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Great build. You could save even more by making the 2 end units stationary and they could hold the whole assembly up. No need to have them slide unnecessarily. Just a thought.
I would never have thought of that. Excellent improvement in many ways, more stable, easier to build shorter span for trolly track might not require metal tubing support.
Likely cheaper still to just have fixed wheels on the bottom for 2 units with front and back shelves and then 2 single sided units on each end. Resulting in 3 different openings of shelves either side.
His ole lady was letting him wobble around, working from a 2 step kitchen cabinet ladder, or Band directors ladder. She's tryin to off the poor guy. But what the heck she is a darn good videographer. Keep him around . He just showed me the need to secure my 3 new heavy storage shelves, I engineered. Wood with Available shelf build-up brackets @$ 35 per, per Rack of 3 shelves each + lumber cost. When you own 2 of every kind of tool...... You need Racks.
This is amazing! The commercial system is so cool, but also so insanely expensive. Something we did on a similar system was take a photo of each sliding-shelf, showing everything on it, and then printed it off and put it in a small picture frame attached to the shop-facing side of each shelf unit. Makes "looking" for stuff so much faster.
You see systems like this in many law offices where they need to store a bunch of records in a small space. You just need enough space to allow for however many different parts you want to access at once. In an extreme case, you only need an extra 4' or so of space on top of the physical width of the shelves.
I would put a little red cross in a white circle where the first aid kit is located. This will let other people know where the first aid kit is. This is a very smart design.
Not sure how easy future replacement will be unless it is on the end he cut out. Now if he did a cutout about 1/3 into the track and spaced it to where he could bolt the cut out bit of Unistrut in place. Also if you don't have access to a welder for this job, It will be a pain with the 2x6s but, you should be able to bolt the two together. I also wonder if aircraft cable might be a mounting option instead of the additional plate for the slides.
@@saritshull3909 wire rope. Braided cables made from wire strands commonly used in aircraft, but also in rigging and lifting and non-aircraft machinery.
I have sliding hidden Trolly closet doors in 2 rooms. A 67 year rebuild is very much needed. and no one knows how. I will slay this drging door system... with Three trolleys with 3 doors stacked front to back in the Master bedroom. I did windows and doors for 5 years, of good learning opportunities. Final exam time.
Have to say, Haxmeister...damned impressive! As an old time maintenance electrician, love that you used one of the best inventions ever, the conduit rack and trolley system! Well done, young man! Very well done! Always look forward to seeing what's happening in Hax-Land with you, your lovely wife and all the young Hax-Ladies. Keep the good times rolling! Take care, be safe and God bless!
It looks amazing, what I would like to add is a 1~2" spacer between the cabinets to prevent the inevitable finger crush and to make them easier to open even with gloves
I'm sitting here trying to figure out weight specs to see if this would be a viable upgrade for the dozen overflowing book shelves that we are currently using
Yup, I have a harbor freight foot switch on my drillpress for a hands-free kill switch. When using a dado blade on my rad saw, I push rather than pull to avoid the climb cut. Much better control.
Yesterday I was holding the wood to be cut in the left hand while "Danger Danger Cutting" with a heavy Craftsman cordless circular saw in my struggling old right hand. I didn't learn much working inEmergency rooms, "from the foolish tricks other carpenters keep trying". The Darwin Award crowd is who I run with.., only very infrequently.
The radial arm saw brings me back to my first year carpentry class in high school, back in '98 or '99, and the teacher warned us that the radial arm saw will kick back. He can hear when it happens, but for us whom are all deaf, we have to go by the feel. I was cutting some solid oak plank - maybe 12" wide I can't remember it's like a lifetime ago - and sure enough, the saw immediately tried to kick back, but because of his warning and my stance, I was able to prevent the saw from trying to chew up my hands or take out my shoulder as I was braced in anticipation of these kickback. When the saw kickback, my teacher immediately swiveled his head to check on me, and I nodded to let him know I got it.
Was the router that got a kid in my class(I was a kid too), routered the tip of his finger right off. Held it up, it shot blood in an arc, girl feinted... shop was cancelled for the day. Good times! Kid was trying to router a bevel on a wooden yoyo so hand routering a tiny 2 inch circle.
@@menchelke My teacher once relayed a story of this stupid kid who was trying to show off how strong he was by trying to stop a table saw blade with his hand. Tore up his hand. Ever since that instance, the shop teacher is the only one allowed to run the table saw.
@@trevorgreene5059 And I thought the yoyo story was stupid. Grabbing a saw blade doesn't even compute as to how a human being that dumb made it past childhood.
The kids in my 9th grade shop class surprisingly voted me Plant Manager, meaning it was my job to organize us into various roles to select a product to build, fabricate jigs and fixtures for the assembly line, and manufacture and sell the product. Part of my job was to appoint a Safety Officer and help him keep the other kids from becoming amputees. That kid probably had a more stressful job than I did, but fortunately nobody lost fingers that year and we sold a lot of product despite having a couple close calls on the band saw and the shaper/planer. We had a couple kids we had to watch a bit closely -- kids who leveraged most of their skills working on reefer pipes whenever the teacher wasn't looking. Unsurprisingly, these two fellows were in a continuous purple haze despite our 9AM start time. I do take credit for the fact that both of them still have two hands.
Did that drilling a hole in a blank switch plate for a truck. Pinched the plate between my finger and was running a step bit through it, plate slipped and I pinched the bit. Chew half my thumb to the base of my nail. My shop manager almost fainted in the office🤣 I had a vice a foot away.
I worked in hospital where they kept medical records in system similar to this. I had often thought how nice it would be to have my library in one. Now, it just might possible.
They do use it for libraries, usually for extended storage and not in the public where someone can do something stupid and get hurt. Look up Patterson Pope high density storages.
I have been listing over that rack system for a long time now, but I can not justify the price of it. I really like how it works and stores stuff, but again, price. Then you came along and totally found a budget DIY solution for something that works basically the same. The one change you made.....it's completely customizable to what you want. Thank you, sir! You're awesome and have earned yourself a new follower
Pretty cool. This type of system is commonly used in offices and schools. I was in the stock room at the school I teach at and thought a storage system like this would be pure gold in a shop. The one at my site was built in the late 50s. The six double sided shelf sections are 2 feet wide about 20 feet deep, 8 feet tall, all hard wood with adjustable shelves. They are supported by an overhead track, and two tracks set into the foundation which look like railroad track. They roll smooth as butter because back in the day, things were well built. The linear shelf space is insane.
