Storing leather in small space

[Treesner]

Hey guys what’s a good way to store leather in a compact space? I’ve been doing what most do just rolls in rolls in the corner but I’ve been accumulating more and more and getting out of control. Is there a better way to store it? Was considering maybe some kind of draping style where you just pull one out and lay it on the top of the stack when you’re done.

Or possibly doing the rolls but in some kind of rack on the ceiling since the rolls aren’t to heavy to pull down. 

Cieling rack

Edited January 23, 2019 by Treesner

[Treesner]

Another thought.. maybe a pipe with a smaller pipe in it then a smaller piece within that attached to a board that way you can do 3 rolls standing vertically without having to tie them up. 

Thininking 20” tall. 12” 9” and 6” pipes (or wood boxes I guess might work as well 

 

[fredk]

If you want to try pipes; go to a carpet shop. Carpets come on heavy duty cardboard tubes, about 13 ft long. Cut down they'll give you 3 tubes each about 4ft long. usually you can get the tubes for free. I stored this way for a while.

I recently changed to using large long plastic boxes. The boxes are meant for storing small-ish reusable Christmas trees. The boxes are about 4ft long and about 15 inches deep by 12 inches wide. The boxes have handles on each end and 4 wheels on the bottom. I just throw the rolls into one on these now. I have two stacked in my back hall for ready-use leather, plus a 'Christmas Tree' storage bag for a few odd rolls of leather and material. Other leather stock is stored rolled up in card boxes on shelves in my storage unit

[Norton Custom Leather]

pvc tubing works great. you can stack them & mount them together so they won't roll off

[nrk]

1 hour ago, Norton Custom Leather said:

pvc tubing works great. you can stack them & mount them together so they won't roll off

+1 for PVC tubes

[Treesner]

here's a couple of different styles I've seen in my research

above in a rack:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/364299057343136062/

wall hooks:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/512777107566626682/

ceiling on small rolls:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/777856166868077827/

draped over a saw horse:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/696650636086154403/

rolled on narrow shelves:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/352125264592353820/

 

 

 

[Treesner]

I'm trying out this small carte (ideally a bit taller) where no roll is tied. because its vertical its easy to pull out the pice you want and any piece you're done with always roll tighish, insert into the middle and let expand. 

 

I wonder if doing this horizontally under the bench would work the same, might have. bit more friction when pulling in and out 

 

[Ragingstallion]

if you dont mind making some new holes in the walls. could make a strap system like blindes and hang them from the top of the wall. would kinda be like the wine holder at tandys, but bigger, and just straps.

[Treesner]

11 hours ago, Ragingstallion said:

if you dont mind making some new holes in the walls. could make a strap system like blindes and hang them from the top of the wall. would kinda be like the wine holder at tandys, but bigger, and just straps.

Do you mean stores in this orientation but with straps instead of hooks? 

https://pin.it/uyh4o5zbfbz44g

[Ragingstallion]

11 hours ago, Treesner said:

Do you mean stores in this orientation but with straps instead of hooks? 

https://pin.it/uyh4o5zbfbz44g

Pretty much, and with a wall anchor, you can do one strap holding it, and add straps onto that one for the leather to sit in.