Nice Storage System.

Satanta

Stone Cold Crazy
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Similar to the #10 can dispensers in restraunts.

Someone posted some smaller untis that you put on a shelf in the pantry about two months ago. I misremember who and the item name or I'd find it but perhaps someone with a better memory will...
 

Mongo

Veteran Member
I made my own. Picture a set of shelves against a wall. I used 1x12" planks about 5 feet long. Now, lift the right side of the shelves up about 3". Use cardboard dividers and you can get 3 rows of cans on each shelf - two soups and one tuna (or whatever).

Put a lip at the low end. Load on the high end, extract the cans on the low end.
 

Jmurman

Veteran Member
Mongo said:
I made my own. Picture a set of shelves against a wall. I used 1x12" planks about 5 feet long. Now, lift the right side of the shelves up about 3". Use cardboard dividers and you can get 3 rows of cans on each shelf - two soups and one tuna (or whatever).

Put a lip at the low end. Load on the high end, extract the cans on the low end.

post a photo of your creation...I'd like to see it.
 

CelticRose

Membership Revoked
They are great, that's for sure....... But I like Mongos design....... Another poster here on TB2K (can't recall who; sorry) ... mentioned using those rubbermaid style large storage tubs for storing / stocking prep items........

Since we moved from MN and no longer have a large walk-in pantry (i loved our old house) or a basement; storing 'stuff' has been a challenge......

But little by little, I've taken the idea of using those tubs to store items..... I'm able to stack them in the closet of the 2nd bedroom (garage too, for items that heat and or humidity won't affect) and can access what's in them as well as rotate them as needed ........
 

phloydius

Veteran Member
I'm thinking about building my own also, can you show us a picture of the one that you made. Any wisdom pieces... things you would have done differently?
 

Mongo

Veteran Member
No camera, sorry.

Here is a good facsimile of them though: http://www.synthx.com/btw/wallo.htm

Here are instructions for the way I did it:

Screw three 1x4s to the studs in the wall - right through the wallboard. Use a stud finder to determine where the studs are . Basically, one goes in the middle of where the shelves will be on the wall and the others go a couple feet out to each side so the shelves are cantilevered a little.


Determine where you want the bottom shelf. I put it low on the left end (near the pantry door) and a few inches higher on the right side. I had someone help hold it and I just marked each 1x4 where the shelf crossed it.. Then I measured up from each of those marks 6". This is where the next shelf would go. And so on all the way up. You probably want about a 2:12 slope. My current shelves don't slope enough and I have to "help" the cans roll down a bit.

Now, place a 2x4 next to each 1x4 you have screwed to the wall. Transfer the marks so the 2x4 is marked all the way up where you want the shelves to go.

Simply drive a large headed nail into the 1x4s everywhere you have a mark. This is what the shelf will rest on. Do the same to the 2x4s.

Now cut two lengths of 1x4 that are just long enough to span the 1x4s you have on the wall from left to right. Attach one to the top and one to the bottom of the 2x4s to make your outter wall. Make sure they are spaced the same as your 1x4s.

Cut 4 pieces of 1x4 13" long. Use these to attach the 2x4 wall to the 1x4s. One at the top and one on the bottom on the outter edges. Now you should have a "box" with the nails facing in.

Glue a piece of 1x1 to the end of each 1x12 shelf. This will be at the low end and will keep the cans from rolling out.

Simply lay the shelves on the nails (slide them in) and the weight of the cans will force the edge of the nail head into the pine.

It's really not that hard - I've done it in several houses and it's easy to "repair" if you are renting and have to move. All you have to do is remove all the screws and then remove the 1x4s from the wall (I use 3 screws in each) and spackle the holes. Take it with you to the next place. Leave the nails in the 1x4s and 2x4s when you move.
 

Mongo

Veteran Member
And BTW - this is not an original Mongo idea. I got it from an LDS Family Home Preparedness Book.

Perhaps someone can find it online and post better instructions. I googled and was unsuccessful.
 

Christian for Israel

Knight of Jerusalem
the units in the first post waste too much space. look close, there's enough room between the dispensers to double the storage if the cans were simply stacked. mongo's version is much more efficient.
 

BerkshireGrl

Inactive
Wow. Yes those are really cool and of course really expensive. Read on anolther thread some time ago, same thing on a much smaller scale at FifoStorage.com. Holds about 45 regular size cans for $29.95 plus $5 shipping. I think the price goes down if you buy more units. Just a few of these would hold a decent amount of cans. Would like to get a few at some point.


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