Vertical Sliding Storage Shelves | Maximized Storage

Sliding Storage shelves that maximize your space. These have 75 cubic feet of storage in a 2′ x 5′ base plus you have 100% access to every inch so you’ll never lose things in the back of your cabinet ever again.

**Project Plans and Jigs**

Vertical Sliding Storage Shelves Plans (Available in inches and mm):
Vertical Sliding Storage Shelves

Shelf Hole Drill Jig:
Shelf Peg Hole Drilling Jig

3D Print Hardware Container Trays: (Fit 6 across one shelf)
Hardware Trays 3D Print File

**Products Used**

*Hardware*

Heavy Duty L Bracket:
https://amzn.to/3zKGNgn

6″ Heavy Duty Flat Bracket
https://amzn.to/3Y0Kit1

Channel Trolley Rollers:
https://amzn.to/4cCnTa8

Trolley Stoppers:
https://amzn.to/4cHSfbk

Channel Hanger Brackets:
https://amzn.to/3LnLBe1

Strut Channel:
https://amzn.to/3y055T1

Shelf Pegs:
https://amzn.to/3Lopog3

10″ Door Handles:
https://amzn.to/3WlM1rI

Low Friction Tape
https://amzn.to/3SfcWTB

3/8 x 2-1/2″ Lag Screws
https://amzn.to/4cKJKNg

*Tools*
DEWALT pilot point drill bits:
https://amzn.to/3zOTbvE

Red Square:
https://amzn.to/3XcJeAZ

Saw Guide:
https://amzn.to/43p1P0E

Dado Blade:
https://amzn.to/3WhOFi9

DEWALT 18ga Brad Nailer:
https://amzn.to/3Vh1d8Q

Tabletop Band Saw:
https://amzn.to/3UZVdA2

DEWALT impact driver & hammer drill:
https://amzn.to/49SAvbc

DEWALT bit set:
https://amzn.to/3g7ddHT

Laser Level:
https://amzn.to/3zGVAJ0

ForgedAir FA95 Respirator+Visor (Use Code Bear15 to save 15%)
https://forgedair.co/products/n95-respirator?variant=44917585084730

**Filming Equipment**
https://amzn.to/4hTlslb

Disclosure: Links contain affiliates.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. When you buy through one of my links I will receive a commission. This is at no cost to you.

Thank you for supporting Bear Mountain Builds and allowing me to continue to bring you valuable content.

**Bear Mountain Builds Things**

Instagram: http://instagram.com/bearmountainbuilds
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bear-Mountai…
Bear Mountain Builds: https://www.bearmountainbuilds.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/BearMountainBuilds

