Need to build a free standing metal rack.....need some ideas

[6011Artist]

I'd avoid drilling holes in the floor if at all possible. If you don't own it, you may find the owner keeping your deposit to repair it when you move out.

You say you have old commercial shelving? Do you have the bars to go with the end caps? If so, put a section together and put your long steel on top and hope it is higher than head high. Add pieces to it if it is not so you won't take up valuable floor or walking space. Put a place on one side for sheets and another place for shorter drops of cut off steel. You got to get creative and figure out a rack to hold what you got without damaging the building, will fit in your area available and still hold all of your material.

But whatever you do, make it free standing. If you ever want to move it, it's not attached and leaves no damages.

 

[F250DSLPWR]

I built " right triangle sharped arms" that are bolted to the verticles on one wall in my shop. I store long steel pieces against wall out of the way and out of the weather. The arms are made out of 2"x2" steel tubing and have two pieces of 3/16" flat stock metal welded on the back into a "U" shape that have a horizontal hole thru them. I placed the U over the the shops wall stud and drilled a hole thru the stud. bolted to the stud the arms make a nice shelf bracket or in this case and arm to store steel tubing on. The arms are are up pretty high on the wall and that leaves plenty of room under them for a row of "Gorilla Racks" connected together on to which I store shorter pieces of materials.