[TheForge] Rack for Stock

[Jerry Frost]

Sounds like a pretty straight foreward wall or free 
standing rack to me Jerry.

I'd build it with probably five triangular trusses. 
Each truss would have a vertical anchored to the wall, 
a horizontal section about 1/4 or less as long as the 
vertical is high and a diagonal closing the triangle 
and I'd put them on 2' centers. This would let you 
store anything over 2' long. Shorter lengths store 
nicely in buckets or perhaps perpendicular to the wall 
on solid shelves.

The racks would be 2x4s running from the vertical 
posts, extending out a foot or so past the diagonal and 
tipped slightly up from horizontal so round stock would 
roll back into the rack rather than off it. I'm not 
sure how I'd space the "shelves" vertically, it'd 
depend on how I was handling the material, it's size, 
weight, etc.

I'd load it with the heaviest material on the bottom. 
Inside the triangular truss would be a good place to 
store light weight stuff that slides easy like PVC, al 
pipe, etc. It'd also be a good place to put easily 
damaged stock.

I'd be tempted to put the rack off the end of the 
cutting station with one set of "shelves" at the same 
level as the saw bed and equipped with rollers.

If you wanted it free standing just make a steep "A" 
frame and tie the trusses together with horizontals and 
a couple diagonal stiffeners. This would have the 
advantage of being reasonably portable with some 
casters. Add a solid shelf on the bottom and you could 
rapidly fill it with all kinds of useful. . . Stuff.

Frosty
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From: "Jerry Smith" 
<jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com>


> Frosty,
>
> 2 x 4 wooden.
>
> I have various diameters of 10 foot lenghts of rebar,
> 6 to 12 feet lengths of bar stock from 2 x 1/8" on up
> 6 x 1/2. Various other length of metal, plus some
> plastics like pvc pipe.
>
> Yes I have lift capacity. I would prefer horizontal
> storage.
>
> Jerry
>
>