I like the color coded shelves idea in the comments. I would also make labels to put on magnets, of what is on each shelf, onto a small steel plate on the visible side of the shelf. When you move a tool, move the magnet/label to the shelf.
The Levrack system is hard to beat in a professional setting but on the flip side the design is so awesome/easy to replicate for home/personal use at a smaller scale.
Thank you for sharing. Nice build. The bloopers were par excellante! Throwing in the "clearly a two person job" was a nod to all of us who understood the ladder set up at first glance. I am a girl builder and my hubby is the camera man. P. S. Nice weld, there's a learning curve.
During college, I used to work summers in a saw mill. They had a 24" pendulum (swing) saw which was terrifying as it was belt driven and the off switch was a couple of steps away. The guy who normally worked it has one bicep twice the size of the other, and a slip up could launch the saw blade at your chest, so you had to respect that saw. The radial arm saw I used had a rotating head and I would rotate it 90 degrees and run a gang blade to rip boards into 1" stakes for mine surveyors to use - The push stick was a broom. Amazingly I still have all my fingers!
I love building things with strut! Its one of my go-to tools. They make double sections of strut. Similat to how you welded the things together, ao anybody could have that added stability off the shelf with no welding needed. You could have built the entire assembly from the struts if you had wanted to. They make attachments for all of that and there are strut nuts that make it a cake walk to bolt the entire assembly together and then you can easily take it down or modify it if you ever need to. They even have floor mounting plates like what you used to attach ypur 4x4 posts. Super fun to watch.
Exactly what I was going to say! And you could use the deeper version of the strut so you can bolt from the inside and the trolly can slide by the bolt head with clearance.
Where do find either double section or deeper strut? Home Depot has regular 12 gauge. I like the idea of bolting it to a 4x4. However, I am learning to weld so maybe I could go that route. Like the fixed end idea and also might put shelves on both sides of one plywood sheet with three trolleys.
hope you didn't get sick after welding the strut to the tube. Welding galvanized metal requires good ventilation to prevent breathing in the vaporized zinc. It will make you feel terrible for a few days. Project looks great though. I'll be building something similar in the future.
It's not that great, you need to slide them everytime you need a simple tool and remember in which rack they are. Just fill a wall with all your stuff and done, costs nothing and you can see all the tools, if you want them hidden, use a sliding carpet, lol. Costs 50$ instead of 1500$
@@crocop2o12you apparently missed the point this is storage not a work bench or common use tool wall. It takes tons of shelves and compacts them into a tidy collapsible area. And you’ve obviously never been to a library because they use a very similar system usually for their stacks and research materials that aren’t used as often. Just look up library stacks.
That looks really great! Would be a good addition to my shop, so I'll definitely keep it in mind. The only two things I would add are: another 1x2 across some of the shelves to keep smaller stuff from falling out. You may open them slowly, but will your kids? And some handles on the outside to be able to move the shelves without the risk of pinching fingers.
WOW I wish I could make one or more of these. These would work for a pantry or tool organizer or sewing room storage and the list goes on and on. Awesome!!
oooOOOooo...sewing room! I have a craft room (aka spare bedroom) with a walk in closet that I have to pack up during the holidays so that the bedroom can be used for guests. Now I'm brainstorming a smaller version for inside that closet!
@@lyndabuchholz1216 my husband literally got a job offer yesterday that means we will move AGAIN (move #36 coming right up, lol) and I'm SO going to keep this in mind!!
Brilliant idea! I've been looking at making something along that line, but couldn't decide on suitable hardware. That channel with trolleys is a game changer. An idea I came up with for small spaces: the structure could straddle a doorway so that no wall space is wasted for the access. The cabinets facing the doorway gap could hold stuff that would be needed for outdoors. The cabinets could also be hanging in front of the door when you want to provide extra security against intruders.
Whoa you could actually use the conduit and trolleys to make a barn style door too! I wonder if they make conduit that also curves so that your door could recess against weater stripping.
@@AttemptMade interesting idea. I've seen old-fashioned metal curtain tracks here in the UK, shaped like miniature I-beams, which are bent into a very slight double curve near the end so that curtains can overlap in the middle. Funny enough, those types of rails use little roller hooks that are in principle very similar to the trolleys shown here, except they straddle the single beam. I've considered using them for moving light containers. I'll have to re-examine that idea.
Those rails and trollies have so many different applications! Plus, not having the casters frees up a little space underneath if you ever need it for material or something. Fantastic work and really appreciate the cost breakdown as well! You're killing it!
10:18 When lifting something that's too heavy for your ladder, you should put one end on the structure 1st. We do it all the time with garage headers.😊
I want that sign behind you about doing today what others won’t so tomorrow I can do what others can’t! I see a Cricuting session in my near and dear future 😊😊😊
Years ago I built 'stacks' at my flat, using barn door hanger fittings to turn Spur Steel-Lok uprights and bookend shelf supports into sliding shelves. Not as sturdy as this, but worked well for the space I had, and almost doubled the accessible storage I had for books. I now use that barn door hanger in my current garage to support hanging storage chains, in front of my main storage units, so I can just slide things out of the way and easily get to the units behind them. Again, it's made so much of my overflowing storage accessible again, getting stuff up, off the floor and out of the way of the shelves they were previously blocking.
Love the rollercoaster of emotions. Damaging the ceiling, probably feeling stupid and thinking "oops'' to your wife, then trolling her a bit later, already knowing there was a victory there, followed up with a clear sigh of relief and achievement. Makes me feel like I could do it myself.
FINALLY!!!!!! ever since I saw levrack and some other high density pull out or sliding shelves, I've been searching for a diy option for over a year. Never been satisfied with my own ideas on how to accomplish it, so this is awesome for me to build just as you do or tweak slightly for my own use.
I've installed a bunch of moving shelf systems like these in convenience store drink coolers. The end shelves are fixed with the center ones moving side to side on trolleys and fixed casters on the bottoms. They were wire racks so that air could flow through for the drinks. But I really like your shop design you have here. I need to make one for my shop now!
