I am putting together my shop. It's all a jumble right now, so the first
thing I figure I have to do is organize all the scrap pieces.

I have a 40' container.

What kinds of storage techniques do you use for full sheets of plywood,
partial sheets, two by's, strips that you save for making small trim,
dowels, etc? I'm thinking of making horizontal racks along the walls with
projections about a foot long, and some vertical bins using a checkerboard
separator for the strips.

Ideas and sites with pictures would be appreciated.

I can't do anything until I can make some room by getting all this
organized.

TIA

Steve

On 1/1/2012 10:21 AM, Steve B wrote:
I am putting together my shop. It's all a jumble right now, so the first
thing I figure I have to do is organize all the scrap pieces.

I have a 40' container.

What kinds of storage techniques do you use for full sheets of plywood,
partial sheets, two by's, strips that you save for making small trim,
dowels, etc? I'm thinking of making horizontal racks along the walls with
projections about a foot long, and some vertical bins using a checkerboard
separator for the strips.

Ideas and sites with pictures would be appreciated.

I can't do anything until I can make some room by getting all this
organized.

TIA

Steve

Here are two storage cabinets I built that you might find interesting:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboye...7622392743628/

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On 1/1/2012 12:11 PM, Steve Turner wrote:
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Here are two storage cabinets I built that you might find interesting:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboye...7622392743628/

What's across the bottom of front of the second? If it's only the ply
box it appears, I'd expect it to sag pretty severely w/ time once it
gets fully loaded.

I'd suggest a piece of angle would do the trick along the front edge (or
put it back a couple inches if don't want it showing).

--

On Jan 1, 1:26*pm, dpb wrote:
On 1/1/2012 12:11 PM, Steve Turner wrote:
...

Here are two storage cabinets I built that you might find interesting:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboye...7622392743628/

What's across the bottom of front of the second? *If it's only the ply
box it appears, I'd expect it to sag pretty severely w/ time once it
gets fully loaded.

I'd suggest a piece of angle would do the trick along the front edge (or
put it back a couple inches if don't want it showing).

--

This may be sacrilege, but what about being diligent about purchasing
what you need for a project and not keeping a pile of inventory on-
hand? I'm really two-thirds serious at this point. Obviously you'll
need a supply of material for jigs and what-not, but wood just seems
to accumulate and makes it hard to stay organized. In DreamShop I'll
have a very strict limit on what and where it can be kept. Where I
work now it's way out of control, and costs us real $$ trying to keep
up with it. Penny-wise and pound-foolish, IMNSHO.
JP

On 1/1/2012 12:26 PM, dpb wrote:
On 1/1/2012 12:11 PM, Steve Turner wrote:
...

Here are two storage cabinets I built that you might find interesting:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboye...7622392743628/

What's across the bottom of front of the second? If it's only the ply box it
appears, I'd expect it to sag pretty severely w/ time once it gets fully loaded.

I'd suggest a piece of angle would do the trick along the front edge (or put it
back a couple inches if don't want it showing).

It's all 1/2" plywood except the bottom and top horizontals, which are 3/4"
plywood. Dadoes and Titebond II for every joint makes it very strong. It's
been fully loaded for years and there is no significant sagging anywhere.

--
"Our beer goes through thousands of quality Czechs every day."
(From a Shiner Bock billboard I saw in Austin some years ago)
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/

On 1/1/2012 8:03 PM, JayPique wrote:
On Jan 1, 1:26 pm, wrote:
On 1/1/2012 12:11 PM, Steve Turner wrote:
...

Here are two storage cabinets I built that you might find interesting:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboye...7622392743628/

What's across the bottom of front of the second? If it's only the ply
box it appears, I'd expect it to sag pretty severely w/ time once it
gets fully loaded.

I'd suggest a piece of angle would do the trick along the front edge (or
put it back a couple inches if don't want it showing).

--

This may be sacrilege, but what about being diligent about purchasing
what you need for a project and not keeping a pile of inventory on-
hand? I'm really two-thirds serious at this point. Obviously you'll
need a supply of material for jigs and what-not, but wood just seems
to accumulate and makes it hard to stay organized. In DreamShop I'll
have a very strict limit on what and where it can be kept. Where I
work now it's way out of control, and costs us real $$ trying to keep
up with it. Penny-wise and pound-foolish, IMNSHO.
JP

Good luck with that. You will always have something left over, and you either
need to throw it out or have a place to put it. The two cabinets shown in my
pictures serve that need quite nicely. Countless times a new project comes
along where I need that certain special board, and I usually have pretty good
luck finding something in my stash to fit the bill. I make every effort to use
what I have on-hand, and that helps keep the cabinets from overflowing.

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I have scrap that accumulates, also. I go through it about once every
3 months. If there's something I'll be using soon, I keep it. If
there's no pending project for it, it's tossed. The only exception is
with some expensive or exotic/rare piece(s).

