Early Access Video: Big, Fast Shelving
Added 2022-08-13 11:00:03 +0000 UTCFriends:
Jury duty is over and we're back at it! My shop is STILL a mess because I have nowhere to put stuff. My building has no storage at all, so I better build some.
Brannon and I are going to build some shelving. This could be dull, but I need massive shelves and I never do big stuff. It's really out of my comfort zone and I have a few tricks as well as some funny mistakes.
Join us as we beat the clutter!
Happy Saturday!
--Rex
Comments
Nice work on the shelving Rex
Shane Thomas
2022-08-16 07:29:37 +0000 UTCGreat video. It gave me some ideas for my shop. Thanks
Matthew Joseph Kennedy
2022-08-16 01:59:24 +0000 UTCThey are readily available here in Poland. Let me check the US… Yup, the orange one has got you covered.
stlmch
2022-08-15 20:29:08 +0000 UTCInteresting. Are the chemical anchors available at the big boxes? Or are they a specialty item?
Scott Alderfer
2022-08-15 17:54:48 +0000 UTCNicely done, Rex. Use of the chalk line in the storage room was a good refresher.
Robert Judy
2022-08-14 19:22:14 +0000 UTCGreat video - very helpful. I keep noticing the tool board on the wall behind you. Any chance you will be showing us how you made that?
Robert A Carbo
2022-08-14 16:14:24 +0000 UTCI had to put several fasteners into a hollow clay bricks myself and it were chemical anchors that saved my day. The bricks were covered with plaster so I had no chance to determine where the mortar was. Chemical anchors are two part epoxy or polyester resins. You drill a hole, remove the dust, put some resin into the hole (directly if it's a concrete wall, or into a special mesh sleeve otherwise) and push a piece of a threaded rod into the hole. After couple of minutes the resin cures and is as solid as a "traditional" plastic anchor. Chemical anchors are noticeably more expensive than other fasteners, but there are times when they are the only option.
stlmch
2022-08-14 15:11:01 +0000 UTCGlad to see the progress and also happy to see you're feeling better. Keep up the good work, Rex!
John Shufelt
2022-08-14 04:52:23 +0000 UTCGood to have you and Brannon back. Good video Rex. I built similar shelving units for a storage unit many years ago and still have two of them broken down and stacked ready to use again. It is amazing how much floor space you can clear by being able to store things vertically. Thanks for the video. Take care, stay well and see you again soon.
Matt Evans-Koch
2022-08-14 03:37:25 +0000 UTCGreat project with multiple lessons to learn. I noticed that when Brannon started showing his muscles, you weren't in the video anymore. I guess that's why you hire young muscle.
Bob Templeton
2022-08-14 01:49:13 +0000 UTCNice project. Great that you're feeling better.
Frans van Ballegooijen
2022-08-14 01:03:16 +0000 UTCAny chance to get one of your old-school tip sheet on the shelf frame?
Benjamin Frayser
2022-08-13 23:33:17 +0000 UTCI loved the tag teaming between you and muscle boy Brannon. Also aren’t those Torex screws great. I can’t completely avoid other screw types but Torex screws sure go a long way from messing up screw heads.
Richard C von Brecht
2022-08-13 21:52:10 +0000 UTCYou have no idea how helpful this video is to me. I’ve been renovating a house built in 1930s here in Mo. NOTHING to square in this old house, and the basement is old creek gravel, so I destroy diamond bit trying to hammer drill into it… so yet again Thank you Rex (and team)!
Josh G
2022-08-13 20:26:26 +0000 UTCRex - good job on the shelving in terms of weight capacity. One suggestion is to put a diagonal brace across the back. The way you have constructed the unit does leave it to potentially rack side to side under weight. A single diagonal brace, like a piece of strapping from top corner to opposing bottom corner and screwed into each shelf it traverses, will totally eliminate that risk. I have constructed similar shelf units and learned that lesson the hard way.
Michael Nix
2022-08-13 17:54:29 +0000 UTCOh my, so many memories come rushing back. Good news, the more you do these kind of projects, the easier and more natural it will become. AND, added bonus, the more funny stories you are going to get! I've been doing carpentry on and off since I was 5 (growing up on a farm has some bonuses), so I have a lot of these kind of stories. Love the finished product. Thumbs up
William Allen
2022-08-13 15:25:15 +0000 UTCAs the woodworking son of a master carpenter, I get a chuckle when I see other woodworkers doing carpentry. My dad used to chuckle at my meticulous measuring and clamping and detente-ing and then he'd throw 16d nails from across the room into 2x4s and they'd stick into studs exactly where he wanted us to nail them in. Cause carpenters know their woodwork is going to be under a sheathing (like drywall or plaster) and they can and do bend their wood to fit the need. And what we dont think about enough is the balancing of loads and transferring of weight in a structure. And a stud that is nailed or screwed in under tension is stronger than otherwise. And woodworking could and should take this concept (basically, the foundations of suspension bridge building) and make use of it. But Rex, carpentry is the kind of fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants that an OCD woodworker might rebel against.
STFU FFS (Martín)
2022-08-13 14:36:31 +0000 UTCNothing like getting organized...I plan to do it one of these days;) BTW, in the interest of getting more professional, the sheet goods you used for the shelves is called oriented strand board, or OSB in the trades. It's a structural material used for floors and wall sheathing where resistance to wracking and lateral forces like wind and earthquake thrusts is needed...sorry about that;) Particle board can be used for shelving but it lacks the fastener density and tensile/compressive strength for structural uses.
John Griswold
2022-08-13 13:56:06 +0000 UTCFrom what I see: there is no preventing loosening screws. But as the construction becomes loose on one shelf, the uprights are still pulled in from the other shelves. Having the uprights inside the corner further stiffens the construction; a little wobble in regular use will not cause a post to twist, as it might when standing on the outside.
Bas Cost Budde
2022-08-13 12:30:15 +0000 UTCI like this a lot. Big shelving is something every basement needs. Are the vertical supports made out of 2x4s too? Why does the design of the shelves prevent the screws from loosening?
Madeleine Yeh
2022-08-13 11:36:06 +0000 UTCShop shelving, I never measure... at least not with a tape... at least not if I can get the board in there... A little overhang here or there... just means I feel the need to "over engineer" it... which means I can put multiples of anything I can lift on it, without worry... lol
Jeremy Denslinger
2022-08-13 11:05:21 +0000 UTC
