Timber storage rack

[jamesd256]

Hi,

I've got about 1km of wood to store and acclimatise, from 4x4 to 2x1 and everything in between in 1, 2 and 3m lengths.

I'm looking to throw up a quick and dirty timber rack. It will ideally be free standing, and open sided. I plain to have a central column with arms coming out both sides and a small gabled rain shelted extending over the sides. I am in favour of lots of screws vs nice joinery at this stage, as I just want to get the wood up and covered quickly.


I am imagining the end view to look like this:
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The only plans I've seen are for single sided ones. Do any of you experts have any links or suggestions?

Thanks for reading!

J

 

[dhutch]

Sounds good. As long as you roughly evenly load it and consider the design double sided will work well. Make the horizontals from a single peice doing both sides. If you want to keep all the rain off it you will need a fair sizes cover or some sides, but otherwise it looks good to me.


Daniel

 

[foxhole]

I use a simple inverted T shape with old spur shelf uprights and large brackets to sit timber on, gives lots of easy and quick adjustment.

 

[jamesd256]

Sounds good. As long as you roughly evenly load it and consider the design double sided will work well. Make the horizontals from a single peice doing both sides. If you want to keep all the rain off it you will need a fair sizes cover or some sides, but otherwise it looks good to me.


Daniel

Thanks for the feedback.

Not sure whether I'll keep this rack once my projects are done, so I'm thinking of ways to do it with little joinery and lots of screws, but without compromising the strength

Should I just bite the bullet and do some lap joints and dado's? Reading about them in books is the only knowledge I have, but I have the tools for it.

Cheers,

J

 

[jamesd256]

I use a simple inverted T shape with old spur shelf uprights and large brackets to sit timber on, gives lots of easy and quick adjustment.

You mean metal brackets?