Storage Racks 4X4's and Angle Steel

Nice addition to the shop.

I haven’t seen this design before. Straight forward and simple, I like it!!!

I used 4×4 and black pipe. Most all the materials were free.

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

I actually liked that method also. Saw your post. I know what a pain it is to get the holes the right size as I built a new fangled workbench and had the same issue of the metal pipe being 1.05 and trying to get the holes bored out. Decided this might be easier. But by the time you put in all the lag screws to hold the angle in its probably about the same amount of effort…......

-- What man is a man who does not make the world a better place?

I like that FWW design also. I wonder though, how did you anchor the 4×4 to the wall? In the pictures, the 4×4 looks offset from the framing behind the drywall (as evidenced by the drywall screws being visible). Or, is there a top and bottom plate not depicted in the photos?

-- Crashn - the only thing I make more of than sawdust is mistakes

I actually liked that method also. Saw your post. I know what a pain it is to get the holes the right size as I built a new fangled workbench and had the same issue of the metal pipe being 1.05 and trying to get the holes bored out. Decided this might be easier. But by the time you put in all the lag screws to hold the angle in its probably about the same amount of effort…......

-- What man is a man who does not make the world a better place?

Good catch. I knew someone would see that. The knucklehead who built the wall only used 24 inch on center. I wanted four posts for support so that screwed up my initial plan which was to lag into studs. So I lagged into the top and bottom plates. All the shear is vertically anyway so it want draw too much pull on the wall. I also put a 2×4 across the top screwed into floor joists so the top of the 4×4’s cannot pull outward. Seems to be pretty sturdy. Hope I don’t hear a big crash in the middle of the night ;-).

-- What man is a man who does not make the world a better place?

I figured you had likely attached it to the top plate.

-- Crashn - the only thing I make more of than sawdust is mistakes

was this in the 101 more shop tips issue that FWW have out right now? If so i think they suggested that if you have an old bed frame lying around you could use that…just chop it up as you would have the angle iron

-- It's made of wood. Real sturdy.--Chubbs Peterson

Not sure if it was from that shop tips issue, I saw it on the FWW site today however. The article did mention using bed frame angle iron (likely steel) to reduce cost. Hmmm, I think I may have one of those!

-- Crashn - the only thing I make more of than sawdust is mistakes