racks for steel ?

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looking for ideas to store 20' & 24'  steal for my new shopwhat do you guys use
Reply:built my own out of 1 1/2 square tubing on attatches to the wall and the other is free standingLincoln Pro Core 125Lincolin sp 100Miller Big 40Lincoln Idealarc SP250miller matic 212http://www.facebook.com/hdwelding?sk=wallwww.hdweldingbeds.com
Reply:If I ever get a shop, I will have a 40' - 53' conex box for material. I think."Where's Stick man????????" - 7A749"SHHHHHH!! I sent him over to snag that MIC-4 while tbone wasn't looking!" - duaneb55"I have bought a few of Tbone's things unlike Stick-Man who helps himself" - TozziWelding"Stick-man"
Reply:I'd probably do what I currently do with wood. stick some 2x4s on the floor every 4' and stack it against a wall.If you are building the shop still, the inter-modal shipping container wouldn't be a bad idea either, and you could weld you brackets and spark table right to the wall. The shop radio might get crappy reception though I have been giving the idea of buying a couple to build a house with some real thought as of late. I'd do 2 containers spaced apart then put a roof over everything and build a couple of short end walls. the same design would work well for a shop too.Last edited by Groo; 10-09-2011 at 11:06 PM.
Reply:I've had good luck with the double hole standards and brackets for shelves and  holding materials at the shop. Much nicer than the home built cantilevered racks I built a few years ago. The big down side is the high cost. 8 16" brackets cost me about $60 today and the 8 60" standards I bought on Wed. last week probably set me back almost $100. I think it was well over $400 to do the 20' of racking on the one wall of the shop out of that stuff.The big advantage is that you can adjust the racks easily and add more if needed. You do loose a bit for the taper on the brackets compared to say using the square tube we built the original cantilever racks from, but thats a small price to pay for the ability to adjust the racks as needed..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
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Reply:Angle iron for the uprights. Weld 12-18" pieces of 1x1 angle to the upright for material shelves. Have the 1x1 angled up a bit( 3 degrees is enough) sloping toward the wall. Space each 1x1 shelf about 6-12 inches apart. Weld 1x1 to the upright angle with the flat at the top( material will rest on this). Uprights should be heavy-ish. 2-3" angle @ min. 3/16" thick. Place the bottom of the uprights on the floor to take the most weight and lag bolt (3/8" lags minimum) the uprights to the wall studs. If your walls are still open, doubling up the studs would be good. Uprights on every other stud would be plenty. Build the racks out of angle to suit what you keep in inventory. Lot's of inventory = heavier material. I did my racks pretty beefy. I also recommend the lower "shelves" be 8-12" apart to hold your heaviest/ largest dia. stock. 4-8" spacing for everything waist height and up. I stock my most used profiles around shoulder height for easy access. I've got some wide space shelves up high for some of the bigger tube I use as I don't use it a lot and it's .063 wall so it's light. With the shelves angled back at the wall, it presses the weight of materials back to the wall and down to the floor. I'm going to try to post some of my shop photo's. They'll be pic's of my racks there you can look at.B200amp Air Liquide MIG, Hypertherm Plasma, Harris torches, Optrel helmet, Makita angle grinders, Pre-China Delta chop saw and belt sander, Miller leathers, shop made jigs etc, North- welders backpack.
Reply:The type racks you build depend on what your drop material and stock material is.  We do alot of structural.  So most of the racks are made from 12-16" W beam uprights and 6" x 1/4" tube with 12" 45* gussets.  Spacing the racks at roughly 3'.  I have counted over 30 tons on a rack at a given time.  If you are just handling light gauge material, the need is much less.Lots of toys.
Reply:I made some racks for the shop a while back:http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=46074
Reply:Originally Posted by forhireI made some racks for the shop a while back:http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=46074
Reply:I made the rack in the foreground. Works good for small stuff.