Popular Post gee-dub Posted January 21, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 I have had to accept that I need to empty one of the storage areas sooner than I need to spray finish so some lumber is going in that space . I have made several versions of this sort of rack. This one should only be in use for about a year so it is cobbled from items found. A piece of unused siding that has laid out in the rain a few times will make the tilted deck. Yes it is cupped from exposure to the elements. I clamped it to the bench to determine the height of the supports once it gets squashed flat by all the lumber. The kickers at the rear keep the boards . . . well . . . kicked out from the wall at the bottom. The wall rail is made from the same water damaged plywood that was leaning between a shed and a wall for a couple of years. We're talking quality materials here boys. The wall rail in this version is a sandwich of however many layers it takes to bring it into plane with the vertically stored boards. The sandwich gets fastened to the wall via some Spax fasteners. Heads recessed so they don't snag things. The object for me in vertical lumber storage is to keep the material upright. This is helpful in that there is no real lateral stress or heavy weights to muscle through when sorting stock. I rip a length of that same plywood, drill an appropriate diameter hole at the right height and connect the dots with the bandsaw. I didn't need many dividers for this 7' or so run but just made up what the one ripped off strip would yield plus a nicer piece that was my test divider. Due to its weather tolerance I had relegated a small cache of white oak to a less than stellar storage area. I thought it would be best to haul this stuff in first. The dividers are used to divide species, thicknesses or types (QSWO, RSWO, etc.). Over the years this has worked out for me elsewhere. You can see the unused dividers just rest in the wall rail. Schlepping this material a couple of boards at a time is a drag. After breakfast I will drive the truck down there and load it up for a more efficient point A to point B relocation method. A side benefit is that I can pick out material as I go for something I am planning for the living room. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Interesting. I've switched to vertical storage for all of my material that is ~8' in length. I position the boards rotate 90 degrees from the way you have pictured but that is mostly because i have more space away from the wall than along the wall. I also like vertical storage cause i can fit far more material in the same amount of space and don't need to spare a thought for weight on brackets. Storing lumber vertically is permanent for me. I've found it's far far easier to sort through allowing easier view of the grain and color to make matching much easier. It also is faster for me to re stack. Is there a reason you prefer horizontal or are only using this temporarily? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted January 21, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 @ChestnutIt is only temporary by location. It is in the space reserved for my spray booth . If things work out a panel-shorts bin that takes up about 8 square feet of floor space will get replaced by the new panel-shorts space behind the plywood corral. My permanent vertical storage will then move to the old panel-shorts bin location. Its like Christmas today. I moved that white oak and found a nest of sapele. I moved the sapele and found some walnut. I also found some over-ten-foot stock in the area I am trying to empty. I will move the sub-10 foot stock out of the horizontal racks and put it in the vertical space. This should allow me to put the long stuff in the horizontal racks and make enough room to empty the area that is in need or 'use reassignment' 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 I think I misread your original post. That's quite the nest of material you found. I probably have a couple of those nests in my various material storage locations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 @Chestnut - Nope. That was me. I went back and re-read and I was pretty vague. I added a little clarification. I'm having fun. As I move stuff into the shop I unearth things I haven't seen for a couple of years 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonPacific Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 I love the idea of that rail and movable dividers. Will probably be stealing that idea shortly for my own vertical racks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted January 21, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 11:06 AM, BonPacific said: I love the idea of that rail and movable dividers. Will probably be stealing that idea shortly for my own vertical racks. Rock on. I stole the idea from one of the smaller yards I use. In the immortal words of Butch Cassidy "Well, that oughta do it . . . " At least the space I needed cleared out is nearly done. Just a few long sticks to put up on the wall racks and I'm good. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby W Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 I didn't see any water damaged plywood, just that really fancy salted plywood.... Nice job. I think I am going to steal this idea when I get my new shop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby W Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 Spalted plywood. Dang spell autocorrect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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