For thick pieces of wood, the ‘slightly smaller’ pre-drill for screws is great… Not so much for smaller pieces, and/or where there is a potential for the wood to split along the grain. Very apparent when repurposing pallet wood.
You could use overhead track for a gate for this too. It is substantially larger than uni-strut and uses larger bearings and trolley. It is also bare steel, so it can be welded without the galvanization needing to be removed. It might be cheaper too. I’ve used it to build a roll out system for a heavy bag. Super cool build.
I'm really glad I clicked the video! In the thumbnail for a bit I almost didn't because I was thinking there's no way I could ever build anything like that, not gonna bother.... But you actually came up with something awesome and do-able!
Did your friend Travis tell you you could buy doubled-up strut channel? I think trippel is also available, ready made. a single, full-depth 12ga channel can itself span that distance with hundreds of lbs. Double or triple is all you need for strength. Also. Ditch the legs. The right side can hang from a header board on the wall. The left side can hang from the ceiling and tie to the wall for stabilization. Then you have no posts in the way; no holes in the flooring, and you could even add more shelves over time. just get longer strut than you need and let the extra hang out off the left side. When you want more shelves, just get more trollies and add them on. And until then its handy to have strut overhead when you're working anyway.
Loved the video, felt like I was watching step brothers half the time due to resemblance but it's one of my favorite movies so that's a compliment in my book. It'll give us so much extra space in our room to do activities. Look at all this floor space, so many activities! lol
Geeat build. And I like the humor. One radial arm saw tip: push the blade into the work. By pulling the blade toward you, you're using a climbing cut, which as you discovered, can self-feed and jam.
Nice build! ❤ A few suggestions, but still awesome as-is: 1) make the end shelves as the supports, possibly the open end having back-to-back shelves. 2) combine the two inner shelves as one, bc you don't need access to the back side. 3) put 1" bumper on top and bottom corners, so fingers don't get smashed when rolling to the next section. 4) use the exposed side area, for pocket storage, hooks, or additional shallow shelves.
We had the same idea! I need to make hangin trolly system.. however definitely clean off the galvanized coating before you weld.. sweet build tho! Glad to have found the channel
Really cool . If I may, you could have galvanic corrosion (depending on humidity) on the aluminum plates because of the contact between aluminum and steel. Consider changing them for steel plates. Over time, it will affect the structural integrity of the most vulnerable part of your system. This corrosion will be mild since the structure is indoors, and your workshop is probably not too humid. Nevertheless, it is a better practice to isolate different metals from each other. Thanks for your video.
excellent video as usual! if you wanted to forego the welding all together, you could always make the cabinets longer and get some rigid fixed non-swivel casters to put on the bottom and then just connect that top rail to another 4x4 wood post instead of welding. although then you wouldn't get to play with a welder :P
I think you'd be amused if I went into the kitchen right now and took a photo of the knife drawer, where I have collected the 7 nearly identical pairs of scissors my wife has bought over the years because she keeps losing them.
Great video, thanks for sharing... Ya can get another 4-8 " by putting shelves into the tall brasses, add a shelve above the racks, battery powered lights turn on when opened, another rack underneath.... No charge, enjoy
I Have in my head this project also. Since I knew LEV Rack, I am pretty sure I can make one myself. and save a lot of money. But watching your way, has been very helpful for me. I am planning to make a steel frame, and buy already made the hanging modules with the shelves , and then hanging them to both rails. I like very much your wood frame, the steel rails you made; I believe, I will do the same as you did, and see if I will buy modules or make them as you also did. Very inspiring your way for me. Makes a lot of sense your construction. Thank you
Loved your video.. Especially loved the part about using Unistrut. It is a great "out of the box" option for building. I used galvanized Unistrut for my fence posts.. They were way cheaper than metal fence posts & just a little more expensive than 4x4 wood posts
Very cool. Love the color and the sliding action. Looked like a lot of work, though. I just put together a Seville 18" deep x 72" high x 36" wide cabinet with 4 shelves on HD castors for my garage, at $220 (Sams Club). 5 of them is $1100 plus tax. Another option to consider. It took a minute to assemble, but it is very sturdy and could stack up the same way. Each would have their own locking doors too. I may look into that as I am very tight on space as well. Inspiring project!
We run a small construction company, built our tiny house on some land, didn't have money for a garage so our shop tools are crammed in a trailer. I showed my husband what I want to build from one of your other shows - for our construction shop, pantry, even my closet. Only the shop and garage are just a dream for now so we are collecting the best videos for ideas when we can get it done :)
When I was about 16, I thought I was alone in the house, and I heard something out in the garage. I ignored it, thinking I was just hearing things. Then I heard it again, so I crept over to the door (glass like that, but with a curtain on the inside). I peeked through the curtain, and this gorilla head suddenly pops up, and I nearly crap my pants while staggering backwards. My dad said the look on my face was absolutely priceless. Yeah... thanks pops.
A foot pedal seems more safe but bopping a button with your forehead sounds more fun. Perhaps have both. Also, use a switch in the pedal that requires it be depressed to engage.
I grew up with, and still own, my father’s under powered 1950 Dewalt radial arm saw. Table saws scare me much more. If the saw stalls, push the trolly back to the start and try again - but more slooowly. Keep your fingers out of the blade path and you should be safe especially if you never do a rip cut, which can only be safe if you push the material so the blade is NOT climbing - opposite of the rip.
I stumbled onto this video you created here, and I have to say I thought it was brilliant! I have a mess that needs organizing as well and after watching this, I clicked on to your garage video and was swept away. I now subscribe to your channel. I like your ideas. You seem to have a simple common sense approach while watching the bottom line. I'm impressed and look forward to more of your ideas. Thanks.
I have used and cut many feet of " Uni-strut" in the HVAC industry, and never seen these trolleys, have I been living under a rock? Awesome video! I'm excited for the possibilities! Thank you!😀
These wouldn't make very good systems for a doctors office, they would weigh too much, I build storage systems for a living on a massive scale and they all run on tracks in the floor so they can take the weight, if your interested in looking then check out Bruynzeel storage systems.
