Trying to figure out a good way to get this tubing out of the corner of the shop. Anyone have good ideas on how to organize this mess? I want it off of the floor

 

intresting topic

 

Interested to see how you organise bends etc.
Straight tube can be stored on shelving.

 

Bends are easy, just throw them in a box on a shelf and label what size they are. The aluminum 180's and 90's that are wrapped in the foam can easily just set on each other and don't need to be boxed up. I don't want the 4' long straights taking up shelf space that I don't have. Looking for an easy way to see exactly what I have.

 

What about an old oil drum or something? A place i worked had one for steel and aluminum

 

i have seen in several steel/iron shops, that they either weld about two pieces of 18" tubing to a wall (if your using a steel building) at about a 15* angle, far enough apart where your typical tubing length will set on it, or using chain or another strong material to hang from the rafters to suspend it. that way it stays out of the way, and you can still use the space underneith of it if you need to

 

I would build a way to store it the way that Lowes or Home depot store there plywood/ long PVC tubing.



Like this, only considerably smaller. 3 arms with 2' spacing, couple of levels for sch10, thinwall stainless, thinwall AL, random, all done.

 

I like the upright idea actually. Even if you did have to lift it off the ground, to clean under it. Makes for a much more efficient use of space.

 

Pidgeon hole racking in the prefered method for storing partial bundles or less of straight material.

http://www.dexion.com/Global/Constru...ck55_large.jpg

Cantilever racking is the prefered method for bundled quantities of straight materials

http://www.e-rackonline.com/product_images/47.jpg

Pallet Racking is the prefered method for storing bends.

http://www.sjf.com/rack/teardrop_pallet_rack.jpg

We inventory 300,000 bends, and around 40,000 feet of tubing. We do this with a combination of the 3.

 

^^^ive emailed you and pmed you on here with no response, called with no answer too. still in business?

 

I pm'd you back. Please pm me the # and email you were contacting us from. The sales guys are super busy but they are required to call back any missed calls and return all emails.

 

I think I am going to build something that hang from the ceiling of a section in the back of the shop for the straight. That way it is off of the floor and I can easily see what I have since it will be laying down flat.

 

Finally came up with something

 

that took 2 years?? lol jk


nice

 

Lol

 

lolol
Instead of tkaing up room on the wall id mount it higher, unless you use that stuff everyday.

 

We use something with the same design except it's about 30 feet long and floor mounted. Just a large rack that has about 6 different shelf levels for different diameter/material.