Thread: Timber Rack -What to use

Yes I saw that,

Great looking shelving but I was probably looking more at some kind of Rack

Greg

Timber Rack -What to use

If you make it out of anything but timber, it won't be a timber rack now will it?

Use whatever is hanging around,
If you have to buy use gal square steel tube and bolt it together if you haven't got a welder.

Simple stuff, uprights & gal pipe.



Details here http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ead.php?t=9197

Now confess Major, you're an old 'pro' aren't you.














Any opportunity to show off your rack....

Who?....me?


Not a hope!!!!!

Nice Rack!!!! :eek:

Pete

Hi Major,

That looks like what I am after.(Rack and clear floor :mad: ) I was going to do some thing like that out of Unistrust Channel,but they wanted about 20 bucks a meter for the stuff plus fittings.. Would have cost me about a $1000

Do the pipes move at all? Can you get them out for adjustment?

Your photo has made me feel even worst .!! Right up the centre of my shed I have about 20 x 3 mter lengths of skirtings etc (For the reno)

I would just love to be able to see the floor.

Whats the rest of your shop like? Any other good ideas.

Thanks

Greg

Originally Posted by Strungout

Hi Major,

Whats the rest of your shop like?

Thanks

Greg

Greg, I've been there, It is immaculate!!! It's a fine demonstration of what careful planning can lead to!

But theres no sawdust!!

So is it a display room instead of a sawdust factory:eek: :eek:

Originally Posted by Wood Butcher

Greg, I've been there, It is immaculate!!! It's a fine demonstration of what careful planning can lead to!

Hey Wood Butcher,

We won't tell him stuff like that,!!

It makes me sick with envy that that he can move around in there.!!

If my missus sees the picture I will never hear the bloody end of it!

Any way got too go and start cleaning up the shed (just kidding).

Cheers

But theres no sawdust!!
So is it a display room instead of a sawdust factory

The sawdust is in the dusty.

Originally Posted by Strungout

Hi Major,

Do the pipes move at all? Can you get them out for adjustment?

I would just love to be able to see the floor.

Whats the rest of your shop like? Any other good ideas.

Thanks

Greg

G'day Greg,

You have the same problem I had, hence the rack.
The pipes are ¾" water pipe. They are 27mm OD & I used a Frostner bit to drill them. Most were a push fit but a couple tight enough to require a light tap with a hammer.
They can be removed with a bit of persuasion
The rest of the shed is still undergoing some construction/upgrade & will never be finished. I've built a couple of cabinets & have a few more to go & the 6" & 8" pipework is still in the planing stage.

Greg,

I've got a rack just like Major's. I used cypress posts, and black steel tubes with a reasonable wall thickness. Drilled the holes with a spade bit at slightly less than 90 degrees so the pipes had a bit of upward tilt to them. Bolted them to the brick wall, and easy peasy storage. One of the tricks is to make sure the posts rest on the floor, that way most of the weight is in shear (downwards) on the posts, rather than on the wall.

Cheers,


Justin.