@@mediocreman2they still use this system to store equipment and supplies in some respiratory therapy departments in hospitals. Some libraries also use shelves like these for books.📚
This build was awesome! 🤩 It could even serve for different things depending on dimensions. A pantry or a closet would be great. If you're creative, you could have something like that in a bedroom as the base of a loft bed and use two fixed units on the ends and set one side up as a desk/work area with the shelf immediately behind one end as a bookcase and file cabinet. The two on the opposite end could be a dresser/shelf plus hanging closet storage. Then any extras in the middle would be general storage. Perfect, compact solution for a studio apartment, tiny home, small bedroom or perhaps a shared kids room. So many possibilities! 😁👍
As far as the casters go, they make non swivel models that would work perfectly for this and never swivel for forward or reverse. For the welding, don't be scared of it. I'm self taught and used TH-cam to learn. Its an amazing skill to have and so useful. If you ever want to learn, reach out to me I'm Florida as well.
And the end shelves fixed as they don't need to move. Additionally, at the open end you can put another, unmovable unit back to back with the end unit.
I watched this last night, and it intrigued me so much that I had to watch it again ten hours later. What a great idea! this can be used for my stand alone pantry ! I am so excited! Thanks for the idea!
Good job. A couple of points for others. Instead of building the ends as post, just build the ends as shelves with post in the corners, as there is no real need to move either of the two end sections. Also, by putting a backing panel in the middle ( or offset from center ) you can make the sliding sections double faced. And lastly why not dado with the dado setup you already have on the radial arm saw ? That being said, it is still a nice project as you did it.
@@hongtanke - exactly the same I wanted to post just now. Foot pedal for power or doubled emergency stop would eliminate the problem. "high tech" solution would be auto cutoff if RPM = 0 & Power != 0 & t = 2s. Also easy to do but not as easy as two first methods.
Yeah they're giving radial arm saws away on Facebook marketplace. Incidentally, pallet racks are popping up pretty cheap too, but I think the 4x4s look better.
YOU... Remind me of John C. Reilly. I really like this project. I want to build my own. Next time keep an eye out for pallet racks. I see places toss used ones that are mostly good all the time. Stay safe. If you are ever in Georgia and need an assist, let me know.
I love this build. The savings are crazy and it looks great! I just found your channel today, and while I typically look for DIY tips and ideas, your content is just down right entertaining.
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curious if you put a stopper at the end so the tracks don't fall out when you slide the shelves over?
You should get a fiber laser welder, they say the learning cure is supposed to be about 45 minutes, better than regular wleding!
Great build. You could save even more by making the 2 end units stationary and they could hold the whole assembly up. No need to have them slide unnecessarily. Just a thought.
That’s true. It would save a couple hundred dollars.
I would never have thought of that. Excellent improvement in many ways, more stable, easier to build shorter span for trolly track might not require metal tubing support.
@@HAXMAN Each sliding unit could also have shelves on both sides, cutting the trolley cost in half.
Likely cheaper still to just have fixed wheels on the bottom for 2 units with front and back shelves and then 2 single sided units on each end. Resulting in 3 different openings of shelves either side.
@@ErikTroyer Great idea! And possibly some very low profile track to keep them aligned side to side.
Shout out to the wife for being the patient camera woman! Most underrated thing of the episode. 😅
Not to mention putting on a gorilla suit.
His ole lady was letting him wobble around, working from a 2 step kitchen cabinet ladder, or Band directors ladder. She's tryin to off the poor guy. But what the heck she is a darn good videographer. Keep him around . He just showed me the need to secure my 3 new heavy storage shelves, I engineered. Wood with Available shelf build-up brackets @$ 35 per, per Rack of 3 shelves each + lumber cost. When you own 2 of every kind of tool...... You need Racks.
Proper outfeed support at the table saw? Scary to watch.
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I made similar with woodprix instructions :)
This is amazing! The commercial system is so cool, but also so insanely expensive. Something we did on a similar system was take a photo of each sliding-shelf, showing everything on it, and then printed it off and put it in a small picture frame attached to the shop-facing side of each shelf unit. Makes "looking" for stuff so much faster.
You see systems like this in many law offices where they need to store a bunch of records in a small space. You just need enough space to allow for however many different parts you want to access at once. In an extreme case, you only need an extra 4' or so of space on top of the physical width of the shelves.
Frankly, for the work and equipment involved, paying the price for the commercial system is more feasible.
I would put a little red cross in a white circle where the first aid kit is located. This will let other people know where the first aid kit is. This is a very smart design.
I’m a 62 year old woman and love the videos you make em easy and enjoyable to watch. Plus you are a lucky man to have a beautiful family.
Putting the trolley in after welding is actually an improvement. If one goes bad in the future you can more easily replace it.
Not sure how easy future replacement will be unless it is on the end he cut out. Now if he did a cutout about 1/3 into the track and spaced it to where he could bolt the cut out bit of Unistrut in place. Also if you don't have access to a welder for this job, It will be a pain with the 2x6s but, you should be able to bolt the two together.
I also wonder if aircraft cable might be a mounting option instead of the additional plate for the slides.
@@nickm9102what do you mean by aircraft cable?
@@saritshull3909 wire rope. Braided cables made from wire strands commonly used in aircraft, but also in rigging and lifting and non-aircraft machinery.
I think it would be mich easier if stud mount were detachable on one side.
I have sliding hidden Trolly closet doors in 2 rooms. A 67 year rebuild is very much needed. and no one knows how. I will slay this drging door system... with Three trolleys with 3 doors stacked front to back in the Master bedroom. I did windows and doors for 5 years, of good learning opportunities. Final exam time.
Have to say, Haxmeister...damned impressive! As an old time maintenance electrician, love that you used one of the best inventions ever, the conduit rack and trolley system! Well done, young man! Very well done! Always look forward to seeing what's happening in Hax-Land with you, your lovely wife and all the young Hax-Ladies. Keep the good times rolling! Take care, be safe and God bless!
Thank you very much Jim!
You forgot the gorilla!
It looks amazing, what I would like to add is a 1~2" spacer between the cabinets to prevent the inevitable finger crush and to make them easier to open even with gloves
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I need this for books. Home library here I come.
It’s standard in all major libraries.
I'm sitting here trying to figure out weight specs to see if this would be a viable upgrade for the dozen overflowing book shelves that we are currently using
Put a foot paddle switch on the power cord. This will enable you to cut the power without using your hands. Helpful for lots of tools.
