[TheForge] Streel racks

[marc3rd at comcast.net]

Yea I forgot to mention. I hung the pvc pipe on L brackets so I could rotate
the tube. you are right it is hard getting some of the bottom center pieces
out with out this.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Nedbor" <jonned at hvc.rr.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 9:11 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Streel racks


> Regarding Racks for Steel: As convenient as those pipes are for holding
and
> organizing your stock, remember that they are curved and all the stock
will
> push down towards the center. The problem becomes apparent when you want
to
> get a piece from near the bottom of the lot and all the other stock in the
> pipe is weighing on it and you are unable to move the upper pieces to the
> "side", as they all move to the center. I am speaking from experience. I
> have used, for 25 years, a very nice free standing rack with curved arms
for
> the stock. It is my plan to build a rack with flat arms in my new shop to
> get away from this problem. Gravity works straight down and if your stock
is
> on a flat surface you can move the stock, from above the piece you want,
to
> the side and keep digging. The curved arms or pipes would not be a big
> problem the larger the diameter and if you are not putting too much stock
> (layers) in them.
>
> Some shops have a vertical system for organizing shorts (10' or less). It
> makes it easy to see the length of each piece and they are not weighing on
> each other as much as horizontally. It sounds like Mike has a good system
> for the shorts already in place.
>
> That's my two cents worth. So, happy and healthy holidays to everyone, and
> looking forward  to seeing a bunch of you at Dave Hutchison's farm in 2
> weeks.
>
> Jonathan Nedbor
>
>
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