Easy Lumber Rack

very good video
thanks

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Another nice design Trip. Be careful, it might be stronger than your wall. -Jack

Thanks for the idea.

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Nice Lumber Rack. You used construction grade material and drywall screws. This is fine if you don’t put but very little wood on each shelf. Drywall screws do not have any sheer strength. Construction grade pine does not have sheer strength either. It design is for presser. I would use at least a no. 8 /2 1/2” Steel screw in the frame. I won’t tell you why this is unsafe but I know.

Thank you all for the comments.

Big, you might be right. I have heard that screws don’t have the sheer strength and drywall screws may have the least amount. For the rack, on each “shelf” there really isn’t an extreme amount of room for wood so I don’t think overloading it would be a problem, unless you wanted to store rebar or something like that.

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Nice job and very good Video, great lumber rack.

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Nice video. You are easy to understand and that is hard to do on video. Your lighting could be a little better/brighter also.
Looking forward to more videos.

Thank you, thank you! I do need another light or two in there, I will see what I can do about that before the next video. It’s good to know people are actually understanding me. There are a few times when my words get mixed up and hard to understand but that’s tough realize till the “filming” is over and reviewed, which is often to late.

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That’s a very nice lumber rack and it will save you a lot of room. Welcome to Lumberjocks, BTW.

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Easy to build, sturdy, functional. Nice job Sailor!

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Nice rack.

I would definitely feel uneasy about standing near it though. I would highly recommend that you use lag bolts (I typically use 3/8 inch bolts) instead of the screws. You can add them after the fact, so you don’t need to undo anything that you’ve done. For that size I would think two bolts per would be good enough.

You might not plan on putting much lumber on them, but you’d be surprised how wood can accumulate over time.

Thanks for taking the time and doing a video for us.
Well done
Steli

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Nice rack and video. That is a really simple idea and not expensive.

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