Yup, I have a harbor freight foot switch on my drillpress for a hands-free kill switch.
When using a dado blade on my rad saw, I push rather than pull to avoid the climb cut. Much better control.
Yesterday I was holding the wood to be cut in the left hand while "Danger Danger Cutting" with a heavy Craftsman cordless circular saw in my struggling old right hand. I didn't learn much working inEmergency rooms, "from the foolish tricks other carpenters keep trying". The Darwin Award crowd is who I run with.., only very infrequently.
@@1978lburickya when I took woodshop back in 97 I was taught to push against the blade for safety. Even with my compound saw I do the same.
Finally. Someone with high quality camera and a steady hand with bigfoot
The radial arm saw brings me back to my first year carpentry class in high school, back in '98 or '99, and the teacher warned us that the radial arm saw will kick back. He can hear when it happens, but for us whom are all deaf, we have to go by the feel. I was cutting some solid oak plank - maybe 12" wide I can't remember it's like a lifetime ago - and sure enough, the saw immediately tried to kick back, but because of his warning and my stance, I was able to prevent the saw from trying to chew up my hands or take out my shoulder as I was braced in anticipation of these kickback. When the saw kickback, my teacher immediately swiveled his head to check on me, and I nodded to let him know I got it.
Was the router that got a kid in my class(I was a kid too), routered the tip of his finger right off. Held it up, it shot blood in an arc, girl feinted... shop was cancelled for the day. Good times! Kid was trying to router a bevel on a wooden yoyo so hand routering a tiny 2 inch circle.
@@menchelke My teacher once relayed a story of this stupid kid who was trying to show off how strong he was by trying to stop a table saw blade with his hand. Tore up his hand. Ever since that instance, the shop teacher is the only one allowed to run the table saw.
@@trevorgreene5059 And I thought the yoyo story was stupid. Grabbing a saw blade doesn't even compute as to how a human being that dumb made it past childhood.
The kids in my 9th grade shop class surprisingly voted me Plant Manager, meaning it was my job to organize us into various roles to select a product to build, fabricate jigs and fixtures for the assembly line, and manufacture and sell the product. Part of my job was to appoint a Safety Officer and help him keep the other kids from becoming amputees. That kid probably had a more stressful job than I did, but fortunately nobody lost fingers that year and we sold a lot of product despite having a couple close calls on the band saw and the shaper/planer. We had a couple kids we had to watch a bit closely -- kids who leveraged most of their skills working on reefer pipes whenever the teacher wasn't looking. Unsurprisingly, these two fellows were in a continuous purple haze despite our 9AM start time. I do take credit for the fact that both of them still have two hands.
Did that drilling a hole in a blank switch plate for a truck. Pinched the plate between my finger and was running a step bit through it, plate slipped and I pinched the bit. Chew half my thumb to the base of my nail. My shop manager almost fainted in the office🤣 I had a vice a foot away.
That combo of storage space and organization potential hits so hard.
I would mount the first aid kit on the outside of the cabinet. When you need it you don't have the time to look for it.
Great build.
I would never do this. But watched the entire video because it was entertaining and educational.
I worked in hospital where they kept medical records in system similar to this. I had often thought how nice it would be to have my library in one. Now, it just might possible.
I like that idea!
Exactly 👍
They do use it for libraries, usually for extended storage and not in the public where someone can do something stupid and get hurt. Look up Patterson Pope high density storages.
I have been listing over that rack system for a long time now, but I can not justify the price of it. I really like how it works and stores stuff, but again, price. Then you came along and totally found a budget DIY solution for something that works basically the same. The one change you made.....it's completely customizable to what you want. Thank you, sir! You're awesome and have earned yourself a new follower
Thank you!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Pretty cool. This type of system is commonly used in offices and schools. I was in the stock room at the school I teach at and thought a storage system like this would be pure gold in a shop. The one at my site was built in the late 50s. The six double sided shelf sections are 2 feet wide about 20 feet deep, 8 feet tall, all hard wood with adjustable shelves. They are supported by an overhead track, and two tracks set into the foundation which look like railroad track. They roll smooth as butter because back in the day, things were well built. The linear shelf space is insane.
I like the color coded shelves idea in the comments. I would also make labels to put on magnets, of what is on each shelf, onto a small steel plate on the visible side of the shelf. When you move a tool, move the magnet/label to the shelf.
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Thank you very much! That means a lot to me.
It does seem entirely nonghey for sures ...
30 seconds in, I had to press the Like button. Storage will always be (for a lot of us DIYers and semi-pros) the sinews of the war.
The Levrack system is hard to beat in a professional setting but on the flip side the design is so awesome/easy to replicate for home/personal use at a smaller scale.
Thank you for sharing. Nice build. The bloopers were par excellante! Throwing in the "clearly a two person job" was a nod to all of us who understood the ladder set up at first glance. I am a girl builder and my hubby is the camera man. P. S. Nice weld, there's a learning curve.
During college, I used to work summers in a saw mill. They had a 24" pendulum (swing) saw which was terrifying as it was belt driven and the off switch was a couple of steps away. The guy who normally worked it has one bicep twice the size of the other, and a slip up could launch the saw blade at your chest, so you had to respect that saw. The radial arm saw I used had a rotating head and I would rotate it 90 degrees and run a gang blade to rip boards into 1" stakes for mine surveyors to use - The push stick was a broom. Amazingly I still have all my fingers!
I love building things with strut! Its one of my go-to tools.
They make double sections of strut. Similat to how you welded the things together, ao anybody could have that added stability off the shelf with no welding needed.
You could have built the entire assembly from the struts if you had wanted to. They make attachments for all of that and there are strut nuts that make it a cake walk to bolt the entire assembly together and then you can easily take it down or modify it if you ever need to. They even have floor mounting plates like what you used to attach ypur 4x4 posts.
Super fun to watch.
Thanks! Good to know.
Exactly what I was going to say! And you could use the deeper version of the strut so you can bolt from the inside and the trolly can slide by the bolt head with clearance.
Too many tools and work for older folks. Perhaps prebuilt heavy duty storage shelves on wheels…back to back like this!
