jgfore Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 I am considering building the Wall Mounted Lumber Rack System which I found plans for from WoodSmith® Plans. Check out the plans and tell me if you think the rack system would be a good and strong system. I do not want to waist my time and wast a good piece of plywood making something that is going to be junk. I have included the link to the plans below. http://www.woodsmithshop.com/download/211/lumberrack.pdf Thanks Jeff Quote
Vic Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 I would think it would hold a decent amount of weight. I just bought heavy duty shelving hardware from one of the borgs. I've got a ton of stuff on those. The key there is to make sure to lag into an stud. Quote
john_stover2001 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 I am getting ready to build some out of 2 x 4's I will post the sketch up drawing in my profile if you want to check it out Quote
Godet Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 I too just used heavy duty shelving brackets from HD...I think they were like 5-7 bucks a piece. That, and some good screws into a stud, or in my case, the concrete wall, should do the trick and save you some time.too Quote
Mike M Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 I made my rack out of 2x4's and metal conduit. I drilled holes 10" apart through the 1 1/2" face of the boards and cut the conduit into 16" pieces. The holes were sized so that it was a snug fit for the conduit so I just drove them in using a piece of threaded rod and a couple of nuts. I then lag bolted the racks to the studs with the bottoms resting on the floor. Regarding the plans you are considering; 1. I prefer the supports to be on closer centers. I used 24" on my rack (5 uprights = 8') so I can stack shorter pieces as well as full length boards up to 10' 2. The horizontal supports take up too much vertical space. It looks like you are wasting about 5-6" of vertical space for each support. That is over 2 feet of the height of the rack. The pipes are just under 1" so I can space them closer and still have more capacity. The advantage is not having too high a stack to unload when you want the bottom board. 3. Cost wise I bought 5 2x4's, 5 lengths of conduit and a handful of lags and washers. Total cost was about $30. 4. It looks like all the weight is supported by the 4 lags holding the horizontal board to the wall. I would be more comfortable if the verticals sat on the floor and were bolted directly to the studs. I don't even want to think of the weight I have loaded on the rack. So far, I haven't heard a creak out of it, so I guess its strong enough. Mike Quote
sw1 Posted October 14, 2010 Report Posted October 14, 2010 I built that rack and it works great. I used cheap BORG plywood to make mine and lag bolts into the studs. Quote
chopnhack Posted October 16, 2010 Report Posted October 16, 2010 Jeff, it looks pretty cool, but I passed on it for my needs because of two main reasons. I didn't think it could hold a sufficient weight - I often can go long stretches of time between projects so lumber storage is important for me and I wanted to have more flexibility in storage - If I am using up a long stretch of wall, I want to be able to put more than just lumber on it. I am currently looking at using some heavy duty standards by knapp and vogt 182 and 82 series. If you want to check out my thoughts I jotted some stuff together on OneNote and threw it on the web, I am soliciting design help from engineers to figure via statics the max weight before failure. http://eng1.webstarts.com/index.html?r=20101012203015. Quote
Ben@FineWoodworking Posted October 16, 2010 Report Posted October 16, 2010 May be a dumb question... but I gotta know. What is "Borg Plywood". Is it a brand? Quote
chopnhack Posted October 16, 2010 Report Posted October 16, 2010 LOL Yep, its Big Orange Retail Giant brand (slang for Home Depot) (the yep was to the question on if it was a brand name) Quote
harmsdph Posted November 3, 2010 Report Posted November 3, 2010 Jeff, I remember seeing this rack on an episode of the woodsmith shop, seemed pretty flexible from a configuration stand point. I ended up using 4x4's and 3/4" piping, I also built a cart for shorts (boards shorter than 4 feet). I've got details on both at my blog if you want to check it out: A home for my lumber, pt1 A home for my lumber, pt2 Quote
Torch02 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Posted November 4, 2010 If you are looking for something slightly heftier, you should also check out Dan's lumber rack: http://dans-woodshop.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-wood-rack.html http://dans-woodshop.blogspot.com/2010/10/shop-update-part-ii.html Dan uses all 2-by material instead of plywood Quote
bgrella Posted November 14, 2010 Report Posted November 14, 2010 I am considering building the Wall Mounted Lumber Rack System which I found plans for from WoodSmith® Plans. Check out the plans and tell me if you think the rack system would be a good and strong system. I do not want to waist my time and wast a good piece of plywood making something that is going to be junk. I have included the link to the plans below. http://www.woodsmithshop.com/download/211/lumberrack.pdf Thanks Jeff I couldn't get your pdf to open, but I thought I'd show mine to give you more ideas to play with. It is simple to build from 2X4 and a few bolts. It ties into my wall studs and has worked for around 5-years now. More pics here. Quote
ChetlovesMer Posted December 6, 2010 Report Posted December 6, 2010 I used 2x4's and some real low cost black pipe which is just stuck in holes drilled 5 degrees above level. The black pipe was dirt cheap and super strong. Then I took a sheet of plywood and a 2x6, cut the sheed of plywood in half at a diagnal and built the sheet good holder which is hinged on one side with a wheel at the other. It swings out to allow easy loading and unloading and allows me to use some bungies to make more spots to store cut offs. Over-all I love this lumber rack and it was dirt cheap. Quote
DoctorDan Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 Looks good. I wonder if the design could be modified to be free standing. Quote
tim0625 Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 Looks good. I wonder if the design could be modified to be free standing. I'm designing a free standing rack now that will be made out of square tubing about 48x96x12 with horizontal supports on one side. I'm thinking of having the two wheels underneath at one end that are straight and the two wheels at the other end to swivel. That way, one end pivots out from the wall kind of like Chet's rack swings out and I can easily load/store the sheet goods. My only reservation is will sheet goods warp if they are stored on their edge? I kind of have to be creative because my shop is a detached two car garage and while the sq feet is good, the ceiling is only 7 feet. Quote
jHop Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 I'm working out a freestanding system for longer pieces, using 2x4s. It's basically going to be two tall shelving style units, perhaps a foot square by six foot tall, that can be spread out. I, too, have a low ceiling height, and do not plan on staying in my current shop for all that much time. As for plywood storage, Marc mentioned he uses a pair of veneer presses in an early episode (don't remember which one off hand) where he stated that the plywood would, indeed, curl over time. I haven't designed that tidbit for my own use, yet. I'd think that a torsion box frame back, with a pair of laminated MDF panels attached to a pair of veneer clamps should work. I'd love to have one of those vertical swinging racks they use for extra large area rugs, but that's 1) overkill, and 2) too tall for my storage area. But a fella can dream, right? Quote
ChetlovesMer Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 My only reservation is will sheet goods warp if they are stored on their edge? Tim, I haven't had any of my sheet goods warp as far as I can tell. Although, I have to admit, my turnover time is usually pretty quick. The shop isn't big enough for me to buy a ton of sheet goods and just "hang on to them". Usually I'm am buying project by project. I did do a huge garage cabinet project all built from Maple ply and I had a bunch of ply left over for probably 6 months in my rack. No warping on that, but I'm not sure how it might differ over a longer period of time, or in a higher moisture area. You'll have to ask somebody smarter than me. Quote
thewoodwhisperer Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 I was just trolling Google for some lumber rack ideas and came across this thread. How funny. Turned out to be the most helpful resource I found too! Chet, I do believe I will be taking some inspiration from you my friend. I like your design. Quote
SamV Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 I built the $30.00 woodrack from the popular woodworking site using the 2x4 and black pipe method. It's rock solid and better yet super easy with minimal tools. Pics are posted on my fourm page. Quote
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