Storing leather in small space

[chrisash]

A full size Admiralty navy chart table would be a nice way to store them flat if you have any ship breakers near you, most have a good number of sturdy drawers

[utah leather]

9 hours ago, Treesner said:

sounds cool do you have a photo?

yes but the only way I know how to send a pic is if you are on my contact list on my phone, if you could send me your number I could put you in my contacts list then send you a pic , then delete your number, does that sound ok ?

[Treesner]

Interesting way with roles hung on the wall. Maybe annoying to wrap up every time but looks nice 

 

 

 

[Handstitched]

@TreesnerI hear ya loud and clear !! I used to work from my Mothers sewing room  in the ' early days', not much  bigger than  a 3 x 3 gazebo space wise. . With her materials and my rolls of leather in the same room, , it was getting a bit cramped.  Rolled up was the only way to store them . However, even that idea had its limits. 

So, we ' bit the bullet' , and built  a small  20 x 20 ' workshop on the property . I got myself some old heavy desks etc from a local  S/H seller for work benches, modified them, joined them together,  made shelves , racks etc.  to take all my rolls.. .....& rolls of leather.  Even now, I  still have difficulty storing  rolls of leather , go figure ? My workshop is a perpetual mess,.... and so is my Mums !!!!!!  Every Monday is " Tidy Up Day  "  for me.  . 

But rolling your hides etc.  is probably best for storage . 

HS 

[Dwight]

When I built my shop, . . . I started with the idea of rolling them, . . . but it puts a permanent or at least long lasting curl in every piece of leather.

I chose to hang my leather that I'm presently using, . . . and it makes working with it a whole lot easier.

I can hang something on the neighborhood of 65 sides of 8 oz leather in my "vault" if I could afford that much.  In the one picture you can see that I have other stuff in there.

It is two 4 x 8 sheets of particle board, . . . one is nailed to a ring of 2 x 12's that make the sides, top, and bottom of the vault, . . . the other is hinged on one side.  I made arms that swing on one end, . . . so I can find the piece I'm looking for.  Have never run out of space, . . . and can find anything I'm looking for in about 30 seconds or less.

Wouldn't store mine any other way after using this.

May God bless,

Dwight

 

[Hildebrand]

I like that Dwight. 

[Handstitched]

@Dwight thats a fantastic idea , fairly simple to make too . Unfortunately I don't  have the space even  for that   . 

Although I do try to keep my belt blanks hanging up wherever I can , otherwise they'll have the bad case of the ' curly wurlys ' ( as I call it,   all curled up, not lying flat )  . 

" One Powerball"....I could double...triple the size of my workshop,  I would have all the space I need.     

[Dwight]

4 hours ago, Handstitched said:

@Dwight thats a fantastic idea , fairly simple to make too . Unfortunately I don't  have the space even  for that   . 

Although I do try to keep my belt blanks hanging up wherever I can , otherwise they'll have the bad case of the ' curly wurlys ' ( as I call it,   all curled up, not lying flat )  . 

" One Powerball"....I could double...triple the size of my workshop,  I would have all the space I need.     

If you just took a picture off the wall (or something similar), . . . used only 2 x 2's as the top, bottom and sides, . . . with only a half sheet of particle board, . . . you could still hang a dozen double shoulders inside that little space.

Vertical space is not hard to find if you just stop and look at all the possibilities.

I have one wall I'm removing next summer, . . . turning it into a storage wall, . . . as one side will be hinged, . . . opening it up to a 4 ft by 8 ft by 3 1/2 inch box, . . . 2 x 4's will be set horizontally to act as shelves, . . . I'll store a boat load of little "thingys" in there that clutter the workshop today, . . . on the wall, in boxes, on shelves.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Handstitched]

It won't do any harm to re- assess  my workshop space I guess. Put my 'thinking cap ' on  and see what space can be utilised better.   There is one part of my workshop that  I actually hate, ( I'll take a pic, although it will be embarrassing to even show it   ) 

But thanks  

HS 

[Treesner]

On 11/17/2019 at 3:00 PM, Dwight said:

When I built my shop, . . . I started with the idea of rolling them, . . . but it puts a permanent or at least long lasting curl in every piece of leather.

I chose to hang my leather that I'm presently using, . . . and it makes working with it a whole lot easier.

I can hang something on the neighborhood of 65 sides of 8 oz leather in my "vault" if I could afford that much.  In the one picture you can see that I have other stuff in there.

It is two 4 x 8 sheets of particle board, . . . one is nailed to a ring of 2 x 12's that make the sides, top, and bottom of the vault, . . . the other is hinged on one side.  I made arms that swing on one end, . . . so I can find the piece I'm looking for.  Have never run out of space, . . . and can find anything I'm looking for in about 30 seconds or less.

Wouldn't store mine any other way after using this.

May God bless,

Dwight

 

thats pretty neat! do you store full hides like that? o just small pieces?