Mark, with it being your first I'm surprised you sold it, unless you had ideas on how to improve it. And with all kidding aside, I use milk crates for lots of things. I store items in them, and I use one to transport my propane tank in when I take it to be refilled. They're perfect for that, and the bungee cords safely hold hold them in place in the back of my truck. There's all kinds of uses for them, I use to have a tool rack made out of 16 of them. I had a 2"x 4" laying on the floor, and I started with that. I wanted something that would raise the front of the crates off of the floor, yet still leave the back of the crate on the floor. I wanted them tilted to the back, so that items wouldn't always be falling out. I fastened the first row of crates to the 2"x 4" with screws, and I used cable ties to strap the crates together. The only place metal parts were used. were when I fastened the first row of crates to the 2"x 4". All connections after that, were made with cable ties. This set-up worked great for certain sized tools, electric drill and circular saws, along with lights and other items. When I moved last fall, I left it there for the person who bought the place. He mentioned it in the deal, and he was paying me over asking price. So I left it there, and I already have the crates to built a larger set of milk crate shelves this time. This next time I plan to build, will be at least 6 crates by 6 crates high and maybe even larger. It takes no time to get them set up, and I get the crates for free. I do try to use all the same color crates, it looks better done that way. I didn't do that with the first one I build, but it bugged me so bad that I had to remove the off colored ones. After I build one of these shelves, I use a piece of 3/4" plywood on top to make a shelf top to place items on. And yes, because of the bottom 2"x 4" tilting the bottom ones, I have to put a shim under the plywood to level it off. Even with the wood I use to make a set of shelves like this, they are very light and easy to move around. They are about the cheapest set of shelves a person could make, there's little to no wood in them. But I would suggest buying them over stealing them, nobody needs a record for milk crate pilferage.
Len
Great job.
