Small project: steel brackets

admin

A neighbor was kind enough to give me a steel bed frame to practice welding on. I used the steel to make brakets to store my steel stock on the wall instead of the floor where it was getting wet. The bed frame is about 1/8" thick and I used 1/4" steel rod as well.Here they finished in gray primer.Milermatic 211
Reply:looks good - how did you fasten them to the studs?Weld well; grind less.
Reply:Thanks. I drilled 2 holes in each bracket and screwed each bracket a stud with two fat, short wood screws from my random assortment of odd screws. Using old, mismatched screws made for a truly free project (except for my time and consumables, of course) Milermatic 211
Reply:Nice little organizer, but I think lag bolts are in order. The first one in the picture almost looks like it is coming out at the top. You have room to put quite a bit of weigh up there.
Reply:Originally Posted by trapperjohnNice little organizer, but I think lag bolts are in order. The first one in the picture almost looks like it is coming out at the top. You have room to put quite a bit of weigh up there.
Reply:Very creative.  Simple, useful, and cheap.  How ya gonna beat that?(Retired) Professional firefighter, amateur everything else I try to do...Oh yeah:  Go Big Red!   (You know: one of the 12 members of the Big 10 cuz we left the 10 members of the Big 12...)
Reply:Originally Posted by Ken4444So that's a valid concern. I wondered about this myself. Ultimately I decided that the weight would be pulling directly down on the screws instead of pulling out. The screws are fairly thick (about 3/16") although short (about 1.25"). I figured that this would prevent the heads from shearing off due to the downward pull.Anyhow, I'm not an engineer so my thinking may be off here. I don't want a bunch of steel stocking falling on my wife's truck. I should probably calculate the weight load on the 6 screws.
Reply:Originally Posted by Ken4444A neighbor was kind enough to give me a steel bed frame to practice welding on. I used the steel to make brakets to store my steel stock on the wall instead of the floor where it was getting wet. The bed frame is about 1/8" thick and I used 1/4" steel rod as well.Here they finished in gray primer.
Reply:Originally Posted by dumb as a stumpI was just thinkin perhaps use some more of that angle to wrap around the side of the studs may help also.
Reply:for lags going into the edge of a 2x4, I would pilot hole slightly smaller than the lag.  If not you stand a good chance of splitting the stud and loosing its use.
Reply:Originally Posted by Scott Youngfor lags going into the edge of a 2x4, I would pilot hole slightly smaller than the lag.  If not you stand a good chance of splitting the stud and loosing its use.
Reply:Nice work. I like. lol x5 on the lag bolts and the pre drilling.