Hi Fellas. I have some cherry and walnut boards that I'd like to store in a
way that would not lead to warpage. I currently have them lying flat on
2x4's with small slats separating each layer, but my lover wants me to get
them off the floor of our basement. I'd like to put up on some hangers on a
wall and store them on edge. Anyone know whether this is OK?
Joey
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 05:40:26 GMT, Joey Bosco <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>
>Hi Fellas. I have some cherry and walnut boards that I'd like to store in a
>way that would not lead to warpage. I currently have them lying flat on
>2x4's with small slats separating each layer, but my lover wants me to get
>them off the floor of our basement. I'd like to put up on some hangers on a
>wall and store them on edge. Anyone know whether this is OK?
>
>Joey
Laying flat and stickered is best. Keep them up off the floor with
stickers too. Air circulation around all sides will help prevent
moisture build up on any side.
B a r r y B u r k e J r . wrote:
> I store wood without stickers on a rack. The rack consists of wood
No room to build such a rack either, I'm afraid. My walls are only 4' high,
and then they start sloping toward me as part of the ceiling. Every inch
of wall space below the slope is used up for something.
Best I could do is put the racks on the slope, and do some weird
complimentary angle thing so they stick out straight.
Or maybe nail some tuba fores across the roof supports, taking care that
they're level. That could work. Fill the cavity below with insulation
even. Interesting.
Think one tuba fore every 2' would be enough?
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Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
Well that's an interesting situation.
How about building a torsion box and "floating" it on inner tubes?
Wheel barrow tubes ought to be about the right size. This way your
floor, or overhead shelf, can undulate all it wants and the surface of
torsion box will stay flat. Not necessarily level but close is good
enough.
Alternatively you could hang the torsion box on the wall and attach
shelf standards to that. Again the stack may not stay level but it will
remain flat.
Art
"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Here's an interesting question... Everyone says flat with stickers, but
> what do you do if you don't have a flat surface to lay them *on*?
>
> I could store them in the house, but I shouldn't do that because of the
> massive humidity/temperature differential. I should keep my lumber out in
> the shop.
>
> Problem is the shop is a shed, and the shed is a mess. It's rotting,
> sinking into the ground. (Needs to last two more years.) No two floor
> panels are at the same height. I have an overhead plywood shelf that's
> sagging and twisted and higher on one side than the other. If I lay wood
> "flat" againt any of those surfaces, it will just bend to conform. I could
> avoid that by carefully shimming the stickers to produce something
> approaching flatness, but that's an almost inconceivable PITA, and seasonal
> movement of everything would probably bugger it up anyway.
>
> Seems to me under these conditions about the only choice I have is to store
> them edge up. I only store off-cuts, and the longest of them is about 4'
> long. Most are much shorter. They don't seem to be sagging under their
> own weight, and they bridge the irregularities. I started doing this when
> I noticed that all the salvage boards (scrap tuba fores, a waterbed frame,
> and similar miscellany) I had up there were bowing pretty markedly in the
> middle, where they were riding on the biggest part of the sag in the shelf.
>
> --
> Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
> http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
>
I'd advise against it, Joey. The method you are currently using is the best
way to keep them flat, assuming you have enough stickers and you arrange the
stack so that the stickers are fairly closely spaced (<18" or so ) and
vertically above each other.
Cheers
Frank
"Joey Bosco" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> Hi Fellas. I have some cherry and walnut boards that I'd like to store in
a
> way that would not lead to warpage. I currently have them lying flat on
> 2x4's with small slats separating each layer, but my lover wants me to get
> them off the floor of our basement. I'd like to put up on some hangers on
a
> wall and store them on edge. Anyone know whether this is OK?
>
> Joey
>
Frank McVey wrote:
> I'd advise against it, Joey. The method you are currently using is the
Here's an interesting question... Everyone says flat with stickers, but
what do you do if you don't have a flat surface to lay them *on*?
I could store them in the house, but I shouldn't do that because of the
massive humidity/temperature differential. I should keep my lumber out in
the shop.
Problem is the shop is a shed, and the shed is a mess. It's rotting,
sinking into the ground. (Needs to last two more years.) No two floor
panels are at the same height. I have an overhead plywood shelf that's
sagging and twisted and higher on one side than the other. If I lay wood
"flat" againt any of those surfaces, it will just bend to conform. I could
avoid that by carefully shimming the stickers to produce something
approaching flatness, but that's an almost inconceivable PITA, and seasonal
movement of everything would probably bugger it up anyway.
Seems to me under these conditions about the only choice I have is to store
them edge up. I only store off-cuts, and the longest of them is about 4'
long. Most are much shorter. They don't seem to be sagging under their
own weight, and they bridge the irregularities. I started doing this when
I noticed that all the salvage boards (scrap tuba fores, a waterbed frame,
and similar miscellany) I had up there were bowing pretty markedly in the
middle, where they were riding on the biggest part of the sag in the shelf.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 01:33:49 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Frank McVey wrote:
>
>> I'd advise against it, Joey. The method you are currently using is the
>
>Here's an interesting question... Everyone says flat with stickers, but
>what do you do if you don't have a flat surface to lay them *on*?
I store wood without stickers on a rack. The rack consists of wood
brackets, spaced 16" apart and about 20" deep, attached to upright
stringers. It's simply a shop made version of the "wall mounted
lumber racking sold by many vendors. I didn't add any sheet goods
bridging the brackets.
This is in a walk-out basement shop. The brackets are spaced 12" from
the ceiling and 12" below the previous bracket, down to about 4 1/2'
feet. The area below is used to store sheet goods on edge, with air
circulation below and behind the sheets.
I can store 4 shelves of 16' boards, which is plenty for what I need
in the shop.
Barry
Phisherman wrote:
>
> Laying flat and stickered is best. Keep them up off the floor with
> stickers too. Air circulation around all sides will help prevent
> moisture build up on any side.
And I wouldn't put them over concrete without some form of moisture barrier.
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Mark
N.E. Ohio
Never argue with a fool, a bystander can't tell you apart. (S. Clemens,
A.K.A. Mark Twain)
When in doubt hit the throttle. It may not help but it sure ends the
suspense. (Gaz, r.moto)
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:49:44 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Think one tuba fore every 2' would be enough?
Probably.
Barry