Popular Woodworking 30 Lumber Rack

Don t spend a fortune on racks and shelves to store material.

Popular woodworking 30 lumber rack. I made three u shaped frames by screwing the 2x4s to the 2x6s. Stepladder about 30 at a home center into a lumber rack. So that s where all the vintage planes went. Let christopher schwarz show you how to build lumber storage for your shop that won t break the bank.

I organized all my short boards by turning an inexpensive 6 ft. Lumber rack based on popular woodworking s 30 lumber rack 1 2 galvanized steel pipes in 7 8 holes spaced every 4. Using a few pieces of pipe and some 2 x 4s you can get all your rough lumber and offcuts organized. My ladder didn t have treads on the back legs so i screwed on wooden cleats that align with the treads on the front.

Using a few pieces of pipe and some 2 x 4s you can get all your rough lumber and offcuts. Shop projects lumber storage. Then i screwed these frames to the ceiling joists. Now every board is easy to see and reach.

I made my lumber rack out of 1x4s 2x4s and 2x6s for a cost of about 20. I finished the rack by adding 1x4s to the bottom edge of the frames. 30 lumber rack project download popular woodworking magazine.