Where do find either double section or deeper strut? Home Depot has regular 12 gauge. I like the idea of bolting it to a 4x4. However, I am learning to weld so maybe I could go that route. Like the fixed end idea and also might put shelves on both sides of one plywood sheet with three trolleys.
Unistrut Buffalo Supplies is where I bought mine, they have everything. Be careful welding galvanized unistrut, the zinc vapor is really bad for you.
hope you didn't get sick after welding the strut to the tube. Welding galvanized metal requires good ventilation to prevent breathing in the vaporized zinc. It will make you feel terrible for a few days. Project looks great though. I'll be building something similar in the future.
If you do get sick, make sure to drink a lot of milk.
you should also save money by getting the green painted version over the galvanized
Kinda concerning his welding instructor didn't mention anything about it
Looked like it might have been crappy chrome instead of galvanized. The yellow smoke and crappy welds would be an instant give away.@@GreenlandRobot
I'm 72 and I wish I had a man or son -- or woman or daughter or anyone -- to make this for me! Great job! 👍
It's not that great, you need to slide them everytime you need a simple tool and remember in which rack they are.
Just fill a wall with all your stuff and done, costs nothing and you can see all the tools, if you want them hidden, use a sliding carpet, lol. Costs 50$ instead of 1500$
Could the hanging shelves be 2 sided? Then you could have fewer to move around but the same amount of storage
Thank you cheap Chinese stuff
@@crocop2o12you apparently missed the point this is storage not a work bench or common use tool wall. It takes tons of shelves and compacts them into a tidy collapsible area. And you’ve obviously never been to a library because they use a very similar system usually for their stacks and research materials that aren’t used as often. Just look up library stacks.
Trust in yourself, You can do it.
Just Wow. Your vision and problem solving. The best storage system made affordable. Brilliant Job.
That looks really great! Would be a good addition to my shop, so I'll definitely keep it in mind. The only two things I would add are: another 1x2 across some of the shelves to keep smaller stuff from falling out. You may open them slowly, but will your kids? And some handles on the outside to be able to move the shelves without the risk of pinching fingers.
...pinching fingers or, smearing the cool paint job!
WOW I wish I could make one or more of these. These would work for a pantry or tool organizer or sewing room storage and the list goes on and on. Awesome!!
oooOOOooo...sewing room! I have a craft room (aka spare bedroom) with a walk in closet that I have to pack up during the holidays so that the bedroom can be used for guests. Now I'm brainstorming a smaller version for inside that closet!
@@lisawallace3124 I like that idea. One to remember if I have to move!
@@lyndabuchholz1216 my husband literally got a job offer yesterday that means we will move AGAIN (move #36 coming right up, lol) and I'm SO going to keep this in mind!!
Brilliant idea! I've been looking at making something along that line, but couldn't decide on suitable hardware. That channel with trolleys is a game changer. An idea I came up with for small spaces: the structure could straddle a doorway so that no wall space is wasted for the access. The cabinets facing the doorway gap could hold stuff that would be needed for outdoors. The cabinets could also be hanging in front of the door when you want to provide extra security against intruders.
Whoa you could actually use the conduit and trolleys to make a barn style door too! I wonder if they make conduit that also curves so that your door could recess against weater stripping.
@@AttemptMade interesting idea. I've seen old-fashioned metal curtain tracks here in the UK, shaped like miniature I-beams, which are bent into a very slight double curve near the end so that curtains can overlap in the middle. Funny enough, those types of rails use little roller hooks that are in principle very similar to the trolleys shown here, except they straddle the single beam. I've considered using them for moving light containers. I'll have to re-examine that idea.
You are my favorite person! This old grandma loves you and your beautiful family.
Those rails and trollies have so many different applications! Plus, not having the casters frees up a little space underneath if you ever need it for material or something. Fantastic work and really appreciate the cost breakdown as well! You're killing it!
So a library book archive shelf unit. Nice.
Just sent this to my husband. Our garage has been in need of a good storage space and organization for a looong time. Thank you for sharing this!
Awesome! Thanks
All husbands hate this man
@@DavidLee-cw6ci 🤣
@@RedWolfRun careful what you ask for though, don't be surprised if he tells you ok but he'll need to buy $4000 worth of tools to build it!
And, if you like it, why not give making it a try on your own?
10:18 When lifting something that's too heavy for your ladder, you should put one end on the structure 1st. We do it all the time with garage headers.😊
I want that sign behind you about doing today what others won’t so tomorrow I can do what others can’t! I see a Cricuting session in my near and dear future 😊😊😊
The Haxman has returned. Greetings, fellow Floridian!
What about Texas! Lol
It's all about us Floridians today bud.
North FL, the real Florida, checking in.
@@matthewthompson7012 what do you mean, que tu no puedes hablar Español?
even the gringos speak Spanish here in the South.
@@matthewthompson7012 Would that be commie Tallahassee, or commie Jacksonville? Perhaps commie Gainesville?
Years ago I built 'stacks' at my flat, using barn door hanger fittings to turn Spur Steel-Lok uprights and bookend shelf supports into sliding shelves. Not as sturdy as this, but worked well for the space I had, and almost doubled the accessible storage I had for books.
I now use that barn door hanger in my current garage to support hanging storage chains, in front of my main storage units, so I can just slide things out of the way and easily get to the units behind them. Again, it's made so much of my overflowing storage accessible again, getting stuff up, off the floor and out of the way of the shelves they were previously blocking.
Love the rollercoaster of emotions. Damaging the ceiling, probably feeling stupid and thinking "oops'' to your wife, then trolling her a bit later, already knowing there was a victory there, followed up with a clear sigh of relief and achievement. Makes me feel like I could do it myself.
FINALLY!!!!!! ever since I saw levrack and some other high density pull out or sliding shelves, I've been searching for a diy option for over a year. Never been satisfied with my own ideas on how to accomplish it, so this is awesome for me to build just as you do or tweak slightly for my own use.
I've installed a bunch of moving shelf systems like these in convenience store drink coolers. The end shelves are fixed with the center ones moving side to side on trolleys and fixed casters on the bottoms. They were wire racks so that air could flow through for the drinks. But I really like your shop design you have here. I need to make one for my shop now!
