How to store miscellaneous and long items in the workshop

I bring to your attention not something unique and unusual, but rather useful and economically applicable. This is a small collection of storage systems and accessories that I implemented in my workshop. I’ve always liked to consider such solutions from other distributors, now I’ll share mine, maybe it will be useful to someone.

And so, we take a rectangular piece of chipboard and screw sewer plugs to it using the square-socket method:

We cut it from a square strip and glue it onto a good PVA lattice with a cell the size of a pipe:

We collect pipes of different sizes and assemble such an “organ”:

We put it in a corner and use it as storage for metal blanks. As pieces are cut, the workpiece migrates downstream.

We prepare a comb from a square 20×20 pipe, having previously drilled holes Ø12 at the ends of the “teeth”:

Immediately cook the second one. Hint: when welding, you need to lay the seams along the pipe that is the “back”. If you lay it across, the “back” will lead strongly and then you have to unbend it for a long time and painfully. In the next photo, the left part is welded correctly, but the right part is not so good.

You will also need one similar part but with a closing second “back”, so that you get a complete lattice. It will need to be screwed to the wall at the very bottom (note the pair of protruding legs with which it rests on the floor). The two previous parts are hung higher on the wall. They are kept from tipping over by pairs of stops through which they are screwed to the wall. Also in this photo, rows of coaxial holes in the combs are clearly visible.

Now you can stand the long workpieces vertically and fix them by inserting 10mm rods into the holes.

If someone is tired of turning over 40-liter gas cylinders (yes, I am), then first of all you need to make a “gurney” for the cylinders, for example from a 20×20 pipe and 4×50 strips:

In this case, I secure the balloon with wire. But if I were to repeat this design, I would add a couple more “horns” on top so that the balloon would not dangle.

The market offers us a wide selection of shelving for any style and size, but if you want not shelves for embroidery, but real storage for heavy iron, then you will have to fork out some money. It’s possible to weld a rack from a profile locally on a budget and in a tough way, but then you’ll have to paint it there too, because it won’t be transportable. I like to have parts powder coated, so my solution for shelving is to weld the shelf frames separately, pre-drill the mounting holes, and paint them along with the racks: