Lumber Storage in Shop

[RSKY]

Can anybody share pictures or plans of your lumber storage in your shop. I am redoing the inside and this is my remaining problem. Any help would be appreciated.

RSKY

 

[slowzuki]

I would show mine but I don't have a picture. Just imagine stacks of lumber piled everywhere, pallets of blocking, cut ends in stacks and barrels, and all my darn equipment out in the yard waiting for me to clean up the shop!

I did begin by turning everything junk into fire wood. I also got some nice metal racks someone had made, they are a 4x4 steel tube with 2x3 arms welded on. strips of plywood on the arms so they don't mess the wood. These bolt to the wall to make a lumber rack.

Outside I took an old pallet and built a lumber rack in the style of a pipe rack onto it. Filled that up so when I need some wood I just bring the whole pallet down, take what I need then send it back out.

 

[JDgreen227]

My woodshop is in my basment, I made a rack for 3 to 4 foot lengths of wood by supporting it from the ceiling joists. There are a pair of standing height 8 foot square workbenches in the center, and I made a rack under one of them to keep long lengths off the floor. And old milk crates make a great way to store short sections of wood.

Hope these ideas help!!

 

[Mousefield]

Don't store mine inside but is under cover on the back half of my 28 X 24 ft chicken palace. I have it stacked, not all of it by size. I am in the process of selling some of it and cutting up smaller stuff I have been keeping for "future use", some I have been keeping for over 10 years :ashamed:. If I were to store in inside then some type of metal rack with 4-5? levels so you can sort by size. Perhaps something similar to what metal shops use to store their pipes and rods on.
If you click on the attachement their is a pic of a wooden lumber rack.

 

[Pete Judd]

I have a hobby cab shop, and try to store all my hardwoods upright. Don't know what type of wood you are trying to store, how much, how dry? Not enough info.

 

[ChoPChoP]

In the cabinet business for 35 years and have always stored lumber standing up. Takes less floor space and it's a lot easier to pick your pieces. :thumbsup:

 

[Carl_NH]

I had 4000BSF of pine milled - 2200 BSF of 14-18" Wide for flooring and 1800 BSF of trim material all in varying widths and thickness 1X and 5/4, and 8-16' length.

It was air dried for 12 months and then milled. kilzed coated and primed from the yard.

The wide material is upstairs on the floor and the 1800BSF of trim went under the stairs in the barn. I spent $25 on 2x4's and built the storage rack below.

Its OK for access - not great but it does get a lot of wood into a small area.

 

[jdonovan]

quantify lumber storage.

I store the framing/utility lumber different than the cabinet woods.

Also the volume and sizes you're trying to store make a difference too.

6-8' boards vertical storage becomes easy.... less so with 20' 4x12 beams

 

[MF1652]

I have a small basement shop where space is a shortage. I also only have to store hardwoods for projects and some sheet goods for cabinets. Construction lumber never needs to be kept in the woodshop. I came up with this idea from a magazine. The lower half has a plywood box mounted on hinges on the left side with a caster under the right side. This allows me to put full sheets of 4x8 plywood in the box then swing it tight against the wall. Swing the plywood storage out and I have storage for small cut offs between each stud bay. Above the plywood storage is adjustable shelfs that allow me to store full length lumber for projects. It's amazing how much I can store in an area only eight feet wide and about 10" deep tucked against the wall.

 

[jdonovan]

MF1652 - that's VERY impressive.

 

[JDgreen227]

MF1652 - that's VERY impressive.

Agree, very original and creative. GOOD WORK !!! :thumbsup:

 

[RSKY]

Great ideas. I see several I can use. Pictures are impressive! Thank all of you very much for your help.

 

[MossRoad]

Just remember that if you store wood upright with the ends on the floor, and something spills that you don't know about, like, say, a plastic bottle of oil that falls behind a workbench and you don't notice and it gets cracked and leaks and spreads under your wood stack, the wood end grains will soak it up like a sponge and ruin it... just sayin... not that I'd know anything about it personally...

 

[DocHeb]

The Miter saw is at chest height so I can see cutoff markup without bending over. It is in the middle of my 30 foot shop so I can cut off the end of ~15 foot boards. There are several roller supports to the right and left of the saw to move material easily on the miter table. The last lumber support is sized to allow the planer and jointer to slide under them. I must have read the same magazine as MF1562 since I have a pivoting sheet goods rack to the far right. Large-sized horts are stored vertically behind the lumber supports. The lumber supports are 3/4" - 18" black pipe pieces set into 7/8" holes drilled on a 2 degree angle into the studs. Some have an elbow and a 4" nipple at the end to stop thin strips from falling off.

To the left of the saw (not seen) there are four 10 foot white wire closet shelves placed upside down on similar black pipe that holds piles of medium and short shorts.

 

[MF1652]

DocHeb, I really like the height of the miter saw. Good idea to save on the back.

 

[tungularafishcamp]

Don't store mine inside but is under cover on the back half of my 28 X 24 ft chicken palace. I have it stacked, not all of it by size. I am in the process of selling some of it and cutting up smaller stuff I have been keeping for "future use", some I have been keeping for over 10 years :ashamed:. If I were to store in inside then some type of metal rack with 4-5? levels so you can sort by size. Perhaps something similar to what metal shops use to store their pipes and rods on.
If you click on the attachement their is a pic of a wooden lumber rack.

Mousefield, did you mill that yourself?