Very exciting to see a new Haxman video release when battling insomnia at 1 am! As always great work 👍🏼
Thanks! Sweet dreams
3:05 You definitely want to go a little smaller as the friction of forcing the woods fibers apart is part of why lags hold so well. 😊
I imagine the compressed wood might add a little tensile strength as well.
For thick pieces of wood, the ‘slightly smaller’ pre-drill for screws is great… Not so much for smaller pieces, and/or where there is a potential for the wood to split along the grain. Very apparent when repurposing pallet wood.
no evidence of this, and
the fastener mfrs don't recommend it.
You could use overhead track for a gate for this too. It is substantially larger than uni-strut and uses larger bearings and trolley. It is also bare steel, so it can be welded without the galvanization needing to be removed. It might be cheaper too. I’ve used it to build a roll out system for a heavy bag. Super cool build.
Great quote from "The Replacements ". Fantastic idea on the sliding storage.
Oh my God! I love all that great organized storage and I LOVE the bright colors - right up my alley!
I'm really glad I clicked the video! In the thumbnail for a bit I almost didn't because I was thinking there's no way I could ever build anything like that, not gonna bother.... But you actually came up with something awesome and do-able!
What a great storage idea. I’m always improving my garage/Man Cave and would love this in there.
Did your friend Travis tell you you could buy doubled-up strut channel? I think trippel is also available, ready made. a single, full-depth 12ga channel can itself span that distance with hundreds of lbs. Double or triple is all you need for strength.
Also. Ditch the legs. The right side can hang from a header board on the wall. The left side can hang from the ceiling and tie to the wall for stabilization. Then you have no posts in the way; no holes in the flooring, and you could even add more shelves over time. just get longer strut than you need and let the extra hang out off the left side. When you want more shelves, just get more trollies and add them on. And until then its handy to have strut overhead when you're working anyway.
Great idea in building down from the ceiling without legs. Which greatly reduces your cost.
I was thinking the same thing
Loved the video, felt like I was watching step brothers half the time due to resemblance but it's one of my favorite movies so that's a compliment in my book. It'll give us so much extra space in our room to do activities. Look at all this floor space, so many activities! lol
Geeat build. And I like the humor. One radial arm saw tip: push the blade into the work. By pulling the blade toward you, you're using a climbing cut, which as you discovered, can self-feed and jam.
Oh my, this will be shared with two men who need to see this!
Love this idea for crafts too!❤️
Nice build! ❤
A few suggestions, but still awesome as-is:
1) make the end shelves as the supports, possibly the open end having back-to-back shelves.
2) combine the two inner shelves as one, bc you don't need access to the back side.
3) put 1" bumper on top and bottom corners, so fingers don't get smashed when rolling to the next section.
4) use the exposed side area, for pocket storage, hooks, or additional shallow shelves.
We had the same idea! I need to make hangin trolly system.. however definitely clean off the galvanized coating before you weld.. sweet build tho! Glad to have found the channel
Yeah zinc fumes are no bueno.
@@BenNawrath def not my friend
the channel can be bought painted rather than galvanized. But your warning should be heeded.
My friend this project is amazing and I wish to replicate it. Even for a bedroom closet or groceries this can be very practical. Thanks and well done!
Really cool . If I may, you could have galvanic corrosion (depending on humidity) on the aluminum plates because of the contact between aluminum and steel. Consider changing them for steel plates. Over time, it will affect the structural integrity of the most vulnerable part of your system. This corrosion will be mild since the structure is indoors, and your workshop is probably not too humid. Nevertheless, it is a better practice to isolate different metals from each other. Thanks for your video.
Thanks! I wondered about that.
excellent video as usual! if you wanted to forego the welding all together, you could always make the cabinets longer and get some rigid fixed non-swivel casters to put on the bottom and then just connect that top rail to another 4x4 wood post instead of welding. although then you wouldn't get to play with a welder :P
LOL "I can never find my rollers so I go out and buy one every time". No truer words have been spoken -- and it goes beyond rollers for me too.
I think you'd be amused if I went into the kitchen right now and took a photo of the knife drawer, where I have collected the 7 nearly identical pairs of scissors my wife has bought over the years because she keeps losing them.
Awesome, I'm stealing this in the future. Only critique? Add rubber bumpers so you don't mar the paint job between the racks.
Great video, thanks for sharing... Ya can get another 4-8 " by putting shelves into the tall brasses, add a shelve above the racks, battery powered lights turn on when opened, another rack underneath.... No charge, enjoy
I Have in my head this project also. Since I knew LEV Rack, I am pretty sure I can make one myself. and save a lot of money. But watching your way, has been very helpful for me. I am planning to make a steel frame, and buy already made the hanging modules with the shelves , and then hanging them to both rails. I like very much your wood frame, the steel rails you made; I believe, I will do the same as you did, and see if I will buy modules or make them as you also did. Very inspiring your way for me. Makes a lot of sense your construction. Thank you
I didn't know I needed this for my shop, but now I do. Going to borrow your idea and make several changes to make it work for me.
1300 is still pricey but this one seems worth it. This may be my favorite one of your projects.
That would make an amazing bookcase for someone who has a lot of books and not a lot of room... like me.
Most Excellent Idea!
Loved your video.. Especially loved the part about using Unistrut. It is a great "out of the box" option for building. I used galvanized Unistrut for my fence posts.. They were way cheaper than metal fence posts & just a little more expensive than 4x4 wood posts
Very clever on the fence!
Very cool. Love the color and the sliding action. Looked like a lot of work, though. I just put together a Seville 18" deep x 72" high x 36" wide cabinet with 4 shelves on HD castors for my garage, at $220 (Sams Club). 5 of them is $1100 plus tax. Another option to consider. It took a minute to assemble, but it is very sturdy and could stack up the same way. Each would have their own locking doors too. I may look into that as I am very tight on space as well. Inspiring project!
I'm glad that you had your friend show you welding. You're obviously very capable and you shouldn't let this be something that holds you back.
I still have my dad’s craftsman radial arm saw. It is connected to 240V, and NEVER stalls like that.
HOA's are something that should not even be legally allowed.
We run a small construction company, built our tiny house on some land, didn't have money for a garage so our shop tools are crammed in a trailer. I showed my husband what I want to build from one of your other shows - for our construction shop, pantry, even my closet. Only the shop and garage are just a dream for now so we are collecting the best videos for ideas when we can get it done :)
Thank you HAXMAN! Very informative, inspiring, and humorous. I'll definitely be watching this video again when it's time for my garage makeover.
