I’ve been way to crowded in my shop, especially since I went from a radial arm saw to a table saw.
A radial arm saw works fine in a narrow shop, because it’s against the wall
Plus adding a thickness planer.
I haven’t use the automobile side of my garage for years now.
About all its been used for is to accumulate things.
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This is a rough sketch of my floor plan. I plan to keep the partition down the center, so I won’t have to heat the whole area all of the time.
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The first thing I have to do is dig my way to one of the walls.
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This is what I mean.
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When I finally found a wall, I sheeted it with OSB board.
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Then I cut some 1/2” Steel Rebar into 12” lengths in order to make some lumber racks.
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Then I pounded them into some 2” deep holes I had drilled.
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This is what I ended up with on the first wall.
A nice neat lumber rack, & a very inexpensive way of doing so.
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 1299 days ago
Hey Dick
Wa hoo a larger shop always up for that . Good fix on the lumber storage storage(in case Larrys tunning in we’ll call it Timber storage) I guess you know Grizzly has a shop layout program that helps with this kind of project. Nice Hat! Look forward to future updates.
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#2 posted 1299 days ago
Nice!
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a1Jim
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#3 posted 1299 days ago
Hey Blake nice website plus great work on display
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#4 posted 1299 days ago
cool ! good ideas
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lew
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#5 posted 1299 days ago
Nice organization, Dick. If you’re like me, the nice neat stack will last about 2 days.
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#6 posted 1299 days ago
Another nice simple way to store lumber (or timber as the case may be)!. Thanks for sharing the details. Hope you get your new shop soon!
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#7 posted 1299 days ago
good idea for the lumber storage. I tried my hand at threaded pipe rod and fittings, cheaper than buying lumber racks, but I like where yours are coming in budget wise. especially where i’m getting a nice new (to me) garage to set up in!
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Scott Bryan
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#8 posted 1299 days ago
Dick, that is a pretty neat idea. I use 1/2” black iron pipes for my supports but I am sure that rebar is just as stout and it is cheaper as well.
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#9 posted 1298 days ago
Thanks to all of you!
You can buy a 20’ length of Steel Rebar for around $5.00.
Much cheaper than pipe.
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Tony
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#10 posted 1298 days ago
Very nice addition to the workshop and a lot safer than the previous method
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#11 posted 1298 days ago
Thank you Tony.
I’ll be able to find a piece of material a lot easier now.
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dustygirl
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#12 posted 1298 days ago
Thanks for the great idea Dick.
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#13 posted 1298 days ago
Great Idea! I had been rolling a thought through my mind of having one of the welders at my company’s shop weld me up a pipe lumber rack….but at their rates…ouch….since I’m no welder….this would provide another possibility….A nice way to get rid of some extra rebar I have floating around left over from my shop pad…..and a great way to organize a scattered lumber pile….Excellent!!
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#14 posted 1298 days ago
Thank you dustygirl, & reggiek.
I’m glad to be of help in saving a buck, or two.
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#15 posted 1285 days ago
I like it.
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