Woodrack and sheet goods storage

Nice work! A great solution for storage of materiels and autos!

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

good solution, Dadoo.

-- Thos. Angle

Great idea, I would love to see more pics of that “sheet cutting jig” in action. I need a similar solution.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Great design!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

yup.. looks like a really good thing to have in a small space and damp floor area… Pretty darned clever

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Very cool innovation! Thanks for sharing your ideas with us.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Awesome design – very innovative. Looks like you could use another pipe on the left end of those longer boards.

Cars in the workshop? What a waste of woodworking space :-))

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

great job and problem solving…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Yes great solution for a problem that most of us have.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I have one question, where do you store all of your woodworking tools? I’ve consumed two stalls of our three car garage and still feel constrained. I’d like to know how you’ve got things arranged so I can at least try to get back to one stall.

-- Owen Johnson - aka IowaWoodcrafter

Another great idea that I can use.

-- Bruce from Central New York

Nice work Dadoo. I would not have thought to have a hinged sheet materials cart, but just one on wheels. An interesting idea.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Wow! Thanx for all the great comments guys! I hope to see if any of you build one too.

For Iowawoodcrafter: I store my bandsaw, drillpress, and planer on a 2×12 shelf on the west side. My tablesaw is the Craftsman contractor style (the red one) that folds up into a wheeled cart. It stores wherever there’s wallspace. My hand tools are on the north wall or in the cabinets and drawers. My hand “power” tools (IE: jigsaw, drills, sanders, circular saw, etc.) are under the “rolling” bench. I try and keep everything behind a door or inside a drawer because sawdust gets everywhere. Maybe a dust collector is on the horizon now? Go to my profile page and check out my shop pics.

Cajunpen…Those long boards need to get to the attic so they’ll lie flat. I keep forgetting they’re still on that rack! As for the cars…Well they get to come inside during inclimate weather. Here in NY we’ve been known to get an occasional blizzard or windstorm. No hurricanes though!

Also remember guys that you need a ball-bearing caster that is fixed (non-swivel) and has a metal wheel with a polyurethane or hard rubber tire. Everything else will develope a flat spot. My base is a 2×8 but a 2×12 would hold more sheets. And it’s really not that hard to maneuver.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

a challenge to build one… hmmm a swivel wouldn’t work in my basement. .but perhaps a sliding version would work along one wall, with storage in behind… could still put machines in front too, I guess.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great organizational design work!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Great idea & thanks for the heads up about the caster!
-Robert

Awesome! That is one cool idea!!

fantastic idea

-- making sawdust....

I like this sheetrack idea I have the same problem. I always hated moving all the plywood to get to things behind it this will make my life easier for my shop. can’t wait to build one for my shop.

I’ve seen the plans for that hinged sheet goods storage thing somewhere and I have been looking for it for several days now. I keep thinking that there was something else to it. Do you know where you saw it? I’m sure I have it around here somewhere but I can’t find it.

-- Fred

I’m really happy to be here and everyone seems so friendly, posting their welcome messages and all… but can’t anyone remember where the plans for this storage thing came from?

-- Fred

i think i saw it in shopnotes

-- If you can't build it, code it. If you can't code it, build it. But always ALWAYS take a picture.

Just came across this post. Great for storing sheet goods.

I had one similar to your’s that I just disassembled. I found that since I wasn’t going through large quantities of sheet that I ended up stacking things in front of the rolling part thus preventing me from moving it without a LOT of rearrangment!

Great Idea!

-- "Lumber is just sawdust in 'solid' form!"