On 9/27/2011 12:09 AM, kansascats wrote:

Jack what is the width of the base of your cart's A-frame?

The base is 32".

What's the width of the top of the A-frame?

The top is an 8' 1x6, or, 5 1/2" wide.

About what angle do you suppose it
is? 10 deg. off or vertical?

My recollection is 5°. The width of my bottom for ply storage is
around 10" so it will hold 20 full sheets of 1/2" ply. You could make
it a bit wider to suit. I rarely have full sheets of ply, mostly
partial sheets of varying sizes.

BTW, my shop is also a 2 car garage, around 24x24' and the cart
surprised me at how little room it actually takes up. I have mine
sitting 90° to my table saw/jointer and to the door I bring in my
lumber, so it's easy to get stuff in an out. This thing really exceeded
my expectations, it's a great rack.

I'm pretty set on the 1/2" pipe. That's minimal wasted space, and 12"
of pipe could probably hold 200# or better. An attempted chin-up will
be the proof.

If you build this cart, you won't need the wall lumber rack unless you
store a lot of lumber, or have a really busy shop. I use my wall rack
to store some 10 and 12' stuff, and really short stuff sideways on top
of the 12' stuff. I also have some cove base, copper pipe and other
assorted non-lumber stuff on the wall rack, but basically, it's no
longer needed for it's original purpose.

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Jack
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