Is the 40' container for storage, only, or does it serve as your shop,
as well? I assume for storage, only. Is access, into it, only from
the ends (or from one end) or is there access from its center (side
doors)? Its configuration, for access, would facilitate which/what
might be the best way to plan any layout.

Sonny

On 1/1/2012 8:18 PM, Steve Turner wrote:

Good luck with that. You will always have something left over, and you
either need to throw it out or have a place to put it. The two cabinets
shown in my pictures serve that need quite nicely. Countless times a new
project comes along where I need that certain special board, and I
usually have pretty good luck finding something in my stash to fit the
bill. I make every effort to use what I have on-hand, and that helps
keep the cabinets from overflowing.

Besides, throw it away in the morning and you'll need it in the
afternoon ... and the longer you've had it, the greater the need.

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"JayPique" wrote in message
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On Jan 1, 1:26 pm, dpb wrote:
On 1/1/2012 12:11 PM, Steve Turner wrote:
...

Here are two storage cabinets I built that you might find interesting:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboye...7622392743628/

What's across the bottom of front of the second? If it's only the ply
box it appears, I'd expect it to sag pretty severely w/ time once it
gets fully loaded.

I'd suggest a piece of angle would do the trick along the front edge (or
put it back a couple inches if don't want it showing).

--

This may be sacrilege, but what about being diligent about purchasing
what you need for a project and not keeping a pile of inventory on-
hand? I'm really two-thirds serious at this point. Obviously you'll
need a supply of material for jigs and what-not, but wood just seems
to accumulate and makes it hard to stay organized. In DreamShop I'll
have a very strict limit on what and where it can be kept. Where I
work now it's way out of control, and costs us real $$ trying to keep
up with it. Penny-wise and pound-foolish, IMNSHO.
JP

As a picker and packrat, let me answer that just for me.

Yes, I do buy materials for projects. I do live 6 miles from Ace, and 30
from Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. Whenever I buy, I buy more than I need, as
you can expect the unexpected. We've been remodeling this house since we
bought it five years ago, spending about $50,000 in the process. That's a
lot of "stuff"

And, as with any "stuff", if you throw it away, you will need it within one
week. I live on country acreage. I don't have unmanaged piles of "stuff",
but I do have managed piles. I weld, and hardly throw away steel, just keep
putting it in shorter bins. And many a time, I can go out and find just the
piece I need without driving sixty miles, and having to buy 20' of something
when I need one foot.

I just went to an auction of Pace American Trailers. Myron Browning
Auctions auctioned four locations throughout the US. About 80,000 sf of
manufacturing stuff under roof at my location. Made a decent enclosed
trailer from metal stock, wood, alum plate, etc. The place and most
equipment was an absolute wreck from the employees abuse. It was
disheartening. It was probably a contributing factor in its failure. If
the sabotage and intentional damage was that bad back in the shop, it was
probably just as bad up in purchasing.

Steve

"Steve Turner" wrote in message
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On 1/1/2012 10:21 AM, Steve B wrote:
I am putting together my shop. It's all a jumble right now, so the first
thing I figure I have to do is organize all the scrap pieces.

I have a 40' container.

Guys, I should have said that I need to keep it narrow, or go overhead. I
just have 8 x 8 feet. 40' long.

Steve

"Sonny" wrote in message
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I have scrap that accumulates, also. I go through it about once every
3 months. If there's something I'll be using soon, I keep it. If
there's no pending project for it, it's tossed. The only exception is
with some expensive or exotic/rare piece(s).

Is the 40' container for storage, only, or does it serve as your shop,
as well? I assume for storage, only. Is access, into it, only from
the ends (or from one end) or is there access from its center (side
doors)? Its configuration, for access, would facilitate which/what
might be the best way to plan any layout.

Sonny

I have two parallel containers. 16' apart, steel joisted steel roof over
both. One has a 7' wide door to the middle, and I will put the other one in
soon as I lay out the equipment. They both have doors on the same ends the
way they were laid out.

I tend not to keep wood nearly as long as metal, as once it starts to go
south, I'll toss it. Most projects that take full sheets or lengths of wood
are completed before the wood starts to age. I'm just saving some scraps
now for some yard projects and things.

Steve

On Jan 1, 11:21*am, "Steve B" wrote:
I am putting together my shop. *It's all a jumble right now, so the first
thing I figure I have to do is organize all the scrap pieces.

I have a 40' container.

What kinds of storage techniques do you use for full sheets of plywood,
partial sheets, two by's, strips that you save for making small trim,
dowels, etc? *I'm thinking of making horizontal racks along the walls with
projections about a foot long, and some vertical bins using a checkerboard
separator for the strips.

Ideas and sites with pictures would be appreciated.

I can't do anything until I can make some room by getting all this
organized.

TIA

Steve

Don't know if this will work for you but in my unfinished garage I cut
some angled half-laps (5deg) on short pieces of 2x2. Screwed them to
every stud at shelf height and store lumber there. Cheap, strong and
effective.