shop fixture

[twelchPTM]

Not sure what section this fits into but I have a question about sheet good storage, I am looking for a vertical storage rack that prevents bowing as well as(or better then) horizontal storage racks. any ideas?

[gene]

If you can find a store that is closing alot of the time you can get pallet racks cheap . A few years ago i bought 20 sections 10'long 10'high for about 900. They work great. also google pallet racks , there has to be some near you

[BTP]

I built shelving That has a 5x8 bottom bay.
Then, I made a 4x8 platform with casters that I use for the sheets. Then just slide it in there.

When the wood truck comes, I roll the cart out there. Load it up, and then pull it into the shop. I can pull it with 15 3/4" sheets all by myself.

Re:Vertical I would worry about scratching etc.

[bleeth]

For the many years I had a smaller custom shop (which I still yearn for!) I always used a vertical rack as typical projects only took a few sheets or so of each type of ply. My racks were a little over 10 feet tall so they would accommodate the times I needed to use taller product and I would have dividers every 12 inches or so so panels couldn't flop over very far and were easy to put in and remove . I used plywood tops and bottoms and 1 x 4 slats for the verticals. Made it easy to blow out and keep clean and can be as wide as you want overall. Even with multiple pallet racks for horizontal storage now I still have one of these for storage of small quantities and cut-offs. Usually I would have one of the sections divided in 2 horizontally for short cut-offs. Bowing was minimal since the bays were narrow and only a little care would keep the leaning angle low. If I had particular concern I could always clamp the panels to the vertical studs so they stayed totally straight. This concept does need some back cross braces screwed to the wall as it is pretty floppy if free standing. Once installed it works great.

[twelchPTM]

Gene - I actually have pallet racks already but they eat up a huge chunk of floor space.And since my shop is a an oddly shaped room floor space is at a premium. The shop actually sit below the ground floor and I have a roll up gate that opens up onto the loading dock, the rack sit right inside so sheets come in the loading dock straight into the shop and onto the rack.
Dave -I have in the past used the method of clamping the sheets to studs, I was just hoping there might be an off the shelf solution.
I do a lot of work with HDPE Plastic sheets (playboard,marineboard/starboard ect. We like to keep a couple of sheet in various colors on hand for quick solutions or small projects but it always works out that the color I need is on the bottom of the stack, and it doesn't tolerate being stored on edge at even a slight angle for even short periods of time.

[bleeth]

I've also done vertical plank racks against the wall that had an angled back to lean them against. You could combine the 2 concepts with an angled side to your rack but I've never seen anything like that offered as a pre-manufactured item.