does anyone have any tips or ideas on how to save room and effeciently store large materials (sheets of ply ) large canvas, etc?
I would of done a very tiny mezzanine shelf in my shed but the roof is already too low
Hi @pinkminx
I also have quite a bit of ply that I use in my caravans, they are best kept flat so I have a very large work table that they sit on and I get a nice big work area.
Here's another photo showing the bench before I put the ply on, I made it out of 70x35 pine, the legs are free gluts from Bunnings timber yard. I fastened 12mm ply to the top but formply would work too.
Unfortunately, I haven't worked on my caravans for a long while, but this bench has certainly had a work out with house renovations. It currently has raw kaboodle drawer faces that I'm painting for my kitchen reno.
Hopefully you might have the space to do something similar, it keeps the plywood flat and protected, and off the floor.
Shelley
Hi @pinkminx,
Locating the sheets flat against a surface is ultimately going to be the least obtrusive way of storing them. This could just be a wall that you install an eyehooks and hook into at the ends of the sheets and run a chain between them. Unhook the chain to remove sheets. If you have the floor space and need to regularly access the panels, I absolutely love this storage system, which I've rendered for you below. Stores sheets, is movable and you can keep lengths of timber in it as well.
Let me tag @Nailbag and @Dave-1 to see if they have any thoughts.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mitchell
Good morning @pinkminx
I am always intereste din maximising storage/space :) I shuffle things at work all the time for the same reasons.
Both of @MitchellMc's ideas I thought of as I went throught your questions.
Opton 1 - With the wall and chain, it would also be an advantage to have a few pieces of timber flat on the ground coming off the wall. Just to give air the ability to circulate underneath and keep any moisture away. I think this would be easiest to do tho harder of the two to grab a certain piece of board.
Option 2 - With the trolley, I love that idea. We have a few at work that the workshop guys have made up. I will try an take a pic later of one of them as it allows a board to be on its sid eand then rolled out and flat to go onto a tablesaw bench or any bench. They have welded it is the only issue :/ lol Timberwise mmmm it may be doable. I will take a photo for you. With the fixed sides of @MitchellMc's that would be the easisest to store and reuse timber.
Option 3 - I dont like bending over so I was thinking how to drag a board out and up manual handling wise.
Mmmm Will draw apic :) Will be easier.
This could be as thin in depth as say 500mm, I wouldnt go thinner then 500mm in depth as it may be to top heavy. I would rather say 800 deep (a tables width) With this you would just wheel it over and drag out your piece of timber and lay it down. Depends It keeps them vertical and accessible.
Dave
Thanks for the ideas I wis I could have a big table like that to store underneath I like that idea but that table is almost the same size as my whole shed! Ha looks great to work on though.
I will see if I get through the shed renovations first & recover then figure out where there is space for a lil storage area. Along a wall most likely will probably be the go. 👍🏼
Evening @pinkminx
Just had another thought :)
Rem the pink solid rail on my table/stand? How about a Shelf with an edge like that with lag screws through to the studs behind? Each shelf would only hold one or two pieces of board and I would do the whoile chain across the top to stop them falling forward. You could do heavy duty right angle brackets as well but I like the shorter sort to minimise the canterlever weight.
