Steel storage

[PhantomEB]

I am trying to keep stuff off the floor as I am only at 24x24 so shoving all my long lengths in the corner does not play any longer. Currently I have this wall empty.

Was planning long lengths, 12’+ to be up near the ceiling as the times I need such lengths is far and in between. IE tube for cage, sliders etc.

But other thought is to put the long lengths down low near the Curb wall once the fence wood is punted. Yet keep the 8’ max long ones on the rack up behind the bikes.

So up high or down low?

 

[ndnchf]

I have an I-beam running down the middle of my garage. I used uni-strut to make a rack for my metal stock. It works well for me.

 

[AMCguy]

Here's mine just after I built it. It's pretty loaded now.

I suggest you start near the floor. Heavy stuff near the bottom, lighter stuff up high.

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Glenn

 

[fiftyv8]

I had a work colleague years ago who was a scrap metal scrounger and always picked up any scrap lengths of steel and stored it all in high overload and partially overhead wall racks.

He went missing one day and his wife could not find him even though his car was parked in the drive way.

Later that day the Police doing a search at his property found that his large collection of steel had fallen onto him and crushed him to death.

His friends figure that he must have been adding new found items when the load was just too much and down it came.

Not funny, but he did find how many straws it would take to break a camels back so to speak...

I have a rack not so heavy or loaded and every time I walk by it, I always look to see that all my visual fasteners are intact.
It has been there over 10 years and stable but you just don't know sometimes.

Stay safe everybody.

 

[Torque&Recoil]

Mine is very similar to AMCguy's, but a bit smaller. Works great.

 

[Kaizen]

I echo the heavier items down low. Just busted a nut moving a 4x4x12 in a ladder.


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[sberry]

I don't have any real long storage, longs turn in to shorts and new I buy gets used or snipped in half to store most of the time. But,,,. I find about 90% of it ready with a cut or hole needed, 50% off the bit steel rack.

 

[PhantomEB]

Thanks for all the ideas and comments. Guess I will stick to keepin it 8’ or shorter on the racks. Don’t see the long lengths of tube sticking around long.

 

[Daveo]

Here was a good use of a bed frame and a piece of crappy warped up sheet metal, ideal for short pieces. Then a old parts cart for real short pieces....

 

[tarmy]

Here is some of mine...shorts are kept in vertical racks and in drill press base.
This rack holds up to 10’ Stock

This can hold up to 20’ stuff

 

[lis2323]

Here’s some of my storage






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[aventino68]

Wow that is nice with the steel bandsaw right beside. Easy to cut and return offcuts

 

[lis2323]

Wow that is nice with the steel bandsaw right beside. Easy to cut and return offcuts

Thanks. Here’s a shot from the other end.




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[Dneel81]

I am trying to keep stuff off the floor as I am only at 24x24 so shoving all my long lengths in the corner does not play any longer. Currently I have this wall empty.

Was planning long lengths, 12’+ to be up near the ceiling as the times I need such lengths is far and in between. IE tube for cage, sliders etc.

But other thought is to put the long lengths down low near the Curb wall once the fence wood is punted. Yet keep the 8’ max long ones on the rack up behind the bikes.

So up high or down low?

Thanks for the teaser pic of the bronco. More pictures of it please

 

[zkling]

I'm with you, stock storage in a small shop is a balancing act between cost to buy new and time frame to get the job done. As well as sanity of stashing things here and there.

 

[Jazz1]

My steel rack is outside under waves of garage. I had reason for longer eaves. Found steel rack at scrap yard. Storing steel inside just not necessary IMO

 

[dr_clyde]

My steel rack is outside under waves of garage. I had reason for longer eaves. Found steel rack at scrap yard. Storing steel inside just not necessary IMO

If you don't care about rusty steel, then sure.

Temperature swings and humidity will cause most steel outside to rust even if it is under a roof.

It is a struggle for me to keep bare steel I have INSIDE from rusting.

 

[LeeG]

When I built my shed, I had some extra concrete, so I used it to make a 12' long x 1' wide storage slab next to the block wall. When I got into welding a few years later, I wanted to be able to keep some stock on hand, so this is what I came up with.

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This is a free-standing structure. There are only 4 tapcons connecting it to the wall, as the wall is quite flimsy. All the weight is supported on the concrete pad it rests on. The base structure is made from standard construction lumber, with the additional rows of storage being some cantilever brackets I welded up. I used two sliding barn style doors to keep it closed up. The end wall is hinged to make it easier to pull 10' sticks of tubing. The overall length is just under 12', making it easy to store the 10' lengths that are available at my local metal supply.

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It closes up pretty nicely, and I've not had any issue with the metal rusting while in storage (and some of it has been there a few years). I credit that mostly to living in the desert, and most of the steel is pretty well oiled from the store, but I have been out there right after a monsoon, and everything inside was dry. I use some space on top to store my pole saw and weed whacker. I have it way more loaded now that it was in those photos, and everything is holding up well.

Lee

 

[lis2323]

When I built my shed, I had some extra concrete, so I used it to make a 12' long x 1' wide storage slab next to the block wall. When I got into welding a few years later, I wanted to be able to keep some stock on hand, so this is what I came up with.



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This is a free-standing structure. There are only 4 tapcons connecting it to the wall, as the wall is quite flimsy. All the weight is supported on the concrete pad it rests on. The base structure is made from standard construction lumber, with the additional rows of storage being some cantilever brackets I welded up. I used two sliding barn style doors to keep it closed up. The end wall is hinged to make it easier to pull 10' sticks of tubing. The overall length is just under 12', making it easy to store the 10' lengths that are available at my local metal supply.



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It closes up pretty nicely, and I've not had any issue with the metal rusting while in storage (and some of it has been there a few years). I credit that mostly to living in the desert, and most of the steel is pretty well oiled from the store, but I have been out there right after a monsoon, and everything inside was dry. I use some space on top to store my pole saw and weed whacker. I have it way more loaded now that it was in those photos, and everything is holding up well.



Lee

Nice and tidy[emoji481]


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[PhantomEB]

Thanks for the teaser pic of the bronco. More pictures of it please

This thing? Soon I need to get back on it!