This rack is big. I knew it would fit into the storage room, and I was convinced that getting it into the room wouldn’t be a problem. After my debacle with the shelf panels, though, my confidence was beginning to wane. I hadn’t tested it out after I finished the rack’s skeleton (when the rack was lighter), so the only way  to find out was to try.

Moving it inside the room was definitely a two-person job, so I enlisted my wife’s help again. Based on the rack’s notched side profile, we agreed that starting to move it in face-down was the way to go. We placed the rack’s front lip on a flat dolly, and I started pulling the rack into the room.

Once the top of the rack was in the room, we rotated it upward until it was almost vertical. Here was my view from inside the room.

Here was my wife’s view from outside.

Then it was just a matter of lifting/sliding the rack off the dolly into the room without mangling the threshold.

The rest was easy. I just had to roll it to the back of the room and slide it into place. Here’s the rack in its stowed position. The big open space beside the long-offcut bin won’t always be there. That shelving unit on the left wall is usually much farther back. When the rack is stowed, I have full access to the horizontal shelves and the tilted front wall. I just don’t have access to the long cutoffs.

Here it is in its extended position, which gives me access to the rear bin.

Here’s a closeup showing how the tall-offcut bin fits underneath the wire shelf.

Here’s the ledge I mentioned earlier. It required me to inset the rear casters.

When the rack is stowed, there’s sufficient clearance around the sink. There’s still a splashing risk to the scraps in front. For now, I’m just going to use a 2’ x 4’ piece of hardboard in front of the scraps as a shield. I’ve also considered some sort of bungeed tarp that wraps around the front of the scraps, or a tarp that extends down from the top to the front lip like a window shade. I’ll figure that out later if the hardboard is insufficient.

Here is my complete collection of scraps. Most of it is in the cart. More is in that plastic tub on the floor. The rest (longer pieces) are leaning against the folding work tables (https://craftisian.com/projects/14078-folding-work-tables-and-storage-bracket) I built to replace the cafeteria tables I no longer use.

I discarded some of the scraps (enough to fill two small shipping boxes), but I managed to fit the rest into the rack. I still need to organize it better.

These storage trays will help. They’re 24” deep and 4” high. I plan to put my shortest cutoffs in them and store longer cutoffs under or beside them on the shelves.

This marks the end of the blog series. Thanks for reading!