Storing Sheet Materials

OPJ · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:54 pm Post subject: Storing Sheet Materials

Hi guys,

If I can get rid of a couple more items of junk then I should have enough room to build a simple storage area for laying sheet materials horizontally (the walls are only 2100mm). This'll be right next to the up-and-over door, just behind my mitre saw station, which is on 100mm castors.

This is currently what I have in mind:

There's about 2500mm (plenty! Cool

) between the end wall and pillar and the length of the "pen" isn't critical (I'll go with the length of my spare OSB sheets). Those studs would be tapered in length; cut from two lengths of 4"x2" and fixed to the wall. I don't want to build it up too tall at the front or it will foul the mitre saw cabinet. Angling them back toward the wall slightly is ideal.

My main priority here is not only to tidy them up but to get them off the damp walls and floor during the winter (I recently had to throw away a good amount of 6mm ply Sad

).

What do you think of this idea?

While I can't afford the space for a fancy fold-up unit that provides you with a cutting-bench, are there any other ideas out there that I could consider? I haven't been able to find much, myself.

Above this, I will eventually fit another wood rack (...in addition to the four-or-five elsewhere...!! Embarassed

)

This is how it was looking a few weeks ago, by the way.... Confused

(A couple of tools have moved around or been replaced, since then. Regardless; that large mess in the middle remains there today! Embarassed

)

Thanks for looking, Smile

Olly.
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so when i come over to collect the variety of dust extraction goodness, we should also do a deal on "offcuts" Wink

there looks to me to be a bookcase and a sewing table lurking in that pile of mess Very Happy

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Shultzy · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:25 pm Post subject:

wizer · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:07 am Post subject:

Storing ply is a pig. Do you need to keep it in stock?
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OPJ · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:41 am Post subject:

Pete, no sewing table but there is an MFC bookcase/shelf-thing. It's been on Freecycle for two-weeks now but no takers. Sad

I may have to break it up and use the longer lengths to build this rack/pen as well. Believe me, I do now have plans for all that oak and beech! Smile

Shultzy, you are quite right - laying on their longest edge (no more than 1220mm high)! Embarassed

Are you saying I should angle the base so it's perpendicular to the back or return the back to 90°?

Tom, I seem to spend more time working with sheet materials than any timber at the minute. Even if I need only a small sheet, it's cheaper in the long run to buy a full one and cut it down where necessary.
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Shultzy · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:56 pm Post subject:

Chems · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:11 am Post subject:

devonwoody · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:38 am Post subject:

Sheet materials stored near an outside up and over door? woooooooooooooooe.. Mine is draughty and would let any damp air creep in and sheets dont like that.

OPJ · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:29 am Post subject:

matt · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:44 am Post subject:

This is similar to my sheet storage, although I have an upright 2x1 in front that can be swung out of the way. It serves two purposes - something to flip the sheets forward on to so I can get at the one I want, and also to stop the sheets simply falling forward by accident.

One other thought, albeit a very minor consideration but one worth factoring in to the planning stage. Make sure the height of the plinth is no more than the difference between 1220mm and your armpit! It helps when it comes to getting the end of the board on to the plinth before sliding it home!