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I wanted to post something that shows I actually build things sometimes instead of fixing things that got wrecked as has happened my last two weekends. The idea came from leftover metal parts I had from five vertical storage racks I got for free from Craigs List. The lumber from the shelves was used for building the sound enclosure for my PC air compressor (pictures coming soon, it's being painted) and this stuff I was going to recycle. The whole project was made with esentially two tools that I recently purchased with advice from the BT forum - a Bosch jig saw and a Makita impact driver.
Total parts were 12 - 3/8 x 2 1/2 bolts w/ nuts & washers, 12 - 3/8 x 4 1/2 lag bolts, one can of kilz spray primer, and two cans of .99 cent Borg gloss black spray paint. Total cost of project to get my scrap lumber off the floor out of my way and future "real wood" organized - $18 bucks !!!
You need to think outside the box a tad when you have to share your shop / 2.5 car garage with family cars, skis, bikes, soccer balls, boat stuff, etc. In Seattle they don't have basements due to earthquakes so this area also houses the furnace, H2O heater, a refrig / freezer, storage so it is not what I considered part of the "shop".
There are four hanging fixtures with three horizontal shelves on each spaced 32" O.C. as follows:
This shows a closer version - the net net net is room to hold a 12 inch wide by 10 foot long board, six inches between each horizontal bracket with three slots on each side. I still need to do a little bit of touch up paint from the installation yet and also finish the touch up on the complete garage / shop project so please excuse the mess as wires are hanging, shelves are partially primed etc as it's probably a couple weeks out yet of being completely done (besides the expoxy floor).
This last picture shows the almost completed repair of my ceiling from hitting my gas line last weekend (hanging that yellow hook for my kid's bike). I don't enjoy working with metal much but it was a mental challange to make something very usable on the cheap and it also continued my quest to build a legitimate woodworking shop one step at time.
Total parts were 12 - 3/8 x 2 1/2 bolts w/ nuts & washers, 12 - 3/8 x 4 1/2 lag bolts, one can of kilz spray primer, and two cans of .99 cent Borg gloss black spray paint. Total cost of project to get my scrap lumber off the floor out of my way and future "real wood" organized - $18 bucks !!!
You need to think outside the box a tad when you have to share your shop / 2.5 car garage with family cars, skis, bikes, soccer balls, boat stuff, etc. In Seattle they don't have basements due to earthquakes so this area also houses the furnace, H2O heater, a refrig / freezer, storage so it is not what I considered part of the "shop".
There are four hanging fixtures with three horizontal shelves on each spaced 32" O.C. as follows:
This shows a closer version - the net net net is room to hold a 12 inch wide by 10 foot long board, six inches between each horizontal bracket with three slots on each side. I still need to do a little bit of touch up paint from the installation yet and also finish the touch up on the complete garage / shop project so please excuse the mess as wires are hanging, shelves are partially primed etc as it's probably a couple weeks out yet of being completely done (besides the expoxy floor).
This last picture shows the almost completed repair of my ceiling from hitting my gas line last weekend (hanging that yellow hook for my kid's bike). I don't enjoy working with metal much but it was a mental challange to make something very usable on the cheap and it also continued my quest to build a legitimate woodworking shop one step at time.
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