'Budget' moulding rack

[Tim]

Since I'm fed up having to walk the length of the garden to retrieve moulding from the 'big' shed to the 'small' workshop, I caved in and decided to install some horizontal moulding racks in the small workshop for my most used mouldings......there's not enough ceiling height to store vertically, see........

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Eventually all the uprights will have the pipe insulation........

[Ryan Montgomery]

I did just the same thing today!!

I got mine from Ikea and it's fantastic!

[GeoSpectrum]

That's exactly what I do. Watch out for moulding falling off if you over fill the bays!

[prospero]

That all looks a bit hi-tech to me.

[StevenG]

That all looks neat I'll take a pic of my effort tomorrow

[Graysalchemy]

I used o do that in an old workshop I had, until I was blessed with 15ft eves.

However the anyone who has visited my workshop knows that being able to store moulding vertically comes with a price............... you can't heat the *$*king place.

[Ryan Montgomery]

My setup:




4 Uprights @ £3 each
12 Prackets @ £4 each

Total cost: £60

The brackets are strong with a plastic top so I'm not bothering with the foam. I can easily put in another row should I need it in the future.

[StevenG]

What kind of person does it make me when I like looking at other peoples workshops?

[Graysalchemy]

My setup:




4 Uprights @ £3 each
12 Prackets @ £4 each

Total cost: £60

The brackets are strong with a plastic top so I'm not bothering with the foam. I can easily put in another row should I need it in the future.

That wallpaper is a bit OTT for a workshop

[Ryan Montgomery]

Yes, it is a bit! I used to use it as a backdrop for Boudoir Photography!

[Graysalchemy]

Oh er missus

[Abacus]

Some of mine just visible in these pictures

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[Graysalchemy]

Thats like my rack but neater abacus. Like the idea of tubes and boxes as a shoe for the moulding mine ends up everywhere. I think I will copy that idea if i may. Nice big frame as well

[StevenG]

Very neat and that frame!!!!!!! I couldn't even get that through my workshop door Looks fantastic, hope the customer didn't use the bus when it was collected.

[Abacus]

Help yourself ga, my key man Ben (and his daughter) are sat on a "shelf" underneath which are storage bays for short lengths of moulding, longer lengths go into tubes (or boxes as suit), full or nearly full lengths go into the rack. Most of the bays have 4 mouldings in, I separate say different blacks into different bays and mix with say golds, then if the job ticket says 007-0402 black bay 27, it is more difficult to select the wrong moulding. If 4 black mouldings were in the same bay then more care would be needed.

The large frame was a commission for a customer, it was hung on his staircase! The artist hired a box van to deliver it, I refused as I don't have goods in transit insurance.

[IFGL]

I have already copied your system apart from the lower shelf bit, I got a bit jealous after you showed me round your work shop.

On a serious note, after changing from shelving to upright bays we can now produce almost double (no more searching for mouldings ) and there is pretty much no damage, so thank you for that.

[pramsay13]

Interesting watching this thread as my mouldings are currently piled on an old pool table. I'm going to be getting some kind of racking / shelving system soon so great to see what others have done.
Is there no issue with stacking wood vertically? As a boy I worked in Wickes building supplies and for space reasons our wood was stored vertically and I remember comments often that said wood should be stored horizontally to stop them warping / bending.

[StevenG]

Here's my attempt, maybe a tad overstacked at the moment though. Think the whole cost me about £15 (3 shelves). I've had different reports about the vertical storage - some say it'll warp the wood, others say it won't, I've found leaning a length against the wall will (at my cost) warp it for sure!

[Graysalchemy]

When I built mine I built a frame 12 ft high with sheets of chip board against it it was sloped so it came out about 18" from the wall. That way the moulding lies against the back flat and thus no warping. It is what a lot of wholesalers use. I also have palette racking with shelves every 12 inches for box quantities. It sort of works but not really above head height

[ChrisG]

I use these from Lion http://www.lionpic.co.uk/product/STEEL- ... 447,0.aspx

The brackets are at a slight angle which stops mouldings falling off. Everything is powder coated so looks the business and it is all rock solid. A tad more than a 'budget' solution but well worth the extra IMHO.