Shop organization examples

[Speedsterbeast]

When we moved to our new location a few months ago we needed a place to store vinyl that was economical and effective because we drained our resources on renovations and our budget toward the end was pretty limited. I came up with this system that cost us about $300 to build and holds up to 96 24" x 10 yard rolls of vinyl. I used 8 bars of 14 gauge strut channel http://menards.com/main/electrical/...annel-14-gauge-green-10/p-1628654-c-12477.htm and sanded and painted them black with rustoleum appliance enamel. I screwed 2x4 studs into the floor and ceiling and then drilled and bolted the channel to the studs and spaced the channels approximately 26" apart. We bought 96 1/4" steel rods cut to 30 inches long and painted them with rustoleum. The rods slip through the very large oval slots in the channels to support the rolls of vinyl. The oval slots are spaced every two inches so the slightly less than 4" rolls of vinyl fit perfectly with little space to spare. Customers can see it from our showroom space so it's an attractive way to show off our inventory. To dress it up I had 4 pieces of 1/16" diamond plate aluminum cut and I applied them to the channels with double sided foam tape. Then I made the Oracal signs from cut vinyl on foam board and attached the foam board to the aluminum with velcro pads so if we ever want to change out the graphics we can change them easily. So far they are working out very well and I love how they take up little space and look attractive as well as functional. The racks, however, are full and I have a slight overflow of vinyl that stays in boxes off in the corner. Eventually, we will probably have to add two more sections and then I think we will have more than adequate storage.

I LOVE that!
Oracal should pay you royalties for that one.

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

I LOVE that!
Oracal should pay you royalties for that one.

They could just send me all 98 colors of 951 to fill that rack and I'd be tickled. :Big Laugh

 

[CarolinaCabinet]

5S is THE way to go.... you'll cheat if you don't follow 5S for perfect results... it's easy but retrains the brain. We had a 5S and ISO specialist on salary and is great to have. We add an extra S and instituted SAFETY as the sixth.

 

[James Burke]

5S is THE way to go.... you'll cheat if you don't follow 5S for perfect results... it's easy but retrains the brain. We had a 5S and ISO specialist on salary and is great to have. We add an extra S and instituted SAFETY as the sixth.

The beauty of 5S is that safety, security and (employee) satisfaction can easily be implemented into a well-planned work environment.

The only difficult part is breaking out of the "that's the way we've always done it" mentatlity.

Since my work is primarily seasonal (monuments, outdoor rock engraving, etc...) I usually get an opportunity to work elsewhere over the winters. This winter, I'm in a large Japaneese-owned manufacturing facility. I've been getting quite an education in a variety of areas that I can implement in my own shop.

JB

 

[Charlie J]

This thread is awesome!

 

[CP Signs]

Almost done with my table. Some capping & paint left only. Moved all the stuff from the old shop to the new one today,,,,,excited but TIRED!!!!!

 

[SignManiac]

Well done

 

[WI]

The article linked in the OP had some great ideas. However, don't store rigid material vertically like that if you've got a flatbed UV or any other piece of equipment that prints directly to the surface of a board. Sitting on an edge like that can cause a panel to warp really badly, and feeding a flatbed printer a warped panel is a real good way to get a headcrash.

 

[all2gether]

Excellent project!

very well done

Almost done with my table. Some capping & paint left only. Moved all the stuff from the old shop to the new one today,,,,,excited but TIRED!!!!!

 

[Dennis422]

Guys, that is pretty good. A lot of ideas for the work tables.

Here is the cheap way of building something that you can attach to your wall.
I have build this for my Heat Transfer vinyl (15" rolls) and for sign vinyl (10yard rolls) I would probably use thicker dowels.
For 50 yard rolls I will be building rack with horizontal PVC pipes

2x4, 5/8" dowels and a drill with a 5/8 wood bit is all you need.
Drill on slight angle (upward)

 

[Sidelinemgr]

Some very nice looking storeage racks .Going to have to build one of these my self.

 

[robwaterman]

great stuff! would love to see more of this. Working on table ideas for our space strapped shop now.

 

[calibuilt]

Nice Job

I am going to be building my shop table this weekend. So these are great ideas can't wait to have my shop nice and organized.

 

[calibuilt]

Big Rolls

Now what do you guys do with the big rolls???

 

[xxtoni]

Now what do you guys do with the big rolls???

Same question here.

I have more 50-60" (1.52m, 1.60m)+ rolls than any of the smaller ones.

 

[Asuma01]

There is a cool big roll rack back earlier in the thread.

 

[Tim Aucoin]

A few pics from my shop. I do love some of the stuff I saw in that article linked to by the OP and may just do some constructing in the near future!

 

[JoeBoomer]

I work at a custom fabrication shop so this is kind of cheating a little bit but...

 

[phototec]

A few pics from my shop. I do love some of the stuff I saw in that article linked to by the OP and may just do some constructing in the near future!

Hey Tim, can you post a few close up photos of the nifty rotating core holders of the vinyl rack, shown on your third posted photo.

Thanks

 

[Tim Aucoin]

Hey Tim, can you post a few close up photos of the nifty rotating core holders of the vinyl rack, shown on your third posted photo.

Thanks

Here ya go!!