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Welding of a shelf for steel profiles (cantilever shelf) and metal sheets
To have my stock of steel profiles and steel sheets always at hand, I built myself a cantilever shelf.
The profiles are over-dimensioned, which would not have been necessary for this purpose, but I already had the T- and U-profiles and due to the weight, the shelf can stand on its own without further fixings. The parts are already cut to size.
The parts are quickly welded together.
As you can see here, I want to store the long profiles on the right side later and on the left side I have the possibility to slide in 1m high steel sheets. At the bottom I welded a U-profile and at the sides the sheets will be guided by 4 flat profiles.
Some paint and my shelf is almost finished.
Now the stops are mounted, so the profiles can't fall down the shelf.
In addition, I mounted plastic tubes in the upper area, which are mainly intended for thin profiles, or those that do not reach the minimum length of 1m.
What is still missing is a storage possibility for shorter steel scraps. For this purpose I built this box out of beech wood.
It has compartments of different depths.
After breaking the edges with the router, the whole box is oiled.
When you oil all the sides, you always have the problem of how to put the part without the newspaper sticking to it … I used to put thin strips of wood underneath. Recently I have now bought these little pyramids that you can just put under the painted part.
These plastic pipes are from plumbing and I shortened them to different lengths.
The pipes now fit into my wooden box and I can put different length profiles into the pipes. The profiles are better organized and also less likely to tip over on their side.
In the front area there is another compartment for very small cutting scraps. With this, the shelf is now ready for use and it can be filled with more steel.
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Creation Date: 07.07.2023
