Finally got tired of tripping over the pile of wood, so decided to test my idea for a storage rack. Bought 10 36" pcs of 1/2" black pipe, and 20 1/2" floor flanges.
Cut the pipe in half, and since I hate metal on the floor of the shop (I work barefoot a lot - I know, I know) cut slots in a plastic bucket to cut the pipe.
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The screwed the pipe to the flanges, and put the plastic caps on the cut ends.
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Then lasered the 3x4's for level after standing them in place, and drilled a 1 1/4" hole for the lip of the flange, and a 5/" thru holr for the pipe.
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And screwed the flange to the back of the posts. Ya know those red caps? Had to take them off to get the pipes thru and replace them. Lesson learned. Stood the posts and secured them.
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They are plenty strong. But I should have used the drill press - at the ends of the pipe some of them are out of alignment by 1/2".
ANd some of the pipes just did not thread straight in to the flanges.
But it was quick, relatively inexpensive (45 bucks), and seems to work fine. And no more tripping over the pile of wood.