right into the oven for curing. Works great and its very cheap. I get hanger with my uniforms at work so I have an endless supply of hangers. I have three different sizes of pans for my jigs.

Oh yes bend a 90 in one end of the wire so it don't go all the way through.

Sounds great you guys. Can I see a photo of what y'all did?