I¹m in the midst of doing this in my shop.  I had been storing lumber in a
shed, horizontally, on sets of those ultra heavy duty shelf supports that
Woodcraft and Lee Valley sell:
http://
www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=32145&cat=1,43326

What I have done is to move the shelf supports and standards to a wall in
my shop proper, creating bays that are 32² wide (one shelf standard for
every other 2x6 in the wall).  I have the shelf supports protruding out,
with the lumber stacked vertically in between them.  To make them extra
secure, I drilled holes in the ends of each shelf support, and bolted a
heavy eyebolt through the hole. I will have steel cable (or heavy rope)
going through the eyebolts, outside the lumber, so if the boards in one
bay decide to fall they¹ll get caught by the cable. (I also plan to put
wedges in to keep the shelf supports from coming up and off the standards
when moving lumber around, probably unnecessary but easy to do).

I think a fundamental advantage of vertical storage is the ease with which
you can sort through a bunch of boards by moving them a bit to one side.
With horizontal storage, you need to unpile them to do this. As long as
they¹re close to vertical, I¹m not worried about warpage.

‹ Andy Barss



On 10/11/15, 3:46 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell"  wrote:

>
>> On Oct 11, 2015, at 15:06 , Ed Minch  wrote:
>> 
>> My ³system² is horizontal at about 6¹ and over to prevent warping, but
>>shorter is vertical.  Definitely could be better overall
>
>My system is all leaning against the wall to save space, but
>I don't have the stock that some of you do; it's mostly just
>a board left over from each project. One of the neatest vertical
>setups I've seen is from Wilbur Pan:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/qywpspx
>
>http://giantcypress.net/post/5388073797/the-worst-part-about-
building-a-ne">http://giantcypress.net/post/5388073797/the-worst-part-about-
building-a-ne
>w-lumber-rack-is
>
>Of course, over time the wood will flow towards the bottom
>and your boards will get thicker, so you should inver them
>every year.
>
>Adam
>Just Say (tmPL), galoots never get board by overthinking
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