LOL! The gorilla peeking through the door at the end was funny!
When I was about 16, I thought I was alone in the house, and I heard something out in the garage. I ignored it, thinking I was just hearing things. Then I heard it again, so I crept over to the door (glass like that, but with a curtain on the inside). I peeked through the curtain, and this gorilla head suddenly pops up, and I nearly crap my pants while staggering backwards. My dad said the look on my face was absolutely priceless. Yeah... thanks pops.
When you've got one hand on the saw and the other on the wood, your nose suddenly becomes very useful.
Put a red mushroom kill switch you hit with your forehead.
Could probably relocate or add a kill switch that could be activated with a knee or foot.
A foot pedal seems more safe but bopping a button with your forehead sounds more fun. Perhaps have both. Also, use a switch in the pedal that requires it be depressed to engage.
Your nose also suddenly gets very itchy
I grew up with, and still own, my father’s under powered 1950 Dewalt radial arm saw. Table saws scare me much more. If the saw stalls, push the trolly back to the start and try again - but more slooowly. Keep your fingers out of the blade path and you should be safe especially if you never do a rip cut, which can only be safe if you push the material so the blade is NOT climbing - opposite of the rip.
I stumbled onto this video you created here, and I have to say I thought it was brilliant! I have a mess that needs organizing as well and after watching this, I clicked on to your garage video and was swept away. I now subscribe to your channel. I like your ideas. You seem to have a simple common sense approach while watching the bottom line. I'm impressed and look forward to more of your ideas. Thanks.
Thanks so much!
I have used and cut many feet of " Uni-strut" in the HVAC industry, and never seen these trolleys, have I been living under a rock? Awesome video! I'm excited for the possibilities! Thank you!😀
Pro Tip: It took longer to edit this video than build this cabinet. Great job on both!
I need this for the library
Afaik that is their original purpose. Called a compactus.
You know that you're building a filing cabinet system that's in every doctors office. 😊
Exactly!
These wouldn't make very good systems for a doctors office, they would weigh too much, I build storage systems for a living on a massive scale and they all run on tracks in the floor so they can take the weight, if your interested in looking then check out Bruynzeel storage systems.
*was. Nobody uses those today.
@@mediocreman2yep, everything is digital now. The only paper files are old hard copies
@@mediocreman2they still use this system to store equipment and supplies in some respiratory therapy departments in hospitals.
Some libraries also use shelves like these for books.📚
This build was awesome! 🤩 It could even serve for different things depending on dimensions. A pantry or a closet would be great. If you're creative, you could have something like that in a bedroom as the base of a loft bed and use two fixed units on the ends and set one side up as a desk/work area with the shelf immediately behind one end as a bookcase and file cabinet. The two on the opposite end could be a dresser/shelf plus hanging closet storage. Then any extras in the middle would be general storage. Perfect, compact solution for a studio apartment, tiny home, small bedroom or perhaps a shared kids room. So many possibilities! 😁👍
As far as the casters go, they make non swivel models that would work perfectly for this and never swivel for forward or reverse. For the welding, don't be scared of it. I'm self taught and used TH-cam to learn. Its an amazing skill to have and so useful. If you ever want to learn, reach out to me I'm Florida as well.
How many of you saw the trunk monkey? Good build. only recommendation is the center shelves can be 2 sided.
And the end shelves fixed as they don't need to move.
Additionally, at the open end you can put another, unmovable unit back to back with the end unit.
Well done! The old "it's upside down" gag was hilarious.
Ah, the old compactus. it's been around for generations but mostly used in the commercial/corporate environment.
I watched this last night, and it intrigued me so much that I had to watch it again ten hours later. What a great idea! this can be used for my stand alone pantry ! I am so excited! Thanks for the idea!
Awesome! Thank you!
Finally content thats unique and different and actually safes sooo muvh space perfect for tiny homes thanks bud❤
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add a foot switch for power.
I will feed a child if you make your voice louder than the tools in all future videos.
Good job. A couple of points for others. Instead of building the ends as post, just build the ends as shelves with post in the corners, as there is no real need to move either of the two end sections. Also, by putting a backing panel in the middle ( or offset from center ) you can make the sliding sections double faced. And lastly why not dado with the dado setup you already have on the radial arm saw ? That being said, it is still a nice project as you did it.
@@hongtanke - exactly the same I wanted to post just now. Foot pedal for power or doubled emergency stop would eliminate the problem. "high tech" solution would be auto cutoff if RPM = 0 & Power != 0 & t = 2s. Also easy to do but not as easy as two first methods.
Nice work, I think this systems been in our heads for a while.. makes you think though, couldn't you just fit that all on the wall?
You have room for stuff on top of the shelves, too! Toss some milk crates up there for some extra storage!
Yeah they're giving radial arm saws away on Facebook marketplace.
Incidentally, pallet racks are popping up pretty cheap too, but I think the 4x4s look better.
YOU... Remind me of John C. Reilly. I really like this project. I want to build my own. Next time keep an eye out for pallet racks. I see places toss used ones that are mostly good all the time. Stay safe. If you are ever in Georgia and need an assist, let me know.
Thank you for sharing your build. I'm definitely saving this video for inspiration when I finally get enough courage to reorganize my workshop.
No matter where you live the fact remains: every damn shop out there is insanely overcharging you for the shit you can diy. Nice build dude.
Every shop is not over charging. That’s an ignorant statement. If they were charging strictly cost of material they wouldn’t be a shop for long.
@@pewpeww556 Plus you have to have or buy all the tools, that is incorporated in the shop quote.
The value of someone's time is high. Including your own.
They have to pay for their building. You are not charging yourself for that.
Yeah you obviously don’t own your own business. Them people gotta feed their families. Not to mention all the other expenses they have to account for
“Clearly a two man job”… “want me to help you?” “No” lololol
Ah yes, Ye Olde Radial Harm Saw
Classic!!!!
I saw what you did there!
I love people who add that touch of humor to what they do. New subscriber
I love this build. The savings are crazy and it looks great! I just found your channel today, and while I typically look for DIY tips and ideas, your content is just down right entertaining.