New Shelf & Rebuilt Can Rack

The can rack is way to heavy.  It pulled the door a little and I couldn't close the tight.  The upper corner of the hit the door jam.

This is a picture from yesterday.  All of the cans cause the door to be out of plumb.

There was little over an inch of snow on the driveway this morning.  I took me about a half hour to push it to the sides.  

We then went to Fillmore where Carol bought groceries.  I went to State Bank of Southern Utah.  Carol Social Security went to her Wells Fargo account and I didn't know where mine went.  I found that mine went into Caro's account.  We will go backs next week.  We will call the Social Security people to get it straightened out.  I also deposited the greenhouse rent check.

I removed all the cans and took the rack to the garage.  I cut it in half.  This is the bottom half.  That was quite a challenge.  I put it on a table saw sled.  It was so heavy, that I couldn't even push it.  I put it upside down  on the workbench.  I measured from the bottom 53 1/4 inches.  And used my battery powered circular saw.  I like that little saw.  If I keep it saw straight, it cuts very easily.  I then turned it over so the face was up.  I drew a line across the compartments.  I followed the line, but the blade was not big to cut all the way through.  I used a handsaw to cut all the way through.

I got it fixed.   It contains the canned good.  It is still heavy and by keeping the door closed it will be supported some.  

The top shelf on the left in this photo wasn't there this morning.  I removed most of the storage items on the top shelf to make room for the new shelf.  That took most of the afternoon. All of the materials are things that I already had. Some of the things on the floor are not on one of the shelves.   Most of the food storage items are on the top shelf .  Some of those items are twenty years old.

Richard Darnel, our neighbor,  Made a path for a car, through the snow in front of our house.  He also shoveled the snow on the front sidewalk.
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Can Storage

Our pantry is just off the kitchen.  When we are preparing a meal, it is a few steps away.  It is so handy, but over the years we bring things in and nothing goes out.  That is not entirely true.  There are some things that have come out, but ended up in the garage.  Now the garage is another problem to deal with.

Above is a look in the pantry.  It has been worse. There are times that we can't walk to the back without stepping over things.

This is a looking to the right.  This where our bottled fruits, beans, sauces, juices, jams and jellies are kept.  Most are used during and replenished when our garden begins to produce.  Canned fruits and vegetable that we buy from time to time are stored on the right.  Can in the back exceed their "eat by" date.

So I am looking for a way to organize the all the canned goods.  First place to look is on You Tube.  In the past I have seen storage containers for cans in the big box stores, but lately I haven't been able to find them.  One of the many You Tube videos I viewed impressed me.  I viewed it a dozen times.   I got the plans, but the dimension would not fit in the place where I was going to put it.   I had to design one that would fit. 

You may not be able to see the above drawings.  Plans are usaually made to scale.  This is not to scale, but to exact size.  I then used the plans and measured each piece, cut them out, and did a little dry fitting.  I glued some or the parts together, others I glued and nailed and some I used screws.  When finished I put cans in it.  Some cans got stuck.  I made several adjustments, and finally it works the way planned.

The picture above and the one below show the finished piece.  It is a little rough looking.  I made only one unit to get the design right.  The next project will be to make one that is about four feet long.  I should be able to put all of our cans, then use the oldest first.   I put new cans in the top and take the older ones out the bottom.