[TheForge] Steel Storage

[Alix Peshette]

Hi Bob,
You are always a wealth of information and help!  You kindly sent me
pictures and info when I was putting together my forge blower last year.

I would really like to have your .pdf on stock racks!

Thanks,
Alix

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That was my article in the July /Aug BAM newsletter.

Having good stock racks has really made my life a lot easier.

I can send you a PDF of the article if you you like.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

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Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:27:06 -0500
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Happens I was going through recent ABANA chapter newsletters passed
along to me by our editor, and I came across a steel rack in one of
them. Unfortunately, I don't remember which - but maybe someone on this
forum will remember.  The rack was constructed from available materials,
which in this case were I-beams and rectangular stock.  The rack is
basically this:

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etc.  You get the idea:  A backbone with ribs sticking out one way only.
This author chose to angle the ribs upwards slightly, which is a good
idea for roundstock, but not (IMNSHO) for flat or rectangular stock, for
which horizontal supports are probably better.  The rack was welded
together, but I'm sure one could be made bolted together.  A friend of
mine has a rack like this, and also a two-sided rack like this (ribs
point both ways from backbone).

Now, IMNSHO, tubes are NOT a good idea.  The author of the above article
had used cement blocks and came to the same conclusion.  It's a PITA to
slide stock in from the end.  You want a rack that gives you access
anywhere along the length.

My own steel rack is not like I've described.  Instead it is a series of
square hooks (3 sides of a 6" square) bolted onto steel shelves along
one side of my shop.  The hooks are positioned such that they only
slightly block access to the shelves behind them (which are spaced about
18" apart vertically).  I have three 4-foot-long shelf units (from Home
Depot) so I can stash up to 12' lengths, but this could be extended to
twenty feet (had I the shop space) by adding two more such shelf units.
I've probably got about a half a ton of stock on the hooks.

Bruce
NJ


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