EC

Electric Comet

28/11/2017 12:51 PM

after the fact


was undecided on the location and position of the wood racks so i
finished the walls and thought on it a while


found a good idea in an old taunton press book
forget the author

great for keeping the wood up and out of the way by bill hylton


two blocks get lag screwed to wall studs then two two by fours sandwich
the blocks with bolts

then a cantilever two by six about two feet long for the shelf rest
is sandwiched and bolted

then gussets are made from ply or whatever that rest against the
vertical two by fouurs and screwed to the two by six cantilevers

super sturdy
wood up out of the way
and used up some old two by materials







This topic has 8 replies

DD

"Dr. Deb"

in reply to Electric Comet on 28/11/2017 12:51 PM

29/11/2017 6:30 AM

On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 2:51:49 PM UTC-6, Electric Comet wrote:
> was undecided on the location and position of the wood racks so i
> finished the walls and thought on it a while
>
>
> found a good idea in an old taunton press book
> forget the author
>
> great for keeping the wood up and out of the way by bill hylton
>
>
> two blocks get lag screwed to wall studs then two two by fours sandwich
> the blocks with bolts
>
> then a cantilever two by six about two feet long for the shelf rest
> is sandwiched and bolted
>
> then gussets are made from ply or whatever that rest against the
> vertical two by fouurs and screwed to the two by six cantilevers
>
> super sturdy
> wood up out of the way
> and used up some old two by materials

In all reality, standing your wood up does several things for you, it takes less space, gives more air around it, makes it more easily accessible and allows to more clearly see what you are dealing with.

DD

"Dr. Deb"

in reply to Electric Comet on 28/11/2017 12:51 PM

29/11/2017 6:31 AM

On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 8:30:31 AM UTC-6, Dr. Deb wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 2:51:49 PM UTC-6, Electric Comet wrote:
> > was undecided on the location and position of the wood racks so i
> > finished the walls and thought on it a while
> >
> >
> > found a good idea in an old taunton press book
> > forget the author
> >
> > great for keeping the wood up and out of the way by bill hylton
> >
> >
> > two blocks get lag screwed to wall studs then two two by fours sandwich
> > the blocks with bolts
> >
> > then a cantilever two by six about two feet long for the shelf rest
> > is sandwiched and bolted
> >
> > then gussets are made from ply or whatever that rest against the
> > vertical two by fouurs and screwed to the two by six cantilevers
> >
> > super sturdy
> > wood up out of the way
> > and used up some old two by materials
>
> In all reality, standing your wood up does several things for you, it takes less space, gives more air around it, makes it more easily accessible and allows to more clearly see what you are dealing with.

AND if you have already installed the supports, you have ready made bins for separating you species and sizes.

sS

[email protected] (Scott Lurndal)

in reply to Electric Comet on 28/11/2017 12:51 PM

29/11/2017 4:04 PM

"Dr. Deb" <[email protected]> writes:
>On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 2:51:49 PM UTC-6, Electric Comet wrote:
>> was undecided on the location and position of the wood racks so i
>> finished the walls and thought on it a while
>>
>>
>> found a good idea in an old taunton press book
>> forget the author
>>
>> great for keeping the wood up and out of the way by bill hylton
>>
>>
>> two blocks get lag screwed to wall studs then two two by fours sandwich
>> the blocks with bolts
>>
>> then a cantilever two by six about two feet long for the shelf rest
>> is sandwiched and bolted
>>
>> then gussets are made from ply or whatever that rest against the
>> vertical two by fouurs and screwed to the two by six cantilevers
>>
>> super sturdy
>> wood up out of the way
>> and used up some old two by materials
>
>In all reality, standing your wood up does several things for you, it takes less space, gives more air around it, makes it more easily accessible and allows to more clearly see what you are dealing with.

And requires 10' to 16' ceilings, at least for a lot of the stock
I get.

rr

in reply to Electric Comet on 28/11/2017 12:51 PM

29/11/2017 10:10 AM

On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 10:04:23 AM UTC-6, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> "Dr. Deb" <[email protected]> writes:
> >In all reality, standing your wood up does several things for you, it ta=
kes less space, gives more air around it, makes it more easily accessible a=
nd allows to more clearly see what you are dealing with.
>=20
> And requires 10' to 16' ceilings, at least for a lot of the stock
> I get.

Agree. My shop is in the basement. Ceilings, floor joists, are about 7.5 =
feet high, give or take a couple inches. I cannot even stand up a 4x8 plyw=
ood in my basement. Unless you work in a warehouse, standing wood up verti=
cally is nonsense. Fine for cutoffs, but not wood you buy for use.

rr

in reply to Electric Comet on 28/11/2017 12:51 PM

28/11/2017 3:41 PM

Lordy. That seems like a lot of wood and work to put some wood on shelves.=
I'd suggest just screwing several of those L shelf brackets to the studs.=
Home Depot sells them for $1.98 and $2.38 each. If you are worried about=
the L brackets pushing into the drywall, then screw some 1x4s over the stu=
ds first before attaching the L bracket to the stud.



On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 2:51:49 PM UTC-6, Electric Comet wrote:
> was undecided on the location and position of the wood racks so i
> finished the walls and thought on it a while
>=20
>=20
> found a good idea in an old taunton press book
> forget the author
>=20
> great for keeping the wood up and out of the way by bill hylton
>=20
>=20
> two blocks get lag screwed to wall studs then two two by fours sandwich
> the blocks with bolts
>=20
> then a cantilever two by six about two feet long for the shelf rest
> is sandwiched and bolted
>=20
> then gussets are made from ply or whatever that rest against the
> vertical two by fouurs and screwed to the two by six cantilevers
>=20
> super sturdy
> wood up out of the way
> and used up some old two by materials

Dt

DerbyDad03

in reply to Electric Comet on 28/11/2017 12:51 PM

29/11/2017 4:34 PM

On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 1:10:27 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 10:04:23 AM UTC-6, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> > "Dr. Deb" <[email protected]> writes:
> > >In all reality, standing your wood up does several things for you, it takes less space, gives more air around it, makes it more easily accessible and allows to more clearly see what you are dealing with.
> >
> > And requires 10' to 16' ceilings, at least for a lot of the stock
> > I get.
>
> Agree. My shop is in the basement. Ceilings, floor joists, are about 7.5 feet high, give or take a couple inches.

I cut a big hole in my basement ceiling. I chose my wood from the dining
room. ;-)

EC

Electric Comet

in reply to Electric Comet on 28/11/2017 12:51 PM

29/11/2017 4:52 PM

On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:41:38 -0800 (PST)
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Lordy. That seems like a lot of wood and work to put some wood on
> shelves. I'd suggest just screwing several of those L shelf brackets
> to the studs. Home Depot sells them for $1.98 and $2.38 each. If
> you are worried about the L brackets pushing into the drywall, then
> screw some 1x4s over the studs first before attaching the L bracket
> to the stud.

it has a nice architectural look to it and the old redwood looks good

the cantilevers match the other rack i made

those i placed before drywall


i hear ya on the extra work but i can do pull ups too on these
and i had all the wood on hand and even the lag bolts

did have to get four long bolts but that was all



EC

Electric Comet

in reply to Electric Comet on 28/11/2017 12:51 PM

29/11/2017 4:54 PM

On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 06:30:26 -0800 (PST)
"Dr. Deb" <[email protected]> wrote:

> In all reality, standing your wood up does several things for you, it
> takes less space, gives more air around it, makes it more easily
> accessible and allows to more clearly see what you are dealing with.

but takes up floor space and requires high ceilings










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