How do you store your raw stock?

As long as nobody got squished. Steel can be replaced and recycled easily enough.

"Randy" wrote

What I saw didn't stick out from the wall to hold squat. Plus, they had no protection from having stock roll off the top row even if the pieces were sitting up there nice and even. There needs to be a stop to prevent just such a thing. It happens in the real world. And it always lands on the wrong thing.

Steve

Worst comes to worst...he can buy a box of cheap 3/4" nuts and simply weld em on the top of the end of the bars. Its not great..but it works...most of the time.

weld em upright..on a flat with the hole facing the material.

And he can use them to seperate the supports when the shelves collapse

Gunner

The end of each angle has a hole drilled for a bolt and coupling nut to form a stop. needed for round stock optional for flat stock.

Thank You, Randy

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I'm a one man shop, and I can't get my forklift within 50 feet of the stock rack, all stock is put on or off, by me, by hand.

Genarally I buy all stock over 2" round in 3 or 4 foot peices so I can move them. They stay on the floor, never on the rack.

It's not fun to play dominoes with stock.

Thank You, Randy

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How do these holes work without the bolts in them?

So when you toss up that piece that breaks the camels..errr stock rack's arm and it cascades down .. you are standing right beside it?

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So what would you suggest? 10 inch wide flanged H beam?

There is nothing wrong with Randy's design. You can overload anything.

1.5x1.5 stock, at those lengths, are not particularly strong, when one starts putting MANY hundreds of pounds on it. Id suggest a simple diagnol brace from the main upright to the front or middle of each arm. The middle would probably be ok, if the brace is at a 45'ish angle. It wont interfer with his loading them up and it may keep him alive and undamaged.

Did I mention I work in factories all over So. Cal, and have seen stock racks, home made ones, collapse like the World Trade Center?

But hey...I was only making observations. Take em or leave em. Shrug

And yes..you can overload anything. Sometimes however..its harder to do when its properly braced or made of the proper materials. Shrug again.

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Engineering Bromide: an overstressed system will relieve its stresses eventually. But wouldn't you rather do it in a controlled manner?

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True...but with some proper bracing..the racks are well enough made that I dont think he could fill them up and have them collapse.

You don't even know what he is storing. His rack could easily be filled to capacity with thin wall tubing. Not to mention how heavily he intends to load it.

Both quite true. However..He did post a link to a photo of his old rack..and it wasnt filled with conduit, or 3/4 empty.

As I keep saying..it was only observations. Take em or leave em.

Was there anything else you wished to boff your chest with?

Gunner

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Then it will no longer be an over stressed system.

It is like the question to ask about medieval Cathedrals "When did the tower collapse?" The ones which remained were the ones which had enough stone piled up to keep from exceeding the stress limits.

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