Stock stand

[brewdexta]

I have a few days in the workshop next week, I'm acting as house husband while the missus is on a course so between dropping the blighters off at school and picking them up I have a few hours. I have bits of tractor to paint and a polytunnel to put up but I was hoping to make a major PITA in the office go away.

The main problem I have is a pile of box and angle on the floor, apart from being in the way, I can't see what I have. It great have stock to hand but its gets in the way too much.

So the plan is to make a free-standing rack to take stock up to 4m long. I was thinking of 3 or 4 A frames made from 25 or 50mm sq box, so shorter lengths could be racked too. Possible with a hinge at the top of the A to allow for them to be folded up if not needed (optional) and bolted together with 25mm box, again so it be dismantled for storage.

The A frames could take stock on both sides, probably with horizontal bars welded or adjustable for the stock to rest on.

I have some low profile castors with locking that I could use too. They take about 200kg each, quite small but I don't intend to be moving this much but may be useful.

I had a quick search on here for "stock rack" and "stock stand", I'm probably searching for the wrong thing. I didn't find owt, as I'm still in the early design stage, if there are any examples out there or comments on design that would be useful.

Cheers
Andy

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Where's it going to live eventually? Still in the office or out in the workshop?

Would something along these lines, but adapted to meet your specific requirements fit the bill?

 

[brewdexta]

I had something similar in mind, only two not four legs but 3 or 4 of 'em with 25mm box between, with some triangulation between frames.

I would live out in the shop, the workshop is 20m x 6m so if I make the stock 4m max and put it towards the end of the shop where I keep the stores it will have much less impact than what I have at the moment.

 

[Robotstar5]

We used something similar to this but no connecting straps just verticals bolted to the wall with graduated length arms welded to them, all fabbed in house.

 

[ukracer]

I have one of these ideal for what you want. it's on 4 castors and box section Base. box section frame and thick plate arms with a bend on the end of the arms.

Sadly I have just filled it back up so not sure any pics would be useful. I will check.

 

[brewdexta]

I have finally got sick of the stock on the floor so I am planning on making some stands at last. The stock is 7.5m long at the moment, so I am planning cutting it in half so it can be stored across the workshop so the stands need to cope with 3.75m max. I reckon on 3 stands of 50mm box linked together with 25mm box. The upper racks are also 25mm box. Probably about 750 to 800 tall so I can mount my saw on top for cutting long stuff. I have some meaty lockable casters to stick the stands on.

Each stand would look something like this from the end.

and three about 1.2m apart leaving an overhang of stock of about 600mm max at each end, something like this but I may extend the top 600mm each way.

I'm still thinking about final dimensions and features but after thinking about this for a couple of years I think this will suit my purposes best.

3.75m fits across the workshop but still allowing plenty of room for shelves and walking past, its on casters so I can move it about if need be and will have more than enough room for both steel and timber stock.

 

[Gareth0123]

Here are my "A" frame material stands:

 

[brewdexta]

very nice

I like the shin protector idea. I may steel that.

 

[Gareth0123]

I went from this:

To this:

and this:

 

[Wendelspanswick]

What is the purpose of the end board?

 

[brewdexta]

What is the purpose of the end board?

I'm presuming its to stop you banging yourself on the bits of stock sticking out. I am going to incorporate this idea.

 

[Gareth0123]

Exactly that, to stop me walking into the pokey out ends of the materials.

 

[Ton-up]

Massive waste of space with those end boards!!
Put the 'shelf' bars right across, cut a shaped hole and use the centre too.

 

[brewdexta]

Could always stick a door on it. I'm thinking of putting some shorter/lighter stock such as threaded bar through the middle and have an intermediary rest on the cross brace for stock shorter than 1.2m.

 

[Gareth0123]

The end board lifts on and off, locating on pegs & sockets. if you look carefully at the photos you will see welded on brackets for additional shelving at two internal levels and along the top. Although I have only ever regularly used the additional top brackets to mount a shelf I used for long fiberglass and carbon fibre rods. The centre positions have on occasion stored roof tile battens, lengths of 2" X 1" 3" X 2" timbers, and plastic water pipes.

 

[angellonewolf]

you could just put plastic pipe and stack them in the middle that would hold a lot of metal

 

[clueless77]

I just have some 1.5 twin and earth tied to my roof joists in loops and slide the box and bar into them, it's ok as long as your not overloading it.

 

[brewdexta]

I'm a coat of paint and a bit of sterling board away from finishing this.

Here's a couple of pics.

Upside down, putting the arms for the stock to rest on. Note to self, take off the little plastic work piece protectors from the clamps before welding I melted two, I had been using the clamps for some woodwork and they were close to the job, I don't usually use these for metalwork.

Still upside down, welding done, painting the underneath surfaces with smoothrite, I have gallons of the stuff to use up.

Castors on and now painting the rest but run out of time to complete it, so will be net weekend now.The flash on my camera is a bit crap. There will be OSB on the top so I can use it as a lightweight workbench, I will put the rage mitre saw on it. The top extends beyond the lower part ate each end to cover any stock overhang to create a 3.8m worktop. The vertical beams are far enough apart to fit 110mm land drain in.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Shox Dr]

...There will be OSB on the top so I can use it as a lightweight workbench...

Cheers
Andy

Looking good Andy, I suffer from NAFS as well

 

[brewdexta]

yep, can't get enough, I think dark matter is made up of junk that just needs a flat surface for it to go on so it becomes detectable.