Static_23 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 What is the best way to store boards from 1' to 4'? I have cut offs everwhere and need a better way to store them. Who do you store yours? Pictures or sites would be a great help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmac Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Here's one way: I like it because it's easy to see what's there by looking down from the top, and it's easy to grab any given piece because they're not all stacked on top of each other. If the rack is full when I go to put a new cutoff into it, I find the least valuable board in the rack and throw it away to make room for the new one. That way the quality of the material in the rack improves over time, and I don't waste a bunch of space storing crap. The purple paint is optional. -- Russ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkirby Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Russ i like it. One, possibly dumb, question. How do you get the long boards out? Do you just lift them out? You must have a high ceiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmac Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 @mkirby: Maybe the picture is deceiving. The tall part of the rack is about three feet high (in fact there happens to be a yardstick visible in the picture!), and the longest boards you see there are only five or six feet long. The ceiling is eight feet high. It's no problem to lift and tilt the longer boards in and out of the rack. -- Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapid Roger Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Mine is similar to Russ' except I used plywood and put it on wheels. 30" wide x 20" deep x 34" tall. It works just fine fore me and I can park it any place in the shop. Rog PS.... It is divided up like an egg crate inside with various spacing for widths. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutabagared Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 I've been using 5 gallon buckets. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Static_23 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Thanks guys. I like the idea of being mobile and removing the bad fire the good will keep the spaces manageable. Wood magazine had a nice one but I can't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Adkins Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 I have a set of heavy duty wire shelving to I have mounted on the wall that I can keep up to 3' long material on. I keep it up high so that it is out of the way but there when I need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Here's my short lumber storage cart, I modified a design I saw in a magazine(Wood Magazine IIRC). You can see from my layout lines how it is stepped at each shelf. It is good for shorter than 6" peices to 3'-4' peices. The bottom shelf holds up to 18", and the longer ones go vertically. Anything over 4' goes back on the lumber rack. When it gets too full, I cull the lumber and move it to the firewood pile. I need to go thru and organize it better after this weekend. It's not too large, so the short cutoff's don't get too out of hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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