Metal storage
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Metal storage
I poured some footings for a rear patio cover a few months back and I used SONO tubes to form the piers. After the job was done, I had a 4 ft section left over and wondered what I could use it for. My 13 year old came up with a sweet idea.
I had him helping to straighten up the garage after finishing a mini bike project. He started stacking the left over lengths of pipe in the tube. I scolded him at first because it could fall over and hurt someone. But after some planning, I came up with a solid foundation.
I took a plate of 1/4" steel I had laying around and cut out a 12"x 12" square, welded on three tabs with 1/4" holes and bolted the carboard tube to the plate. When set in a corner, with the long lengths laid in the corner, the 8" tube (now only three feet high) holds several lenghts of 1" DOM tubing and random bits of cutoffs I had laying around. It keeps everything neat and organized for now.
Future plans call for a couple of tubes mounted to the ceiling to support the 10 or 12 foot lengths that I still have on hand.
I had him helping to straighten up the garage after finishing a mini bike project. He started stacking the left over lengths of pipe in the tube. I scolded him at first because it could fall over and hurt someone. But after some planning, I came up with a solid foundation.
I took a plate of 1/4" steel I had laying around and cut out a 12"x 12" square, welded on three tabs with 1/4" holes and bolted the carboard tube to the plate. When set in a corner, with the long lengths laid in the corner, the 8" tube (now only three feet high) holds several lenghts of 1" DOM tubing and random bits of cutoffs I had laying around. It keeps everything neat and organized for now.
Future plans call for a couple of tubes mounted to the ceiling to support the 10 or 12 foot lengths that I still have on hand.
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