Wood storage ideas

[nybhh]

I've had a big stack of (dried) lumber leftover from various projects taking up way too much valuable floor space in my barn the past 8-9 years.  Its a pain to try and pick through to find what I needed and to maneuver the tractor around, etc.

I finally decided to do something about it using regular old heavy-duty brackets and standards and while it works great, it ended up using a lot more brackets than I expected (I still need 16-24 more) and therefore ultimately cost more than I wanted.

I had thought about just building my own but like the flexibility of the standards and these are probably stronger than what I would have built.  The plan was to ring the whole barn with it if this worked out for my own sawn lumber also but it would cost a small fortune.

Got me wondering how other people store and organize smaller quantities of dried lumber other than in hard to manage flat stacks.

[doc henderson]

I have no answers, but have the same issue.  my shop wall ht. is 12 feet, and I have shelves around the perimeter that are 2 feet deep and 2 feet down from the ceiling.  these are good for boxed or bulky stuff.  I have a 3 feet tall wooden box that i stand scraps up in, but the same scraps are there for years.  I should just toss or burn.  I have a loft above what is supposed to be a paint room, with stacks of like wood, but not for the odds and ends.

[beenthere]

I have no answers, but have the same issue.  my shop wall ht. is 12 feet, and I have shelves around the perimeter that are 2 feet deep and 2 feet down from the ceiling.  these are good for boxed or bulky stuff.  I have a 3 feet tall wooden box that i stand scraps up in, but the same scraps are there for years.  I should just toss or burn.  I have a loft above what is supposed to be a paint room, with stacks of like wood, but not for the odds and ends.

Coming to that conclusion as well.. but like a lot of "collections", they are pleasant reminders of past projects and carry residual thoughts that "someday" just might find a use for something hidden there. 
On occasion, will just close my eyes and put scrap wood on the burn pile. 

[doc henderson]

we all need a friend that does small projects.  I do not mind giving it away as much as throwing it away.  Sawdust Jimmy picks up stuff off the floor and asks if i have a use for it.  he makes segmented bowls, coasters and plaques.  he and his wife were over last night using the engraver to make gifts for members of a national women's golf sumpthin sumpthin.  he also will take a little engraving and put a walnut border around it, and back it with felt or paper and give them back to me.

[doc henderson]

 

 

box with scraps, big enough but one offs.



 

barrel full of dry bench leg stock.  and a few other odds and ends.



 

loft above the future paint room...maybe.



 

 

saw horses with lumber on top, to go over the 20 sheets of 4 x 12 half inch sheetrock, destined for the garage walls.  with some orange underneath.



 

 

 

 

this is in part intended to make you feel better.  i do spend extra time looking for stuff, although i usually impress other with my ability to find things.  keeps me sharp like those pictures where you have to find the hidden image to keep me sharp... oh i already said that... :D :D :D.  i am a work in progress, and crank out tons of gifts and stuff, but too busy to clean and organize.  I am motivated today, as we had to cancel our campout, and it feels like a free day.  i also need to learn to say no to those who do not help me back, unless it is a gift from me to them.

[nybhh]

 
Woa!  Yea, I do feel a little better haha.  
I don't normally have a problem burning scraps and have a similar bin in the shop (right next to the wood stove) i cull through for kindling but I seem to have accumulated a lot of full-length leftovers, much of it ipe and special-order stuff where I order a bit extra and always seem to have too much at the end.  I have a project in mind to use all of the ugly rejects at some point for a backwoods off-grid little camping cabin but who knows when I get to that.

[Hilltop366]

keeps me sharp like those pictures where you have to find the hidden image to keep me sharp

Were's Walnut?

[Old Greenhorn]

Where's Walnut?

That's brilliant! :D :D :D ;D

[WDH]

 

 

Vertically. 

[ESFted]

I don't have a lot of wood, and wall space is at a premium, but I like vertical storage and prefer to be able to leaf through it to select a board without having to unload the stack. I converted my "lean it against the wall" storage to allow me to be able to easily pull out boards by using threaded pipe from the BORG.


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[doc henderson]

great ideas gents!

[metalspinner]

WDH,
That looks like an art gallery. Do you sit on the bench and just stare at the wood?

[nybhh]

WDH,
That looks like an art gallery. Do you sit on the bench and just stare at the wood?

No kidding!  That was my thoughts exactly.  Great ideas.  I have a lot of slabs drying that I'll probably do vertically as well.  I like that and it looks cool too.

[WDH]

Nowhere near as neat now ;D.  I have added some Yellowhammer style metal racks so it is not as open, but there is a heck of a lot more wood in there.  That is a purpose built insulated metal building for keeping my kiln dried lumber for sale at 8% moisture content.  

The two benches have been sold, but the wood cookie stand is still in there as I have grown attached to it .