[TheForge] Rack for Stock

[Jerry Smith]

Frosty,

Thanks, thanks you idea will work for me also.

Jerry

--- Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> 
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