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Submitted by kberrie on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 19:09

I know there are a lot of Mormons that follow you. It is suggested that we save up food for emergencies and many of us have #10 cans we need to store and sometimes rotating them out can be a hassle. Almost everyone is in love with Shelf Reliance rotating system shelving.

http://www.shelfreliance.com/the-harvest-72-10.html

They are extremely expensive. My husband and I were thinking about building one and I thought you might be able to come up with a plan for one. Hopefully for less than $100

Thanks so much!

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Tsu Dho Nimh

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 03:09

OW! That's expensive!

You can make them of heavy cardboard. For better durability, paint the rack after you assemble it with any non-latex paint or varnish. Like the varnish on a model plane, it stiffens and strengthens the whole unit.

http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/02/16/build-your-own-can-rotating-r…

It's not 100% clear in the photos, but the rear slot between the top shelf (cans in) and the bottom shelf (cans out) has to be about 1/2 inch to an inch wider than the can.

The slope can vary, but it has to be "enough" so the cans will roll by their own weight.

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For heavy cans (and the #10s with liquid are pretty heavy) you could use free wood pallets instead of cardboard.

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ADDING:
http://homeschoolblogger.com/dontfencemein/676514/ plan for wooden can rack showing how they used plywood with cleats to hold the shelves in place.

kberrie

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 08:29

Thanks. We were looking at the food storage made easy one last night, but I'm sure that's not going to work with #10 cans. I'm sure that's a good starting point to creating one.

I really like the second one though. I wonder if my husband could modify it for #10 cans. ??? That is definitley on my to do list for smaller cans!

Thanks!

kberrie

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 10:51

#10 cans are slightly over 6" diameter and 7" tall.

But I was thinking too, that maybe it would be easier to build a normal shelf and then build individual rotating compartments like the ones for the canned vegetables in the link above. Probably would be easier. And that way I can move them around as my needs change.

kberrie

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 22:22

Thanks Jodi

Love your site by the way.

Let me just say, I am so jealous of people with basements! You guys suck! j/k We can't have basements in Louisiana b/c they'll flood. And basements sure come in handy when storing food storage.

That link made me remember about water! We have no clue where we'd put that much water. We're a family of five in just over a 1,000 sf house. We don't even have space for what we have much less a year of food and water! My parents have a few barrels though and I'm sure they would be interested in this plan.

This plan looks like you'd have to load the cans from the back. I need something that would load from the front b/c of the space I have to put it in.

Later this evening I found out that someone in our ward built a front loading one. So we'll have to find out from him how he did it. My husband said that he might have a plan for a sturdy, light weight one. What ever we decide to do I'll make sure y'all get the plans!