Reclaiming space with more efficient stock storage

[Clock work]

I'm working to create room in my shop for a shaper I just purchased.. The existing method of stock storage is in buckets, each on HF wheel dollies. Made a roll-out drawer to hold most of it under my lathe. Next step will be PVC tubes under my lathe table to hole "the good stuff"... stock where I "know the family" and want to store it a little more carefully. You can see that starting to take form in the photos.

 

[Ulma Doctor]

sweet! nice work
almost everything i have, i try to put casters on it .

 

[Clock work]

sweet! nice work
almost everything i have, i try to put casters on it .

Thank you

 

[jsh]

I always took reclaiming space and organizing, meant pile higher.
Then I have to search for an hour because it is not where it was for the past year or more.

 

[brino]

@Clock work, thanks for sharing this!
I am always looking for more/better storage ideas.
-brino

 

[Clock work]

@Clock work, thanks for sharing this!
I am always looking for more/better storage ideas.
-brino

My pleasure

 

[Clock work]

Finally loaded it up and got my floor space back... here's what it looks like 80% filled. Sorta feels like 500-600# when you put it around.

One change which I'm pretty sure I'm going to build in... those HF dollies I built it on have wheels that articulate around to line up/trail any motion vector. Problem is, the contact patches stay pinned to the ground and the entire dolly shifts side/side when you begin to reverse direction (start to pull out/start to push in). As I maximized the width, it's a PITA when it shifts back/forth. I already love the space this freed up but I'm going to replace the wheels with fixed wheels. Too much effort for an ancient guy to go thru just to look at his future scrap collection. Worth one last big pushup I think.

CW

 

[RandyM]

I have found that when I add casters to anything, I always oil them thoroughly. Not only the wheel axles, but the ball bearing swivels as well. It really makes a big difference for the heavy stuff.

 

[woodchucker]

looks nice, but for me, that would just be too hard to pick through. I mounted tubes along the wall so I can just grab what I need. If I have to dig under stuff to find what I want, I'm not likely to do it.

 

[dlane]

Small stock/parts storage , six gallon milk crates are getting hard to find though, not mobile but holds lots of stuff

Holds 6 crates they slide out like a drawers