Lumber Rack

Well this project is long overdue and a week late after getting strep throat last week (never want that again). I basically used Marc Spagnuolo's design and adjusted it to fit my needs. I have way more lumber right now than I would normally have in my shop because of all the wood I got in the craigslist deal. I figured by building this rack I could get a lot of my floor space back, and as most guys with small shops know, floor space is paramount.

I cut all the vertical supports to 46" in length, I didn't wanna go all the way to the floor with it due to lack of space in the shop. I used four 6" flat head fasteners from the home store to attach the verticals to the wall.

The shelf brackets are lengths of 2x4's sandwiched in between two pieces of 3/4 plywood. I cut them at different lengths and made the bottom ones just 10" in length as to not protrude out from the wall so much where I would be working. I used my track saw to cut the plywood lengthwise into 6" strips and then cut them to length with my miter saw.



After making a mark 3 1/2" from the top at the front and the bottom at the back I used a straight edge to draw a line between the two and taped them together and cut them on the bandsaw.

I used glue and screws to attach them together and used a scrap piece of 2x4 to set the depth on the plywood pieces.

Once the vertical are all attached to the wall into the studs on 32" centers it's time to attach the shelf brackets. I used 1 1/2" screws on both sides and one 3" screw on both sides to go all the way through to both pieces of plywood (maybe a little overkill).

 After all the brackets are screwed into place it's time to stack the lumber onto the rack and clean the place up.

 I wasn't able to get all my lumber up on the rack but I got enough where now I only have one stack of lumber in the floor about 10" from the wall. The main thing is that now I have my floor space back and have room to move around again in my shop.