klutchdust
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steel rack phase 1 and phase 2 completed
second phase starts tomorrow
second phase starts tomorrow
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steel rack phase 1
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38Chevy454
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A steel rack, made from a steel rack!
Just a caution, without starting a PVC airline discussion on safety, but you should move that water trap and air outlet so no chance of bumping it with a piece of steel. That could get ugly if the PVC broke due to getting hit.
Just a caution, without starting a PVC airline discussion on safety, but you should move that water trap and air outlet so no chance of bumping it with a piece of steel. That could get ugly if the PVC broke due to getting hit.
Pretty nice, but I'd feel a lot better welding a triangular gusset or a little angle brace under each arm, but I always err on the side of 'over-building' and I'm embarrassed if I can find something at Menards (imported!) that's stronger than what I welded up myself. :S
One thing I try to remember is that welding still doesn't trump basic structural techniques, like braces, and physical laws like triangulation, etc.
One thing I try to remember is that welding still doesn't trump basic structural techniques, like braces, and physical laws like triangulation, etc.
justanengineer
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^^x2. When it does, its gonna fail quick and painfully.
metalmagpie
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Lot of air in there. Also, against a wall in my shop would be a no-go. Too much stuff around; too hard to get to.
sberry
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Your collection of longs will soon be shorts.
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klutchdust
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The air line is temporary, I removed what was there to put up the rack. I have a new system going in. The large
filter is for my blast cabinet. It is all going to be replaced.
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klutchdust
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That's phase 2, dealing with the shorts. I won't be posting any pictures of that though.
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sberry
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This is another area of a shop where I dun it or seen it done about very way it can be. The view changes in the rear view mirror. I do have a minor rack for 20 ft and havnt bought any I didn't chop in half or use immediately in quite some time.
I see a lot of new setups dedicate a lot of effort to long stock, great if real inventory of its nature is part of the plan but less than full length really pipe up in a hurry.
Some shops with a gob of fab equipment toss most of it, faster and cheaper to make than to store.
I see a lot of new setups dedicate a lot of effort to long stock, great if real inventory of its nature is part of the plan but less than full length really pipe up in a hurry.
Some shops with a gob of fab equipment toss most of it, faster and cheaper to make than to store.
sberry
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You have a good amount of stuff, I might have been tempted to use 4 posts, still could, add one move one and add pegs for half pieces in between. 10 is in between size, I got a couple spo0ts for it.
I saw another rack on here a while back that had good start but a lot of free space could have been double stacked.
I have a set of shelves anything to 5 or 6 ft gets stacked acros and overhead so a guy can walk under, shorts and heavier pieces lower and most of it gets cut to "stock" before it gets stacked as assemblies rarely work out and are hard to store.
I saw another rack on here a while back that had good start but a lot of free space could have been double stacked.
I have a set of shelves anything to 5 or 6 ft gets stacked acros and overhead so a guy can walk under, shorts and heavier pieces lower and most of it gets cut to "stock" before it gets stacked as assemblies rarely work out and are hard to store.
sberry
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sberry
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The short storage is where the real imagination comes in.
great white tj
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Nice job..
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klutchdust
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I have the ten foot long rack because I buy 20's have them cut in half, bring them home in my jeep and use as necessary. I am
working on the 'shorts' storage right now. Suppliers are close by so no need to keep too much. A little bit of everything is what
I have. The uprights go to the floor and the heavier things aren't even on the rack.
ok back to work.
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sberry
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Yes, when I put up a little generic stock its usually in 10 ft too.
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klutchdust
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This is the rearward wing of my garage. Had it built wider, taller and longer than most. used for toy storage.
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klutchdust
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phase 2
phase 3 tomorrow then who knows what.
AMCguy
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Wow this is a carbon copy of the one I built. Nice job. Great minds think alike.
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rburke65
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I keep all my metal in square kitty litter buckets! Don't have too many long pieces.
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klutchdust
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And I added a few 5 inch square tubes at the end to hold the short shorts but I will still end up with a bucket on the side.
Vegaman_Dan
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I'm jealous of all that open wall space. My garage has none from the front to the back. I need yet another shed I think.