[TheForge] Re: Streel racks

[Mike Spencer]

I took advice from TheForge (was that you, Ralph?)  and went with
vertical storage when I moved into the new shop.  I have short, medium
and long pieces of old water tank welded together and lagged to the
wall for, roughly, 2', 4' and 6' miscellaneous pieces.  Shorter
offcuts go on a shelf or in a bucket.  No rack, just 20d spikes every
foot or so in the plate that keep the 10'+ pieces from all going over
in a disastrous jumble.

I'm really happy with it.  My only complaints are:

    Thin stock -- 1/4" sq, 3/16" round & sq, 1/8" by anything less
    than 2" etc. -- sag too much on end and lie on the floor.

    I hate to cut such pieces of (expensive) HSS as I have so there
    are a few 24 footers on the floor.  (The max length that I can
    store upright is about 10'10".)

Eventually I'll rig up some kind of overhead storage for the stuff
the floor.   For now it's pretty much okay.


- Mike

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