The only cost is for the 4x4s bolts and lag screws. There is just something that bothers me about the idea of driving 300 miles a week with a big iron structure rattling around over my head. Use this Ceiling Mounted Lumber Rack from Fine Woodworking to store long boards overhead.

I looked around for a long time online for plans for something like this and all I was able to come up with was a hand drawn sketch in an old Fine Woodworking magazine.

Woodworking Sturdy Simple Lumber Rack. Very strong angle iron can be had for nothing if you just scrounge for some discarded bed frames at the local dump you won t believe how plentiful they are or you can purchase it and have it cut to length. Fine Woodworking Main Menu Subscribe. But even better than that it can knock down when not being used and it has a clever dovetail system to lock the removable section to the permanant piece in the ceiling. Sign up for eletters today and get the latest techniques and how-to from Fine Woodworking plus special offers. I adapted the drawing a bit to create the following Step-by-Step Instructable adding in When Tony O Malley began thinking about a lumber-storage rack for his commercial shop he was poised to purchase some of those huge free-standing cantilevered I-beam things that would cost 750 or more. Combined with shopmade carts and a storage rack for sheet goods Beasley s system allows him to store a lot of heavy material while taking up little space. To work efficiently you need a good inventory of solid wood and sheet goods. This miter saw station does double duty as a lumber storage rack with room for long boards underneath and 4 x 8 sheet goods in the back.

Fine Woodworking Forums Ask questions offer advice and share Here is an easy cheap and efficient storage rack for lumber. Lumber Rack on Wheels. Rather than store this valuable stock on the concrete floor where it will Ceiling Mounted Lumber Rack. If there is a universal problem in the woodworking shop it is lumber storage. Lumber Storage - Page 2 of 3. The typical store-bought lumber rack cantilevering over the cab could certainly handle the job for a part-time guy like me but I never wanted one. Synopsis The centerpiece of Andy Beasley s lumber storage system is a horizontal rack along one wall of his shop. By John White 194 Nov Dec 2007 Issue.

Instead of spending the money he built a lumber rack that cost about a third of that in materials. The design of the system allows the vertical components to be easily removed from the ceiling when not in use. If you re like me you come across lumber deals that are just too good to pass up. This overhead lumber rack keeps wood stored neatly and out of the way without taking up valuable floor space. Fine Woodworking Forums Ask questions offer advice and share your Here are two great lumber storage racks that utilize the ceiling instead of taking up any valuable floor or wall space. Q Is it possible to get further details about the sheet-goods rack shown in Choosing and Using Casters Fine Woodworking Main Menu Subscribe. Workshop Tip Furniture Dollies Make a Great Base for a Rolling Lumber Rack.

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