The problem: When I built the structure in my shop to store sheet goods (see the thread http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=15471), I had not yet discovered Baltic birch plywood. Now that I have discovered it, I am using it quite a lot, but there is a storage problem. My sheet goods structure is meant to hold either full, half, or quarter panels of 4 x 8 sheets. But Baltic birch comes in 5 x 5 sheets. And, I can get quite a good price if I have about 20 sheets of various thicknesses delivered at a time. So, I needed a new rack. But, there certainly is no room in the shop.
The solution: I am completely redoing the interior of our garage so that it can hold:-our car,In one corner of the garage, I built a small platform to protect the gas line and the gas furnace exhaust. The platform is about 18 high, 6 long and 2 wide. A couple of days ago, I realized that, if I built some sort of framework to sit on this platform, it would be the perfect place to store the plywood. So here is the framework:
-our utility trailer,
-a small workbench and some car/trailer maintenance tools,
-accumulated stuff that we have uses for,
-accumulated stuff that we cant quite bring ourselves to throw out,
-wood
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It is made of 1.5 by 1.5 cedar and spruce cut from boards that I had saved from various renovation projects. All the joints are butt joints attached with two 3 screws.
Here it is holding a few sheets of plywood:
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And, here is a view showing a bit more of the surroundings:
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