Any suggestions for A-frame racks for storing sheet material

Shop I used to work for had a rolling thing that our welder made. It was kinda like the A frame except not an "A".. the vertical square tubes were straight up and there were like 4 slots that we could put substrates in. It was nice to roll around the shop or roll it to the door so Glantz could load it.

 

Ours wasn't much bigger...we had 4x8 and 5x10 sheets on it and they both hung outside the rack by a few feet either side.

 

We just recently purchased this, and added heavy duty wheels, it works great!

https://www.signsplusbanners.com/Re...rage-Racks/Large-Format-Storage/sku/SUBR48X5/

 

I have a couple of drywall carts that I use. They have large wheels that make them easy to roll

 

I bought a cart from Signworld America. Works great. https://www.signworldamerica.com/Panel-Cart-p/bpc01.htm

 

We use A-Frame carts we bought at Uline, you can get:

Adjustable Panel Carts - https://www.uline.com/BL_790/Adjustable-Panel-Trucks
Standard A-Frame Carts - https://www.uline.com/BL_1886/A-Frame-Panel-Trucks

Check them out - it's typically cheaper IF you value your time to buy a mass-produced cart than to build one of equal quality on your own.

For flimsy media (like thin styrene, PVC, cardstock, etc.) we use a "lift cart" (https://www.uline.com/Product/Detai...anual-Lift-Table-Standard-1100-lb-63-x-31-1-2) with a wood top and sideboard we made and attached to it. I don't have photos since I'm at home, but here is a video of something similar (looks like they don't have an adjustable height up or down on their cart but the same idea). https://www.signs365.com/static/video/background/coro/background.m4v (look at 14 seconds in until 18 seconds).

Hope that helps!

 

We started the shelves on one of our pallet rack sections at 8-1/2 ft and built a base and vertical dividers to hold substrates vertically. It works well and is right by our panel saw. We also have a shorter section for drops.

 

No bow at all. They are high quality and we use it everyday.

 

We built this a couple months ago.. took about 2-2.5 hours and $175 at Home Depot. Full sheets go on the bottom and cut sheets/misc up top. Rolls around the warehouse well, might put a hitch on it so the fork lift can pull it around