[Shop-talk] Storing bits of rod and tubing?

[Doug Braun]

Here's what I finally did:  I took a piece of 8" cardboard tubing (the kind
sold for concrete forms) about 30 inches long and glued one end to a 12"x12"
piece of plywood.  It works great.

Doug

--- On Wed, 5/6/09, Doug Braun
<doug at dougbraun.com> wrote:

> From: Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com>
>
Subject: Storing bits of rod and tubing?
> To: "Shop-Talk List"
<shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 10:48 PM
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to clean up my garage, and I have a big bunch of
> pieces of
metal tubing, angle iron, threaded rod, plastic
> pipe, wooden dowels, etc. 
They range from about 2 to 4
> feet long.
> 
> Does anyone have a cool way to
store this type of stuff, so
> it does not take up too much space, remains
tidy, and the
> shorter bits do not get totally hidden by the longer ones?
>
> Doug