My shop is in disarray due to lack of proper wood storage. I have been accumulating lots of odd sized pieces that just don't fit the vertical racks that I had been using. I am mostly building stringed musical instruments from highly figured wood. Much of it arrives in the form of slabs that are anywhere from 30"-8' long. some are pretty wide and they start out with two roughly finished faces. Typically they are cut down to no more than 5' long pieces early on, often before they come home. They can be anywhere between 2" and 4" thick (seldom as much as 4"). As time passes I wind up with partially processed pieces, so there are narrower pieces and thin sound board pieces (almost veneers).
I also have some more "normal lumber", but usually not too much. It is usually in the form of 4/4 or 8/4 by 8-12" boards anywhere from 3'-8'. I most often buy longer boards, but they are cut before they even come home. There is also a few pieces 5/4 x 3" x 7-8' tropical hardwoods.
Some of that fits nicely in the vertical storage which is basically just 1" dowels that stick out from the wall 14" to allow boards to stand on end. It doesn't accomodate all the slabs short pieces, and thin sound boards. I have pretty limited space since I am in a two car garage space and have a lot of machinery, storage shelving (much of it unrelated to the shop work) and benches crammed in. The vertical storage is on one of the very few short sections of wall that isn't taken up eith either built in shelving, work benches, or machinery.
Anyone have suggestins of ways to store these odd sized and shaped pieces in a limited space of a small shop?