| Project by Michael Hacker | posted 104 days ago | 736 views | 3 times favorited | 14 comments |  |
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made entirely from cull pack lumber! this rack has been assembled to safely store my lumber, both dimensional and sheet goods! and more!
i borrowed a few ideas from other lumber rack designs, mine came together quickly using a double arm design and triple rack span. it is a completely freestanding rack joined using screws and some glue. its way strong!
each rack is comprised of four main arms, increasing in size from top to bottom (2×4, 2×6, 2×6, 2×8) and two 2×6 support beams. the support beams are notched 1” on each side to receive the arms. each arm is glued and screwed straight into the support beams square, this is where i needed some big pipe clamps!
after assembling all three racks i cut 8 cross member supports out of 2×6 stock and joined the racks together. i pocket holed each 2” (rough dimension) cross member at a depth of 3/4” on both sides! you may have noticed that i cut some corners and used a limited amount of 3” kreg screws, and the rest were 3” drywall screws. always drive the real pocket hole screw home first, then use the others as insurance.
it was at this time that i realized that positioning these supports allowed me to store flat goods within a very obvious wasted space, the height of each arm! properly positioning each cross member at the bottom of each arm allows you to place flat goods across the cross members!
i got excited and loaded some lumber to test its strength, then took some photos. in the early photos i was only using 8 cross members, and it was VERY STRONG. later i added the other 8 (the middle) cross members and lots more lumber! this was not a problem, my lumber rack is a BEAST!
additional photos are available on my website www.mikehacker.com in my woodworking section!
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14 comments so far
griff
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posted 104 days ago
That is one great rack, great design. very good build
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 104 days ago
nice rack! great design. thats a lot of wood you’ve got there. thanks for the post
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 104 days ago
If my lumber rack was that organized I would always have to buy lumber for each project. This way I wouldn’t mess up the rack. lol
Great job!
Lee
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jockmike2
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posted 104 days ago
Nice rack, no offense. I got to do that. Ive got the stuff all over heck.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 104 days ago
Nice rack, but if I had a rack like that, I wouldn’t have any room to do my woodworking.
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TedM
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posted 104 days ago
Mike, looks great! Love to see the rest of your shop ;)
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Scott Bryan
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posted 104 days ago
This is a nice lumber rack. It does appear to be strong and capable of holding enough wood to keep you busy for awhile. :)
Thanks for the post.
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Greg Wurst
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posted 104 days ago
I wish I had the room for one of those, as well as your stack of lumber! Nice job!
Kipster
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posted 104 days ago
You will use that rack for many project to come.
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trifern
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posted 103 days ago
Very nice solution. I need something similar to this. Thank you for sharing.
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miles125
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posted 103 days ago
Looks great. I’ve just always noticed that no matter what kind of rack you have, the board hardest to get to is the one you need.
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PaBull
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posted 101 days ago
The rack will too small before you are done loading it, where are you putting the next rack…lol.
Thanks for sharing.
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Sac
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posted 99 days ago
Very Nice
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woodnot
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posted 64 days ago
great idea! ! ! this configuration can work in any shop !!!
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