Garage storage shelves (Yea! 300th post :)

[chopnhack]

Well it's that time again - trying to clean the garage!
I have great motivation, I would like to build a rocking horse for the little one and the first step is to reclaim the garage. I used mostly half laps and some notched shoulders to make this rack. 5/8" plywood on top, I will finish the other 2 shelves tom. Its quite sturdy and I couldn't get it to rack. It only required (2) 8' 2x4 pt for bottom and (7) 8' 2x4 for rest of body. About 1/2 sheet of ply for shelves, 1lb of 3" screws and about 3 dozen 1 1/4 screws. About $60 from BORG - much better than what they offer in premade shelving. Custom sized to fit my location 18" deep, 4' wide by 44" tall.





Some sneak peak photos of the wood selected for horsie!







Let me know what you think!

[crokett]

I think those are some sturdy shelves that will hold a heck of a lot of stuff.

I think the wood for the horse is mighty purty and nice placement of the knot for the horse's eye.

I think I want to see pics of the horse in progress.

[chopnhack]

Thanks Crockett! I agree the shelves when complete will help me alot - I think later on when I am more organized I may convert them to drawers ala Tom Clark. And yes progress photos on the horse are a guarantee!

[Alex Franke]

agreed -- and I love the eye detail as well. Very clever!

And CONGRATS on #300

[chopnhack]

Thanks Alex! The eye will be removed though. The plans are the same as another member of the forum had posted from toymaker John Linck. The shelves will have to wait until tuesday thats the next shot I have at working on them. Stay tuned!

[Pappy]

Sturdy shelves, for sure! I wanna see more as the horse progresses! What's the wood? First thought was Cherry.

[cabinetman]

Project looks like it's going good. The notches will prove to be more than just cool to look at. Good planning. The wood looks like Walnut on my screen. Nice choice.
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[chopnhack]

Thanks Cabman! I was really pleased b/c the rack was thought up the night before and in 1/2 hour from concept to paper with parts list! Simple and straight forward, only downside was that there were a lot of joints to cut. The joints were all cut neanderthal style - circ. saw, hammer and chisel.
The horse project is indeed walnut. Supposedly unsteamed PA black walnut. Some nice grain to it too. I can't wait to clean up a bit and get to assembling it!

[rjwaldren]

I built something similar about a year ago, without the joinery. They're handy and strong, 8ft long - floor to ceiling. You could probably store engine blocks on it before starting to worry about overloading it.

[chopnhack]

Finished the rack finally It is hot as hades down here. I am sure cabman understands. The thermometer read 98 at 3pm. Garage was just too hot to work in for longer than 1/2 hour at a time. Not much cleaning got done, but one step at a time