sign material storage

[Hog Wild graphics]

I'm looking at building something to store my sign material (coro, aluminum, alupanel, mdo, etc4x8 sheets and cuts in. Was thinking about something made from wood that I can stand everything up and see what I have from the side. Does anyone have a picture of how the store material for signs

 

[2B]

http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?69211-Ideas-for-substrate-holder

 

[shoresigns]

We have a metal storage rack that holds 4x8 sheets vertically. Each "slot" is only a few inches wide so the sheets don't lean very far, to reduce the chances of bending/warping the sheet. As long as our production people are careful, we don't generally have any issues with the sheets getting scratched or damaged.

 

[petepaz]

we are in the process of building a rack right now. i will post pics when it's done

 

[Signsforwhile]

after years of a sloppy unmanageable pile we had a slow day and i sent my guys to the lumber yard. $100 later we have a 120"x60" storage rack with 4 slots.

 

[Kottwitz-Graphics]

I built one out of 1" square tubing. I made the end open, and hinged it to the wall, and added a wheel to the bottom. I also added some pvc tubing (cut into 1" pieces) over pipes on the bottom, so that I can roll heavy material (think 1 3/8" MDO) in and out. It tucks up against the wall by the garage door (there is a 12" dead space in my shop).

After building it, I figured out the weak spot was the single wheel at the bottom (I kinda - sorta followed some home improvement plans that I've seen in some mag). Now I gotta go back and take everything out, and add some extra wheels at the bottom to make it more stable.

 

[petepaz]

going to add some shelves to the left but this is what we have so far

 

[Speedsterbeast]

Watching this thread closely. My new shop is almost finished and I'm planning on building a storage rack right away. I like the use of the pallet racking, but the plywood sheets seem like overkill for a divider. Pat, looks like total chaos in your shop, but that's usually a sign of a busy shop.

 

[Kottwitz-Graphics]

Here's our disaster zone.... going to switch it so it's mostly flat storage pretty soon. Such a mess right now

The only problem that I would have with flat storage is I would need a piece that is on the bottom...

 

[thinksigns]

here's mine

 

[Chriswagner92]

Is there an advantage to storing materials vertically, like portrait style? I was just thinking that would warp the materials more easily than if it were stood up long ways.

 

[nashvillesigns]

substrate rack

yup. built a frame out of two bys. stuck 1" steel poles front and back 99" tall. six rows of
"i cannot believe that's butter"
rack that takes a beating.
my camera is broke.

-mosher

 

[petepaz]

Watching this thread closely. My new shop is almost finished and I'm planning on building a storage rack right away. I like the use of the pallet racking, but the plywood sheets seem like overkill for a divider. Pat, looks like total chaos in your shop, but that's usually a sign of a busy shop.

all the material used to build the rack we already had in the shop so we are just using it up

 

[OldPaint]

up and outa the way off the floor.