Re: Stock Storage

On 6/9/2025 10:00 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:102890r$116qk$1@dont-email.me...
 A fixed rack below the
beams was better, it can be suspended at all four corners if there's extra
space at one end to angle long stock in. Supporting long stock ~1/4 of its
length in from both ends bends it the least.
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If you leave one stock length clear at one end of a roof-suspended rack you can lift a piece by its center with a chainfall hung slightly less than half a stock length out from the end of the rack. When it's at rack height you can climb a ladder, support the end of the stock on the rack and slide it in. The chainfall sling will support the outer end while you move the ladder until the stock balances on the rack.
 This way you could move twice the weight you can lift with minimal equipment, since you lift only half its weight at the end. I can slide a 20', 400 Lb wooden beam onto a stack, though not from a stepladder. I temporarily hang a gantry track across the center of the stack of beams to pile more onto it.
 Sawmill practice is to place thin wood strips between rows to speed drying. I found that 3/4" spacing is too tight for mice to nest and foul the space. The spacers or "stickers" allow slipping a webbing sling around the stock, or a forklift fork under it.
jsw
 

I decided to throw money at the problem.  Behind my shop is a 20x60 concrete slab.  On the edge of the slab was is where I placed the 40' high cube container leaving 12 feet between the container and the building.
My future plan has been to place two 20ft continers that are current at my parents house on the far end of the slab facing outwards (doors will open over dirt), and one I already have (currently out front) against the building parallel to the 40 footer.  This leaves a 4 foot passage (nominally) between the 40 foot containers and the other containers and a 12 x 24 open area protected from casual view.
Its always been my plan to put a 12 x 20 shade structure for outdoor work in that 12 x 24 space for blacksmithing, foundry work, etc.  The little bit of blacksmithing I do now is typically done just inside the south door of the shop with the overhead door standing open.  I set my little blacksmith furnace on the welding table.  The light is not ideal.   It makes it hard to see the color of the metal with the direct sunlight coming in the door.
I had planned to add the shade structure after the containers were in place, but I can add it first.  I just need to be extra careful when placing the parallel container so I do not damage the shade.  After the containers are in place I can move any racking I buy or build inside one of the containers.
I threw money at it and ordered the shade this morning.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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