Make your shop bigger the TARDIS way - by making more space! I decided to add storage without taking up more room by making some movable shelving. Tucks away neatly in a corner and I can pull it out to get what I need when I need it, and I still keep the open space. Try it in your own shop!
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👍 a good idea ! 👏
🖐️(From France Pyrénées)
etymologically i don’t know if you can call it storage if it is mobile. technically it is transportation
I just like Fran so much!
Gosh. Another great video. Even that was a good idea.
When I was working at a small company where we all wore many hats, I built a a bunch of shelving to improve our parts stockroom. The shelf case was made of 1 x 12's as were the shelves. And the bottom of the case (which is the bottom shelf) was about 3 inches above the floor and a 3 inch kick plate (of wood) at the front of it. Makes sweeping the floor easier. In the inside of the uprights of the case I routed a 1/2" inch wide groove an 1/8" deep to accept those metal shelving strips. (For the woodworking purist, a "groove" is with the grain of wood and a "dado" is across the grain.) These were set in about an inch from the front and back of the uprights. The idea is to have the metal strips recessed so that shelf ends can be very close to the inner walls o the uprights. These are the metal strips that have a "C" shaped cross section and a horizontal slot about every half inch. I made backs of 1/8" Masonite which gives it strength and seals the back. You just snap in appropriate metal shelf clips and lay your shelves on them. The BIG advantage is that these are highly adjustable so you can size the shelf spacing to be optimal and usually get MUCH more on the shelves. Hint: If you get any of the cheap press-board shelves or cabinets (like the ClosetMaid brand at Home Depot or similar) they use little plastic shelf support clips that push into 1/4 inch holes. That's fine and they have rows of holes for adjustability. But invariably the rows of holes aren't complete top to bottom and have some gaps with no holes. Before assembling, add holes (they are blind holes) to those gaps and you get more adjustability. You will thank yourself later if you do. (I made a wooden jig to do that where I use it as a template.)
Another add on you could do is get some 1/4 inch plywood and screw it on to the back and sides to enclose the shelves more so small items like spray paint cans don't fall off when your moving it around.
I like that you explain what and why.
I put too much weight on one of those plastic shelving units, and it has collapsed. Not fallen over, but twisted the legs into a spiral until the contents of a shelf support the shelf above. Its rather humorous, like shelf DNA. Clever idea there… You can also just buy the casters and then could devise a mounting system. I'll think about that. Have xtra casters.
Too cool Fran. Thanks for showing us this really cool project.
It kind of reminded me of some of those file systems where the shelving separates for access with a hand crank, enabling you to walk between the shelves.
I don't cut the carts up. I just screw boards to merge two carts into one 8 wheeled cart. Very stable and extra strong.
Fran, you have to make your effects into eurorack modules, you'll make a buck $$$
Nice. We have started putting fixtures on wheels as well.