So much to do.

Way to go, Jerry!! Those are so awesome wide boards!!!

Lew

take me with you when you go…oh please, please I can grovel, beg, and crawl on my belly like a reptile, oh please, please, I be good all week, oh please…..... go going .. Jerry

-- Makers of fine butcher shop saw dust.

Hey Joe, He’s over in North East Knox County. If your interested let me know and I’ll pass on his email and number and let him know your going to call him.

-- Jerry, Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

Lumber rack.
built on a platform 3×6 with wheels in the “A” frame shape. Pins in the front for planks to lay on,,same on backside. Flat top maybe 18’ wide hollow 4 1/2 – 5’ high for sheet goods. Can be made with a ply wood bottom, 2×6 verticals, with dowls for pegs. as opposed to metal. Dont like to lay wood on steel.

-- Makers of fine butcher shop saw dust.

see recent bog entry posted since yours, same question several answers and picture. I guess everyone is so busy drooling over your wood buy that they did’t read the rest. good luck and oh yes I don’t like putting wood on metal either.

-- RTB. "dumb animals are not stupid they simply can't talk "

Yea, I saw the rack your talking about Joero. It doesn’t quite meet my needs. I saw a blog in my search earlier where a fellow whent to big box store and obtained some damaged rack. I might give that a try. I am starting to lean towards a visit to the saw mill dude for some 4×4x8’s to build a box type rack with one side setup for clamping plywood and other similiar wood. I saw the clamping idea here also in a blog search. I dunno we’ll see if any other ideas pop up here first. I know I want the inside measurement at a minimum of 36”.

-- Jerry, Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

Nice bunch of wood. Very lucky find. Now make something special.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Sounds like you’ve got some sawdust making in your future!

-- You can't get a hug from Facebook.

Your gonna share that lumber, right? Can you hear the groveling?

-- Chris

I made this lumber rack a while back… it works pretty good. I doubt you’ll want to make it this big, but the design principle is still the same… good luck!

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

Try looking at this freestanding rack from Michael Harcker http://lumberjocks.com/projects/8394

-- Growing older but not up!

Thanks all. Yea it was a good find. I was a little worried about the scolding I might have gotten. But since the wife has collected antique furniture over the years, she knew what a value it was so much she wants to get some more after looking at it today.

Steve I like that better than the box system. Do you know what kind of weight you have had on a specific level? And yes I look to go from cieling to floor. I figure it would give more stability.

Thanks Toolz, that is something very similiar to my first thought of the rack. I have 12 2×6x8’s and I was thinking along those lines. So for now I am kinda looking at the one Steve built and I may just may re-visit that idea Toolz.

-- Jerry, Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

I don’t know what kind of weight it has on it now, but it is loaded down to the gills. It is literally solid lumber and sheeting from the very top of that thing to the very bottom. It has to weigh a ton.

It used to be a mobile rack, but it’s so heavy now that it will not move. I have no stability problems with it, it never acts like it wants to tip. I actually put a ladder up against it to get the lumber off the top, and it doesn’t “wiggle.” The pegs are about 16 inches long, it’s about 7 1/2 feet tall. If you need anything further, give me a ‘holler.

—Steve

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

Jerry,

You made a nice score on the tools and the lumber. AS busy has you have been this week and the great deals you have happened upon I am sure you are on an adrenaline rush that is going to last awhile.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

I like the look of Steve’s rack. I made an A frame one on a 3×4 or 5 base (salvaged from a bin at the day job) and a sawhorse. fits where I need it, but not as good as it could be.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

If your tool list is almost complete then I don’t think you’re much of a woodworker. I thought once you got everything. you started over to make sure you have two of everything.

-- arborial reconfiguration specialist

Great find Jerry, lucky you.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Heh, I hear ya catspaw. I do have 2 tables saw and I did have 4 routers if that counts :-)

-- Jerry, Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

thats awesome! good for you! that is a lot of great lumber and some great tools you’re getting too and i can’t wait to see you put them to work!

Hello folks,

I’ve a few questions. I like these great suggestions since I have no wall space. I ended up re-arranging my garage shop and have my custom woods on an old server rack. It works great. So now I am left with ideas from how I can benefit from ideas the ideas above and DGUNN's rack also. Since I really only need one half of the wall free racks. (Space issue for a full rack).

Here is my Q.

Steve’s and DGunn’s are similiar and I like the duel arm support in Michael Harcker’s rack but I prefer a single arm rack if it would support the load Would this rack work in the middle of my shop if attached to the ceiling using a combination plan of DGunn and Steve’s while closing off the back to help support the arms? I would have three sets of arms from the first to the top beginning at 50” (4×8 sheet bottom storage) with 6 – 2×6x8’s paired from floor to ceiling (replacing plans of plywood) spaced at 24” from each inside pair. Each end would have some overhange. Where the 2×4 are on DGunn’s plans are at the top and bottom of the arms I would run a 2×6 strip from arm to arm. I would use 2×4 for the arms.

When I say attached to my ceiling, my idea is this. (We have attic storage space) I would cut a 2×6 slot for each support and slide it up into the 3/4 plywood ceiling and run a 2×6x6 across the attic floor and join each leg with a 4” lag bolt w/washer.

The bottom space that would be created in doing this would be filled in with 2×6’s running out 12 inches but would not attach to the floor unless you all think it be best.

I hope I have explained this clearly.

I plan on starting and completing this project today.

Thanks

-- Jerry, Set in the foothills of the Smokey's