Glove Winner: Shop Shelves
By Sean O'Hara
We love shop projects that are designed in the shop for the shop. Even if they’re not furniture-grade or constructed from exotic lumber, these sturdy structures make life in the shop better. Take these shelves posted by Flickr pool member tmib_seattle for example. They may look a little rough, but they’re also well-built and ready to go in no time.
Putting a bunch of time into making these look better or finishing them out with a bunch of frills and trim pieces would only be more work with no real payoff. But they might look better if they were sporting a new pair of gloves from your favorite tool blog, so we have some on the way!
Toolmonger’s Photo Pool [Flickr]
January 15th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Thanks! I saw no need to make these look fancy. I’m just as likely to stack greasy engine parts on them as anything else, so prettying them up wasn’t really a high priority (plus, since they are attached to the bare framework of the wall, it’s going to look a little ugly no matter what.)
They’re good and strong though- putting the stringers across the studs in the back makes a hefty support for the backs of the shelves, and as a result it’s strong enough that I can climb them if I wanted to.
This was just a case of needing storage space and wanting to go cheap. OSB and 2×4 studs + some deck screws were all it took.