Marcs recent video on building a lumber rack gave me the kick in the pants i needed to fix something that ive been needing to do for quite a while now revamp my lumber storage.
Vertical lumber storage rack.
For that reason the bottom cleat is more of a place holder than anything else.
Here are two great lumber storage racks that utilize the ceiling instead of taking up any valuable floor or wall space.
Ceiling mounted lumber rack.
Use this ceiling mounted lumber rack from fine woodworking to store long boards overhead.
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If space is at a premium this vertical lumber rack will help.
But then i found pictures and descriptio.
I didn t incorporate the dowels and would recommend making the bottom cleat angled which essentially eliminates the need for the dowels in the original.
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The design this lumber rack is derived from used removable dowels to lock the vertical support in place.
The design of the system allows the vertical components to be easily removed from the ceiling when not in use.
I was originally going to use horizontal racks like the ones in this thread.