What material should i use?

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Putting together my new wood shop, and i need to build a wood rack. I'm thinking of bolting it to a inside block wall. So i can utilize the space under it to store my tools (planer, table saw) when I am not using them. I've searched for a while now looking for steel strenghts and haven't had much luck. I'm estimating that each level will have around 200 lbs of wood on it, I have 3 bars across in the picture, but can add 4 or 5. The grey is the block wall and the red is thesteel, I'm planning on bolting the steel right through the block. Is this plan plausable? and what kind/size steel should i be using?sorry for the lousy diagram, my microsoft paint skills are not the greatest. Attached Images
Reply:if you want those shelves 30" deep with 200 lbs on them, I would not put my support that close to the wall.  are you planning on welding this together or are you wanting a bolt together fit?  I am assuming welding?
Reply:yes welding, the 200 lbs would be spread across the 3-4 uprights, so with 4 uprights that would be 50 lbs per rack. Does that make sense? the picture isn't "accurate" it was just to explain what i am trying to achieve. I can move the supports where ever they need to be.Last edited by Hit_em; 02-26-2012 at 09:23 PM.
Reply:If it were me.  I would go with 4 uprights.  I would use square stock for my support beams and I would probably use angle to frame in the shelves and then use wood for the actual shelf.  Wood would be much more cost effective then using a sheet metal 30" X 16' that is thick enough to handle what you are wanting.when you say bolting it to the block wall.  Are we talking tapcons or are we talking bolt thru to and anchor on the other side of the block?  Buy your pic it looks as though you are going to have an anchor on the back side of the block.   If thats the case the up rights would not need to be all that beefy.just my .02
Reply:ya through bolt, with a steel plate on the back side to spread the load of the bolt. I wasn't going to put any kind of metal/wood along like a shelf, the wood would just lay across the metal. as in wood im talking about 2x4 - 2x10 tpye material that is being store until i use it.
Reply:I would use 1"x3" square stock with 3/16" or 1/4" plate for the uprights then.
Reply:Personally I'd go with Rubbermaid twin track wall standards and brackets myself. that's what we have for both material racking and shelving in the shop. T the deepest brackets we have are 24".http://www.homedepot.com/Decor-Shelv...&storeId=10051http://www.homedepot.com/Decor-Shelv...kuId=202858025The nice thing you can easily adjust your system at any time to reconfigure as needed. The stuff isn't cheap, but can hold up quite a bit of weight. I have way more than 200 lbs per shelf on many of the shop shelves tapcon'd to the block walls with no issues at all..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