hey guys welcome back to Bare Mountain builds I’m Zach and today we are building some vertical sliding storage shelves now this is 750 cubic feet of storage on a 2ft x 5T base so it’s perfect for you guys with a smaller shop or garage and you need a lot of storage because there is an absolute ton of storage in here each of these shelves are double-sided which means you have 100% access to everything on these shelves there’s no more losing stuff at the back of a cabinet anymore because you don’t have to go digging for it now these are perfect because they have adjustable shelves for all of your Hardware like this or you can put in a French cleat system to store all of your tools and it looks so good or you can make your own custom shelves to fit all your clamps just like this now these shelves are perfect as well for your paint your stains your paper towel rolls and they’re even deep enough to fit a 1gallon can of paint now I offer detailed plans on this entire build they include a cut plan assembly instructions and all dimensions for it so hit the Subscribe button and let’s get started we’re kicking off this project with cutting up some 2x4s that are going to make up the frame all right we’ve got all of our 2x4s cut to length now these are going to be making up our frame so the first thing we’re going to be doing is laminating some of these 2x4s together that way we get increased thickness on our members which makes them even stronger because I want to be able to load up these shelves with as much stuff as I want and never have to worry about the weight now let’s get this thing put together the vertical posts of the frame have a lap joint on either end that will allow for solid load transfer through the wood I’m using two off cuts of 2×4 to ensure the shorter piece is centered I prefer laminating 2x4s together for all of my builds that require a lot of strength as opposed to using a 4×4 because they are stronger cheaper and most importantly resist twisting the three Main Cross pieces are also laminated 2x4s because they need to be super strong since they will be carrying the full load of these shelves in Shear with the lamination done it’s time to start assembling the frame I’m putting together each side of the frame first using number 10 2 and 1/2 in construction screws and I’m making sure these sides are square that way I don’t have any issues down the road with the channels being at weird angles I’m pocket H holding the bacer in place first to square the frame then flip everything over and mount the candle now we want this Frame strong so I’m using a lot of glue and [Music] [Music] screws I’m making sure to keep all the pieces nice and snug so we get really good load transfer throughout the whole frame all right so the frame is really starting to come together we have both of our sidewalls fully assembled they’re looking good so we’re moving on to our cross pieces now for our cross pieces we’re going to have three on top made of our laminated 2x4s and these are going to be taking the whole weight of those shelves so we want to have them be really locked in so we’re going to be putting those in place with some lag screws and then we’re just going to do two single 2x4s at the bottom that are just going to be mounted in place with some po screws just to hold that whole frame together now this Frame is getting a little too big for this assembly table so we’re going to be taking this party to the floor I’ll admit this is a pretty nasty looking joint but it will be on the bottom so we shall never speak of it again [Music] this thing’s getting pretty big so I’m clamping a couple blocks to the frame to help hold the cross pieces in place while I attach them I need everything to be really snug so I’m using a ratchet strap to keep everything nice and tight [Music] driving lag screws into the ends of boards can cause splitting so I’m opening up the hole in just the first two 2x4s to just slightly less than the diameter of the threads of the screw to take some of that pressure off [Music] [Music] all right we’ve got our whole frame put together up on the wall it’s looking really good and sturdy but it is not because once we get our shelves in here and if you were able to pull all those shelves out it’s going to get really front heavy it’s going to want to tip over on us which is no good because we want our frames to be Rock Solid so what we’re going to do is we’re going to be mounting this Frame to our wall using these L brackets now with these L brackets they’re going to be going into our frame and into the studs of the wall now in my case I have horizontal studs every 2 feet so I can put my brackets in like this however most of you guys are probably in your garage which means you’re going to have vertical studs baced every 16 in so to kind of show that we’ll assume these lines are vertical studs what you’re going to do is you’re going to mount into the header of your frame and into your studs all along this entire header piece and then you can put a few on the bottom just to kind of hold that bottom in place but with that this thing will be Rock Solid now let’s get this thing mounted up I’m mounting these brackets to the frame using number 10 2 and 1/2 in construction screws and then to the wall with number 10 3-in construction screws [Music] now that we got our frame attached to the wall this thing is Rock Solid I can hang off the front of it and it’s not going to tip over and crush anybody which is important so next up it’s time to put our heavy duty channels in place now there’s going to be four channels one per shelf they’re going to be mounted to our cross pieces using these C brackets they’re just going to go up and then they slide into place now let’s keep going I have all the dimensions for locating these brackets in the plans but you do need to be reasonably precise where you’re putting these or else the channels won’t be able to slide [Music] in I’m cutting the 12 gauge 1 and 5/8 in Strut channels to length on my chop saw but you could cut these on a miter saw with just a multimaterial blade as well now for those of you who have never seen these before they’re super heavy duty and you can just get them from Home [Music] Depot fits like a glove all right our channels are in place they are super sturdy and absolutely Rock Solid so with that it means our frame and channels are done it’s time to move on to our shelves so the first thing we got to do is start stripping out some 3/4 inch plywood I like to strip my plywood down do more easy to handle size first then cut it to final width on the table saw all right we’ve got all of our pieces cut to final size now at this point in the project you’re probably starting to realize there are a lot of components but I do offer plans for this that make this whole build way simpler and they’re easy to follow so if you’re interested in those I’ll have them linked Down Below in the video description these pieces are going