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Re: Storage of sheet goods


 

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I don¡¯t use a ton of plywood.? The most I¡¯ve used was to build 18 ft of lowers for my saw station.? I do have lots of variety and partial sheets which I mostly use to make jigs and quick things around the home.? I have pretty much shifted to only buying BB in half sheet format.? For hardwood veneer ply I saw my own 1/8¡± veneers and vacuum press to BB ply.? In the old shop I had about 12¡± of space between the cantilever rack and the wall and I had a lower shelf that could fit ?4 by 8 sheets on the long side, and a shelf about that could handle 2 ft by 8 ft laying on the long side.? The pain of that was I had to have like 9 ft open along the wall to get anything out.

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The appeal of the casters was to have full sheets on one and shorts on the other.? I saw another where they had it fixed on a pivot at one end.? I¡¯ve always stored vertically but always on the long side to try to minimize warp.? Maybe I¡¯ll try a vertical rack next to the dust collector.? How much space width wise before you would add a divider?

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of bacchus6015 via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 10:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Storage of sheet goods

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Joe,

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after I sold the cart like you posted I did what Jason has done and used drywall carts to move and store plywood for projects then put the leftovers on the cantilever rack.?

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Like Imran said the cart you posted can be hard to move when loaded parts because it is so big it requires too much space as you need to be able to access it from all sides and I remember having several sheets of plywood on it and having a difficult time because the it wanted roll when trying to get sheets from the inside. ?

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Using that cart really was an exercise in frustration.

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Joe not in NO

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On Oct 28, 2020, at 7:00 AM, Jason Holtz <jholtzy@...> wrote:

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We have a drywall cart that has a UMHW?base on it, holds 10-15 sheets depending on thickness. It has really nice 5" casters on it, all 4 swivel but 2 have the option to lock straight although we never do. It rolls perfectly across our asphalt driveway, even when covered in walnut tree debris. If sheets are going to be used in short order they just stay on the cart. If storage is needed for a bit longer, I can just unload it straight into the vertical rack. I just slide the sheet off one end, tilt it up on a corner and slide it standing up into the rack. When it's time to use it, slide it out of the rack and tilt it down right onto the saw. The only time I ever lift a sheet is when it's coming off the delivery truck and two of us do that so it's easy.

We also have the Hafele Adapta Cart (tilting one) It's okay, but not nearly as nice for moving stuff around as the other. It's big and clumsy in comparison and the wheels aren't as smooth.


Jason Holtz
J. Holtz Furniture

3307 Snelling Ave. South

Minneapolis, MN 55406
612 432-2765


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Jason
J. Holtz Furniture
3307 Snelling Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55406

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