Test fit the tubes in the finished frame. Flip your mortar rack and attach side rails to the other side as well.

If the rack is not completely square, pull in the opposite end flush with the side rail to square the sides–attach that end. Once the lower side rail is screwed in place, attach one side of the upper side rail flush with the top corner of one end board as shown in figure E.

Screw one of the 2-1/2 x 32 plywood side rails to the base and end boards as in figure D. Stand your mortar rack up on its base (see figure C). You should now be able to place mortar tubes on either side of the center rails with the edges of the mortar tubes flush with each edge of the base board as shown in figure C.Īttach upper and lower side rails. With each side of the base board in the unfinished frameĬheck your spacing. Attach the top center rail frame as shown in figure A, screwing into it from the end boards. Then attach the rail by screwing through the ends and bottom, as shown in figure B. It’s helpful to lay the base on its side and use several tubes as spacers to support this bottom center rail. Place one of the 21.5 inch furring strips on its edge, directly in the center of this base (see figure A). (Set your screws through the bottom of the base board into the each end board–see figure A and B.) Screw the two 5 x 11 end boards to the outside edges of the 5 x 23 base board. Wood saw (table-saw or chop saw if you cut your own wood pieces)ġ x 2 furring strip center rails while attaching to base.Īttach the end boards.

20 fiberglass festival ball mortar tubes (# P元182).This year you can get started early and paint the sky with festival balls the night of the Mighty Fourth of July!Ģ0 shot, festival ball, fiberglass mortar rack And every year, you think to yourself, 'Man! I need to buy more mortar racks.' And every year you wait ’til the eleventh hour, and end up either reloading your mortars during the show, or worse, using the cheap cardboard mortar tubes that come with your reloadable shells! Well, why not invest an hour or two right now to get ready? Here’s a nice little 'do it yourself project' that you can finish in about an hour if you have everything ready to go. The Mighty Fourth is closing on us and you haven’t even begun designing your fireworks display, right? 'I’ve got plenty of time,' you say.

Fireworks mortar tubes and racks