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timple23 · 25-04-2020 01:43PM

Was thinking of putting up shelving as storage. Would it be cheaper to buy or build? I wouldn't be familiar with steel prices. These look cheap and capable weight wise. https://www.screwfix.ie/p/heavy-duty-shelving-900-x-450-x-1800mm/2817r

893bet · 25-04-2020 01:58PM

timple23 wrote: »

Was thinking of putting up shelving as storage. Would it be cheaper to buy or build? I wouldn't be familiar with steel prices. These look cheap and capable weight wise. https://www.screwfix.ie/p/heavy-duty-shelving-900-x-450-x-1800mm/2817r

They are the finest to be honest for most things. They are very light but strong. I have 5 cable tied together and to the wall and they are grand.

emaherx · 25-04-2020 02:06PM

timple23 wrote: »

Was thinking of putting up shelving as storage. Would it be cheaper to buy or build? I wouldn't be familiar with steel prices. These look cheap and capable weight wise. https://www.screwfix.ie/p/heavy-duty-shelving-900-x-450-x-1800mm/2817r

You are unlikely to build something like them cheaper unless you have suitable materials lying about already.

Tileman · 25-04-2020 02:27PM

I bought some from rackzone earlier in the year. Decent quality for price and make the Workshop look better

Aravo · 25-04-2020 02:49PM

From rackzone. Second hand but like new. Easy to assemble and adjust if wanted

emaherx · 25-04-2020 04:31PM

Looks decent.

tractorporn · 25-04-2020 08:29PM

Lads just to update. Thanks for all the replies and ideas I kinda took half of stonewalls idea and bought two 10ft sheep penning gates this morning in the Co-OP. I welded two small bits of box to the rsj and I budged a plate into the wall and got some concrete screws for that into the house wall, thanks to stock for the suggestion. With the eyes on the gates turned out to be the exact fit for the span and I have some stokboard which I will tex screw onto it tomorrow. Please ignore the welding.

raypallas · 25-04-2020 08:44PM

tractorporn wrote: »

Lads just to update. Thanks for all the replies and ideas I kinda took half of stonewalls idea and bought two 10ft sheep penning gates this morning in the Co-OP. I welded two small bits of box to the rsj and I budged a plate into the wall and got some concrete screws for that into the house wall, thanks to stock for the suggestion. With the eyes on the gates turned out to be the exact fit for the span and I have some stokboard which I will tex screw onto it tomorrow. Please ignore the welding.

Nothing too wrong with that, fairplay.

Aravo · 25-04-2020 10:17PM

emaherx wrote: »

Looks decent.

Originally I was thinking of making my own shelving out of timber and plywood. With heading off buying stuff, using a few hundred screws, making it, it would all take time, and making adjustments down the line would be very time consuming. I then went to rackzone with the intention of buying similar to the screw fix image. Came home with much better shelving. Each unit is 9ft long, 3ft deep and 8ft high. Very good quality, even got the sheeting for each level there. So no cutting sheets and a lot of waste.
A few people have seen it and were impressed with it.

cjpm · 26-04-2020 03:37PM

Aravo wrote: »

Originally I was thinking of making my own shelving out of timber and plywood. With heading off buying stuff, using a few hundred screws, making it, it would all take time, and making adjustments down the line would be very time consuming. I then went to rackzone with the intention of buying similar to the screw fix image. Came home with much better shelving. Each unit is 9ft long, 3ft deep and 8ft high. Very good quality, even got the sheeting for each level there. So no cutting sheets and a lot of waste.
A few people have seen it and were impressed with it.

What was the lolly for those shelves?? Look a great job.

Aravo · 26-04-2020 06:44PM

cjpm wrote: »

What was the lolly for those shelves?? Look a great job.

It works out at 20-25 per cent more expensive than the screwfix type shelf. That's based on how many of the screwfix ones I would need of the 1.8x0.9x.45 to fill the volume of the shelving than I got. Also with this heavy shelving, it cannot be pulled down, so from a safety point of view its a big bonus especially if there are little ones about.

bamayang · 26-04-2020 09:00PM

Dunno if ye watch much YouTube stuff, but this lad is worth following. He makes ingenious inventions! The motivation for this most recent one will resonate with most lads here I’d say!

https://youtu.be/ktaaxc8ErPE

Kevhog1988 · 27-04-2020 02:20PM

bamayang wrote: »

Dunno if ye watch much YouTube stuff, but this lad is worth following. He makes ingenious inventions! The motivation for this most recent one will resonate with most lads here I’d say!

https://youtu.be/ktaaxc8ErPE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9EW8rxxPk this yoke he built is class

emaherx · 27-04-2020 07:05PM

bamayang wrote: »

Dunno if ye watch much YouTube stuff, but this lad is worth following. He makes ingenious inventions! The motivation for this most recent one will resonate with most lads here I’d say!

https://youtu.be/ktaaxc8ErPE

Yes, he's featured in this thread before. Very tasty work.

Aravo · 28-04-2020 08:36PM

Just wondering if anyone has made up an hydraulic ram system for moving a roller on wheels. Photographs and tips welcome

emaherx · 03-05-2020 03:05PM

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Thanks, looking to build up one here and wondering what the standard dimensions are. I think internal heights are around 6ft and overall height around the 10ft mark.

