Wood storage rack

They look good to me!

Jealous of your bandsaw btw :)

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Good job with the storage solution. I need to do something similar in my shop. Thanks for sharing.

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Nice work BarryW. I like the ingenuity of the angled wood braces. Looks very strong.

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how much do you think they will hold? Are these from your own plans?

I like that it is up high out of the way. I agree that does look like a really nice saw…

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Thanks for your comments. I’m surprised at the comments…it all seemed pretty simple and straight forward. I have a number problems in my small shop…1. small. 2. too much other stuff taking up space. 3. not enough time…4. storage. I’ve seen other wood storage racks and while clever, I didn’t think they’d hold enough wood…not that I’m doing all that many projects…I’m not…but I wanted enough support to hold four or five seriously thick flitches…without buckling the side of my garage. These two shelves are out of the way…giving me some space for sheet material, access behind my bandsaw…and a place to park my folding table saw or other pieces of movable equipment. I thought it was obvious to make braces out of plywood. Other “adjustable” shelve wood storage racks seemed flimsy to me…and since I tend to overbuild…well, this seemed the answer. The shelves are about 20 inches deep…doesn’t look that deep in the pictures, but they are. And they’re lag screwed in the 2×4s of the walls…each with 3 to 4 lag screws…enough to hold the amount of wood I want in the shop. I’m also going to build a rolling scrap bin…everything in my shop is on rollers….because I also have to get my Jeep in the garage in the winter for my elderly mother to get in and out of it. Oh, each shelf, while not adjustable, was first construction glued, brad tacked, then screwed for heavy duty support.

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I saw the big pile of elm in the other project pic you posted… I have never worked american elm… ours here is very wildly colored when cut without finishing then when with clear lack on it it is still pretty wildly colored then with oil instead of lack it looks still different. It goes from pink to yellow bands then to green to brown and to dark red late wood… it can be very beautiful. So how does the Ami. Elm look? Is it hard like ours here? Ours turns a deep redish brown with heart wood when oiled how about the elm you have?

Does it stink abit sweet too when fresh cut?

Waldschrat

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Nice work. I hope you don’t mind me borrowing your basic construction approach. I’ve got a similar need to have a wood rack of similar proportions in my shop.

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Actually, I gotta go with, Hella nice bandsaw! Project isn’t bad, either.

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This is a nice job Barry. It does look sturdy and putting it up as high as you did will let you store sheet goods underneath if you need to. But it does look a little empty. Let’s get some lumber in there to fill it up. :)

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Nice rack, Barry.

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I love the christmas lights , Keeps the season bright . Love that bandsaw too !!

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