Thinking about putting some cantilevered shelves in my garage--vertical supports lag bolted to every other stud, with cantilevered arms that extend out 20" or so that I can put shelving on for 25 gal. bins of household stuff like holiday decorations, camping gear, etc. I thought about just welding it all together, but I'd sort of like the shelves to be reconfigurable. I'm thinking holes drilled through the vertical bars that I can attach shelf arms too. Anyone seen anything creative along those lines? My original thought was to use 1/4" 1"x1" square steel tubing, but if there is a good design based around angle, I'm not wedded to square stock. I do think square stock looks a little better and would be less prone to twisting.
Design-wise, my thought was to weld some triangles on to either side of the shelf arms and have them offset so they would slide over the 1x1 on the wall--if I put a couple holes in the triangular supports, I could theoretically move them up/down if there are a series of corresponding holes on the wall verticals. But I wonder if I'm making the job too hard. I've got access to a 60T Ironworker that can shear 3/8" 4"x4" angle--one thought was just cutting a bunch of 1" long 4x4 angle and welding it to the underside of the shelf support--put a tab on the side of the shelf support to bolt it to the vertical and let the angle provide the support.
Any steel manglers want to weigh in? Anyone seen any other slick designs for adjustable shelving on the cheap?
(Yes, I realize I can probably buy some garage storage solution that will give me adequate support without a lot of the work. This is part of a larger project, so there's a bunch of steel going into my garage anyway.)