Just happened to have the tape out today.
2.5 foot from ground to floor.
7 foot from floor to roof.
Rear door is the full 7 foot.

Hope that helps you.

funkey_monkey · 03-05-2020 05:44PM

emaherx wrote: »

Just happened to have the tape out today.
2.5 foot from ground to floor.
7 foot from floor to roof.
Rear door is the full 7 foot.

Hope that helps you.

Great thanks. We'll have to drop the roof height on ours to get it fitting into shed. I think it might be more work than it's worth and it might be a bit too tight for some of the lanes, but we'll see what happens.

Anyhow thanks for checking that for me. You made a good purchase there.

Kevhog1988 · 03-05-2020 10:27PM

Made a wire pullers for sheep netting today. Not within an asses roar of anything ye boys are capable of but my first time really welding anything so im happy how it turned out.

https://flic.kr/p/2iXhjLN

https://flic.kr/p/2iXfNba

davidk1394 · 04-05-2020 10:58AM

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

Made a wire pullers for sheep netting today. Not within an asses roar of anything ye boys are capable of but my first time really welding anything so im happy how it turned out.

https://flic.kr/p/2iXhjLN

https://flic.kr/p/2iXfNba

Will you feed the wire through and then attach gripples to hold it ?

Nekarsulm · 04-05-2020 11:12AM

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

Made a wire pullers for sheep netting today. Not within an asses roar of anything ye boys are capable of but my first time really welding anything so im happy how it turned out.

https://flic.kr/p/2iXhjLN

https://flic.kr/p/2iXfNba

Do the job 100% as well as a bought one.
Plus the satisfaction of something you've made yourself.

bamayang · 04-05-2020 02:20PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Do the job 100% as well as a bought one.
Plus the satisfaction of something you've made yourself.

Very nice. Do you have to open all 5 bolts each time to move it on?

raypallas · 04-05-2020 03:28PM

bamayang wrote: »

Very nice. Do you have to open all 5 bolts each time to move it on?

Could weld on a piece of 20mm flat x 100mm long onto the top of the bolt to help opening and closing them. Save having to get a wrench to it everytime.

Nekarsulm · 04-05-2020 06:22PM

Yes, have to open them all each time you move it.#
A bit of a handle on each nut would be handy, right enough, you could always guve the handle a knock of the hammer if you thought they weren't tight enough.

bamayang · 04-05-2020 08:12PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Yes, have to open them all each time you move it.#
A bit of a handle on each nut would be handy, right enough, you could always guve the handle a knock of the hammer if you thought they weren't tight enough.

If you had one long bar and lots of little L shaped hooks, could you have it work that you wouldn’t have to tighten or loosen anything, just hook onto wire, pull tight and slip it off, might quicken it.

Kevhog1988 · 04-05-2020 08:33PM

bamayang wrote: »

If you had one long bar and lots of little L shaped hooks, could you have it work that you wouldn’t have to tighten or loosen anything, just hook onto wire, pull tight and slip it off, might quicken it.

it takes less than 5 mins to get on or off so i was happy to have it like that and keep the strain on it. I have a ratchet spanner so very fast.

We pulled a stretch this morning and it worked the finest. Saves paying contractor!!

dzer2 · 04-05-2020 08:43PM

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

it takes less than 5 mins to get on or off so i was happy to have it like that and keep the strain on it. I have a ratchet spanner so very fast.

We pulled a stretch this morning and it worked the finest. Saves paying contractor!!

Made one yrs ago. Very handy have a battery nut runner and welded bolts in. Have it on in less than a minute

wrangler · 04-05-2020 09:30PM

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

it takes less than 5 mins to get on or off so i was happy to have it like that and keep the strain on it. I have a ratchet spanner so very fast.

We pulled a stretch this morning and it worked the finest. Saves paying contractor!!

I use a ratchet and socket, I have nuts with handles originally but i replaced them with ordinary nuts, tightens better with the ratchet.

Nekarsulm · 04-05-2020 10:46PM

bamayang wrote: »

If you had one long bar and lots of little L shaped hooks, could you have it work that you wouldn’t have to tighten or loosen anything, just hook onto wire, pull tight and slip it off, might quicken it.

Nope, no good.
The vertical wires will pull along the horizontal ones, and it'll be a mess.
I have a washer under each nut, to make it a bit easier tightening them, and the biggest time waster is when you drop a washer or nut into long grass.

richie123 · 05-05-2020 07:03PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Nope, no good.
The vertical wires will pull along the horizontal ones, and it'll be a mess.
I have a washer under each nut, to make it a bit easier tightening them, and the biggest time waster is when you drop a washer or nut into long grass.

Weld on 4 inch long bars to the nuts you'd do it very quick and do away with rachet and socket quicker tighten them up too.one less tool to lose also (rachet)

Kevhog1988 · 05-05-2020 09:05PM

richie123 wrote: »

Weld on 4 inch long bars to the nuts you'd do it very quick and do away with rachet and socket quicker tighten them up too.one less tool to lose also (rachet)

Dont think youd get it as tight tbh

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