workspace material storage ideas
 

I'm looking for ideas on how you guys store your building materials, either flat bits or lengths of stock or whatever you got.

example I've got a crap load of aluminum stock , brake line and some steel bits all piled on the floor, and I want to store it vertically. What do you guys do?

pictures are most helpful

thanks "thumbsup""thumbsup""thumbsup""thumbsup"



I posted this thread, did some brainstorming and just took a que from my local Ace or Home depot. I then gathered some scrap wood left over from other projects and after a few hours I came up with this. It's basically a jumble of how Ace and Home Depot displays their metal stock. I wanted a welded one but I'm much faster working with wood and I don't think I had enough proper sized stock to build it

Pictures
this was the point that I had to make decisions
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sale 018 by my beer goggles, on Flickr

morphed into this seemingly practical display of usable stock
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sale 027 by my beer goggles, on Flickr

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sale 026 by my beer goggles, on Flickr

I only cut one piece in half, but it was 72 inches and I did not see needing that intact in the near future.

thanks for all the posts and ideas, I did it like this because I'll be moving soon and now it's freestanding and I can keep it organized for moving and who knows where I'll end up living, and I'd hate to trash it

I use the cardboard tubes that Mcmaster uses to ship the delrin bar stock that i make links and such from. there about 6 feet tall and can hold alot and are portable if you need to move them.


-Lance

My workspace is in my basement so I store long materials overhead in the floor joists.

All my long stuff gets stuck through the metal shelving on the wall. It sticks straight out, but still plenty high to walk under. Anything under 12" long goes into a tupperware box. I've got one box for plastic, one for aluminum, one for steel, and one for rods/tubing.

Before the shelves were up, I drove three or four long nails level and in a row into a blank, out of the way spot on the wall to hold stuff.

This is what I use at work, I made a rack similar to a gun rack to hold them.

thanks guys I updated the O.P with pics of what I came up with. "thumbsup"

I think I remember a thread with pictures of your basement, maybe 2yrs ago?
Was that you or am I mistaken...

Possibly...there was a workspace thread here somewhere.

Here is where I keep light stuff...1010 tubing, Delrin rod and thin pieces of aluminum. I had more up, but didn't like that gas line supporting much weight, so I took some down. I plan to put up something else to support the weight. It's also a good spot to store some trucks that aren't being worked on.

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nice idea for the crawlers y u have so many and what going on with ya web site ?

"Duuuuuude" I like your idea about the nails in the wall to hold your stock.......i will use that one in my shop for sure............thanx............

I use PVC pipe that is tucked into the rafters of my basement to hold the different types of material that I stash.

I've been wanting to do this for awhile, and finally got around to it this weekend.

My Underground Lair is a bit short on floor space, so I didn't want to put shelves where I'd have to walk around them. I saw this in a magazine, and thought it was a great idea. Now I can put long term storage items away without tripping over them. I also have plenty of space to put up more shelves.

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Thats a great idea!

I think I would take that one step further, and flip the shelving upside down. Notch the edge to fit around the joists, and you have an instant back to your shelves.

In my shop, I use lengths of gutter to store materials in. They are mounted to the wall with brackets. All available cheap from Lowes/HD.

I wish I had a basement, my garage is a bit packed at the moment. Those overhead bins are a great idea.

That's funny I do the same thing with them. :ror:

well i have a farly big basement but im only limited to about a 10x10 foot section of it (not my rules my mothers(also im only 14 so)). so when my mother remodled the kichen i grabed the old cabnets and put them in the basement and just put a flate peace of wood on and know i have a work bench/ flate stoage on top for big things and small cabnets for the smaller stuff.
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