Building a Workbench and Lumber Storage Rack - Free Diagrams

Jun 14, 2007 3 Replies
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I've been lurking for awhile and reading about everybody's ideas and experiences building workbenches and lumber storage racks. I finally decided to build my own. I created a plan for each and posted them for free viewing or downloading.



Picture of completed workbench and storage rack:

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Plans:
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Storage Rack Plans:
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also created a web-page detailing the build of each (with a bunch more photos). Hopefully this will help someone out in the future.



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'd like to hear your opinion on what I could have done differently so when I get around to building the next version I can improve upon them.



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Here is a fixed version of the links:

Picture of completed workbench and storage rack:

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Plans:
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Storage Rack Plans:
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should have just posted it from google groups in the first place. My old xnews just doesn't handle links very well. Sorry about that.

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I would have extended the vertical supports of the rack to the ceiling and run a 2x4 perpendicular to them attaching it to the trusses/rafters. Doing that means that the rack could be darn near free standing as it couldn't tip away from the wall.

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Good point. I only would have had to worry about it kicking out at the bottom then. I'm pretty confident the single lag bolt there was/ is sufficient.

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