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I brought many packing crates home in years past. Just about all were for metal bar stock and up to 16' long. (I spent 44 years as a Machinist). Used most of it for home alterations and barn repair. Always had short pieces left over, that most folks would throw away.
I made this up the other day, to hold 20 storage bins from Harbor freight. --- Sides, top and bottom are from crate lumber scraps. They are heal together with glue and wooden pegs. The back boards are 3/8" thick wood, that were once the sides of the crates, that were used to deliver produce to grocery stores, back in the 1950s and before.
I recessed the boards 1/4" into the outer frame, with a router. I used tiny brads and glue to fasten them. One board was bowed out some and fastening the plastic brackets did not pull it in. Figured I needed a brace of sorts, across the back. Had some pieces of Oak, that were one part of the keel, on a 42" drop centerboard sail boat. The boat was built in 1898. Pop bought it in 1949 as a project, but that's another story. Sliced off enough for the strap, and used glue and screws to fasten it.
Then I kind of went overkill, with the router and dressed things up a bit. I added a coat of dark Walnut stain, 2 coats of semi-gloss Polyurethane and some vintage Brass pulls for handles. The brackets to hang the bins, are fastened with short Stainless Steel screws, so as not to come through the backboards.
It was a project, that started out to just be some scrap wood, nailed together. I kind of went overboard a bit, considering it is meant to hold tooling and custom made parts, for Predator engines. --- John
I made this up the other day, to hold 20 storage bins from Harbor freight. --- Sides, top and bottom are from crate lumber scraps. They are heal together with glue and wooden pegs. The back boards are 3/8" thick wood, that were once the sides of the crates, that were used to deliver produce to grocery stores, back in the 1950s and before.
I recessed the boards 1/4" into the outer frame, with a router. I used tiny brads and glue to fasten them. One board was bowed out some and fastening the plastic brackets did not pull it in. Figured I needed a brace of sorts, across the back. Had some pieces of Oak, that were one part of the keel, on a 42" drop centerboard sail boat. The boat was built in 1898. Pop bought it in 1949 as a project, but that's another story. Sliced off enough for the strap, and used glue and screws to fasten it.
Then I kind of went overkill, with the router and dressed things up a bit. I added a coat of dark Walnut stain, 2 coats of semi-gloss Polyurethane and some vintage Brass pulls for handles. The brackets to hang the bins, are fastened with short Stainless Steel screws, so as not to come through the backboards.
It was a project, that started out to just be some scrap wood, nailed together. I kind of went overboard a bit, considering it is meant to hold tooling and custom made parts, for Predator engines. --- John