Leather organization

[PastorBob]

Where I work my day job, we have some cardboard tubes that are about 7" in diameter and 24-26" in length.  I brought some home to help organize my leather a bit.  I just duct taped 2 together end to end.  I drilled an oversized hole in the top of each tube on the bottom layer and secured them with screws to the bottom deck.

[leatherfarms]

Thats a great idea,

I like it a lot

[dikman]

I use the same idea, and also for storing metal bars/rods under my lathe except I used 75mm/3" pvc stormwater pipe. 

[kgg]

4 hours ago, PastorBob said:

Where I work my day job, we have some cardboard tubes that are about 7" in diameter and 24-26" in length.  I brought some home to help organize my leather a bit.  I just duct taped 2 together end to end.  I drilled an oversized hole in the top of each tube on the bottom layer and secured them with screws to the bottom deck.

Nicely done.

kgg

[Northmount]

4 hours ago, PastorBob said:

I brought some home to help organize my leather a bit.  I just duct taped 2 together end to end.  I drilled an oversized hole in the top of each tube on the bottom layer and secured them with screws to the bottom deck.

And you have a dark cloth to cover both ends so ends of the rolls of leather don't get suntanned.  (daylight or indoor lighting)

[PastorBob]

14 hours ago, leatherfarms said:

Thats a great idea,

I like it a lot

 

12 hours ago, kgg said:

Nicely done.

kgg

Thanks!

12 hours ago, Northmount said:

And you have a dark cloth to cover both ends so ends of the rolls of leather don't get suntanned.  (daylight or indoor lighting)

I just have dark cloth on the one side.  Good idea to have it on both.

[Digit]

I use PVC sewer pipe (11 or 12.5 cm ~ 4 1/3" or 5") with end caps (one end fixed, one end with a screw cap). They come in 3m lengths and I cut them into two pieces of 1.5m (5'), which perfectly fits a half hide.

I stow them away near the ceiling of my garden shed; that's the only place where I have some space left 

This is an old photo; there's six or seven pipes hanging there by now

Edited yesterday at 09:53 AM by Digit
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[PastorBob]

1 hour ago, Digit said:

I use PVC sewer pipe (11 or 12.5 cm ~ 4 1/3" or 5") with end caps (one end fixed, one end with a screw cap). They come in 3m lengths and I cut them into two pieces of 1.5m (5'), which perfectly fits a half hide.

I stow them away near the ceiling of my garden shed; that's the only place where I have some space left 

This is an old photo; there's six or seven pipes hanging there by now

That's a great way to get them out of the way.  I looked at PVC pipe, concrete forms, etc.  They were stupid expensive.  I have been looking for an alternative for quite some time.  Glad I waited...the cardboard tubes were free.