wkearney99
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I've got a new shop space and am wondering how to best outfit it for storage. I've been using wire shelving for ages. That along with various kinds of plastic storage containers has worked wonder to allow me to 'save' far too many things. My goal here is to avoid bringing anything back into the new shop until it's been gone through and pared down.
The downside to the wire shelving is it's open and dust collects. I plan on doing some work with wood (but will be using a dust extractor). The upside to them has been they're wheeled, and being able to store sheet goods behind them. As in, stash an 4x8' sheet of plywood behind it. The wire setups have been able to hold a lot of weight (Costco units, some probably had upwards of 800# worth of stuff on them).
I'd at least want to be able to hold the same sized tubs (max being 23.5" deep). With the wire shelves I could get three each on a shelf (monoflo flip-lid from Costco). The tubs waste a bit of space, due to their taper. But not as much as all the empty space in them from having too many things spread across too many tubs.
I'm leery of building something from scratch, as that just makes it one more project on my never-ending To-Do list. I'm willing to assemble.
I considered going with some of the shelving that slides along tracks (a la for medical office paperwork) but figured that would just become yet another cleaning hassle. Something wheeled with doors that close seems a better solution.
So I'm debating what to get moving forward. I'd prefer to avoid overspending but for the right product I'd be willing to shell out some coin.
Any suggestions on what to consider? Or, perhaps more importantly, what to avoid?
The downside to the wire shelving is it's open and dust collects. I plan on doing some work with wood (but will be using a dust extractor). The upside to them has been they're wheeled, and being able to store sheet goods behind them. As in, stash an 4x8' sheet of plywood behind it. The wire setups have been able to hold a lot of weight (Costco units, some probably had upwards of 800# worth of stuff on them).
I'd at least want to be able to hold the same sized tubs (max being 23.5" deep). With the wire shelves I could get three each on a shelf (monoflo flip-lid from Costco). The tubs waste a bit of space, due to their taper. But not as much as all the empty space in them from having too many things spread across too many tubs.
I'm leery of building something from scratch, as that just makes it one more project on my never-ending To-Do list. I'm willing to assemble.
I considered going with some of the shelving that slides along tracks (a la for medical office paperwork) but figured that would just become yet another cleaning hassle. Something wheeled with doors that close seems a better solution.
So I'm debating what to get moving forward. I'd prefer to avoid overspending but for the right product I'd be willing to shell out some coin.
Any suggestions on what to consider? Or, perhaps more importantly, what to avoid?
