Storage solutions

[ukracer]

The idea is if you have or find any cool ideas for storage ideas you grab a photo or image and post them here.

 

[ukracer]

First one I have not seen this before for discs.

 

[cumbriasteve]

More suited to the small home workshop or hobby welder:

I made these 3 brackets for my steel stock and placed them up above head height to keep it out of the way, I don't consider them heavy duty or anything clever but it was amazing the amount and weight they held., the photo shows them holding my stock when it was running low, up to 3 times that amount was on them after a restock.

 

[cumbriasteve]

My foldaway welding table:

Yes I know it's wood, it was a prototype out of scrap timber to see if the idea was viable and if so I would make a metal one.

As you lower the table the legs swing out ready to support it, it's about a metre square and it means I could work on it and then raise it to put the car away of an evening.

Obviously it is not a big hammer table but is ideal for laying out and tacking etc, I have made many gates on it and I am ashamed to admit it is still there and I have not got round to making it's steel replacement.

 

[Monkey Harris]

love the table ...

 

[awemawson]

Very neat

 

[shedfull]

Old tv bracket , but of threaded rod holds a round piece of plastic with holes in to hold lathe tools

 

[daleyd]

First one I have not seen this before for discs.
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How does that work?

 

[ukracer]

Old tv bracket , but of threaded rod holds a round piece of plastic with holes in to hold lathe tools

I can see how the TV bracket works but cant see the "but of threaded rod holds a round piece of plastic with holes in to hold lathe tools"

 

[Gareth0123]

I made these to bring my steel stock under control. Designed to store steel on two sides but only one side currently used. Additional tubing and flat fabricated to provide a support for a plywood guard to prevent me or others walking into the ends of the steel stock. 1.2 metre long backed plywood shelves added to help control the shorter off-cut lengths of steel.

 

[shedfull]

A bit of threaded rod goes through the pivot point of the shelf for the tv .

the rod is about 14" long it goes through the aluminium tube and clamps the round blue plastic part so that the lathe stuff, 3mt drills, centres are suspended from the bottom of the bracket.

Lee

 

[ukracer]

A bit of threaded rod goes through the pivot point of the shelf for the tv .

the rod is about 14" long it goes through the aluminium tube and clamps the round blue plastic part so that the lathe stuff, 3mt drills, centres are suspended from the bottom of the bracket.

Lee

Ah super. Its brilliant. the photos cuts of the bottom so it was not clear it was hanging not floor standing...well to me anyway. lol

 

[captain-destructo]

View attachment 57525 View attachment 57526 View attachment 57527 View attachment 57528 I made these to bring my steel stock under control. Designed to store steel on two sides but only one side currently used. Additional tubing and flat fabricated to provide a support for a plywood guard to prevent me or others walking into the ends of the steel stock. 1.2 metre long backed plywood shelves added to help control the shorter off-cut lengths of steel.

possibly a stupid idea but why not modify the plywood end pannel make it hinged, add ply shelves on the back half and then you can use the back half of the rack as well?

 

[Maker]

How does that work?

I think it was a picture of a random part and the storage system is in the background with the rods sticking out from the wall with various wheels on them.

 

[daleyd]

I think it was a picture of a random part and the storage system is in the background with the rods sticking out from the wall with various wheels on them.

I was looking at the random part thinking, how is that going to store discs ?

 

[ukracer]

I was looking at the random part thinking, how is that going to store discs ?

Lol i see what you meant now.

 

[bigegg]

No piccy, but a "lynx" shower gel bottle is just the right size to use as a mobile phone cradle (for my samsung galaxy)
Cut off the bottom, turn it upside down, remove the lid (so dust drops through).
I have two, one screwed to the fascia in my van, the other on my tool wall above the charger socket.

Usually a good idea to wash them out, and dry them first

Oh, and whilst I'm "blue-peter"ing - I have a cut down fabric softener bottle as a drill holster in my tool chest.
And one litre tetrapack milk/juice cartons as hardware "tubs" (platic milk bottles work as well) - cheaper and easier than plywood/sheet metal dividers, and I can lift a "tub" out to where I'm working.

The disk store in post 1 - I drilled 13mm(?) holes in the stud wall supports in my shed at about a 10deg angle from horizontal and hammered 1/2"(?) round bar in, intending to use them for storing lengths of dowel/copper pipe/25mm SHS. They now have disks, circular saw blades &c() hung from them instead

 

[Gareth0123]

possibly a stupid idea but why not modify the plywood end pannel make it hinged, add ply shelves on the back half and then you can use the back half of the rack as well?

At the moment my capacity and work load, along with having an excellent working relationship with my local primary steel supplier means that currently I only need to carry enough steel stock for the job I have at hand, and about 14-28 days worth of material for my own products. Which at the moment means I have used up only about 2/3rds the storage capacity on one side of my racking.

 

[Robotstar5]

A 12" piece of drainpipe (square or round) fixed under the workbench top with the open end facing out. Put your commonly used files in, the handles catch on the end stopping them going in too far.

 

[bigegg]