to be the backbone of each shelf now what we need to do next is we’re going to be attaching two trolleys to each piece so what we’re going to be doing is we’re going to Route out a spot for these trolleys to nest in into and then we’re going to drill a couple holes that way they can be attached with these brackets now let’s keep going I made a template for routing out the inset for the trolley that works perfectly with the 20 volt Max Dewalt Router with a/ Quin bit and it’s included in the plans but if you’re using a different router you will have to modify it slightly for these trolley brackets I had to drill out the holes just a little to make the 3/8 in by inch and a half bolts fit I just got these new Pilot Point drill bits which have a little tip at the end so you don’t have to pre-drill at all to prevent a Wandering bit and I’m really liking them so if you’re interested at all I’ll have them linked down below you can’t see it in the shot but I put a bracket on both sides then torque them down all right we got our trolleys added to our backbones now I’ve hung them up on here and they slide really well which is great now we’re not going to assemble these up here but I just wanted to show you that now next up we need to have a front and a back for each of these shelves so what we’re going to be doing is we’re going to cut out some more 3/4 inch plywood then we’re going to run a dado down the middle and that’s just going to be able to sit around our backbones so let’s keep going [Music] [Music] you could use a router for this but I just got this new data blade and it’s actually been pretty sweet I can cut a slot that is exactly 23 30 seconds of an inch you’ll see how tight of a fit it makes coming up but because it fully locks together it’s the first ever datto safe enough to be sold in the EU so you can check it out if you’re interested I have it linked down [Music] below so close [Music] all right we’ve got all of our front and backs cut to finy size and we’ve got our data running down the middle so we’re almost ready for assembly but not quite yet we need to drill some holes for our adjustable shelves now in my case I need to drill four rows I need to have one on each outside edge and then one on each side of our dat seam now there are jigs out there that do a really good job at this but in my case which is unique it doesn’t really work as well so I can use those jigs to drill the holes on the outside edges but that squaring tab on those jigs is Too Tall so it doesn’t allow it to lay flat when I put it into the seam for the DAT that’s why I’ve gone ahead and made my own I’ve 3D printed this and put in some aluminum inserts so that way it rides inside my D seam really well and it works super great now I have made several other useful tools and jigs to make my projects go faster and be a little bit easier and I’m curious if you guys would want to see more of these or maybe even buy them so let me know in the comments now let’s drill some holes I started drilling these holes 8 in from the top to about 12 in from the bottom in retrospect you can use those other hole jigs for drilling the holes along the DAT Channel if you just put them on top of a small piece of/ Quin plywood instead of drilling all these holes you could also just buy and install an adjustable shelf track system but it can get a little pricey all right we got all of our holes d drilled so we’re ready for assembly so what we got to do is we’re going to put our back piece down on the table we’re going to load up our data with a bunch of glue we’ll put our Backbone in place rad nail it in place and then do the same thing for the other side you’ll probably want a second set of hands for this part but I’m telling you with the dado the backbone fits so well it stands up on its own once it’s set in place [Music] I’m putting these shelves together with a lot of glue and 18 gauge inch and 3/4 brad nails [Music] [Music] [Music] right with the front and backs attached I went ahead and cut out the bottom and top braces then mounted them with more glue and Brad nails now these just help reinforce the front backs as well as keep everything Square [Music] [Music] sh [Music] [Music] now that the shelves are fully assembled I cut out the Shelf guides applied some low friction tape and then mounted them to the bottom of the frame using glue and 18 gauge inch and a/ qu brad nails I’m also using a piece of 3/4 in plywood to set the guide back from the front and used another spacer to set the spacing between each these guides work by capturing the backs of the shelves that just prevent them from swinging [Music] [Music] with the shelves in place I can attach the trolley stop where the backs of the shelves barely still stay within those guides when the Shelf is fully pulled [Music] out with the shelves fully installed I went ahead and mounted my handles I’ll preface with you don’t have to do this but I added some furring strips and/ Quin plywood panel to the Sid of the frame in order to give it a more finished look [Music] [Applause] [Music] with that these shelves are finished and it’s time to move in [Music] [Music] all right the sliding shelves are done and not only they look great but these have a ton of storage in them this is 750 cubic feet of storage on a 2T X 5ft base so it’s perfect for you guys with a smaller Sho or garage or honestly it can go into big garage because this is an absolute ton of storage I mean look at this you can have all of your Hardware 100% ready to go you’re never going to lose anything ever again just like uh you would in a regular cabinet where stuff gets lost in the back because it’s all right here now you can also store your tools on a French cleat system and it looks really good and clean or you can do a little bit of both where you have shelves and French cleats in here so you can kind of mix your storage options and finally these are great for storing your paints or your cocking because these shelves are even deep enough to store a 1gallon can of paint now in all honesty I basically pulled everything out that I had to put in here to show the storage application for these now this side looks great but I ran out of stuff there’s so much storage in here there’s literally nothing on the backside right now because I don’t have anything else to put in here so obviously I need to go to the store and buy some more stuff but if you’re interested in this build whatsoever I do offer plans for it it makes the whole process so easy it has a cut plan it has all the dimensions and the entire assembly process so if you’re interested I’ll have a link Down Below in the video description now as always hit the Subscribe button so you can stay up to date on all my future videos If you enjoyed this video hit the like button for me helps me out a ton and I really do appreciate it and if you have any thoughts or questions on the whole build leave a comment thanks for watching and I’ll see you next time