…so I have a bunch of blanks right now, but not too much room to store them; so my question is for opinions on the way to leave em; I mean, I do not have enough room to leave em on their sides (that is the good procedure) only enough space to leave em standing upright.
Some are in packs of 5 units, others not.
I have space to put (stack up) for example, 2 packs, then other 2 packs, etc to prevent excessive weight on them and prevent tweaking.
In the past I did not perceive enough difference between leaving them on their sides and standing up…maybe the problem is if you leave em too long (months)?
I've stored them standing on end and on their rail, but not usually laying flat on top of each other. A cool dark place is what's important. I have had a couple of stringers pop from extreme heat when I had blanks stored in a storage unit that was not temperture controlled. Most supply houses store blanks on edge/rail in a rack. But they don't sit all that long.
mine are all up in the attic, laying across rafters and each other and some on their cuts that also double as the vacuum bag supports. bonus is it gets so freaking hot in my attic, that they may just outgass while they’re waiting.
For PU blanks, I always stored them standing up. As vertically as possible, don’t have them leaning on each other too much. Try to avoid twisting forces (but you knew that).
LOL at Jim. Hundreds of swaylockers are throwing their blanks outside after reading his post.
I can tell you why Clark stored theirs on the side. Because it was a way to limit/minimize twist forces. But you need to have the good racks. Without the racks, if I had more than 50 or 60 to store, I would stand them in groups of 7 or 8 trying to keep them as upright as possible.
…well, I always see that way MD, however more than I think about it, standing up makes more sense in the twist situation, due to a wall, so a flat part, then one point (the tail tip of the stringer for example) to the floor
However, with the big racks you can put hundreds in the same space that you put way less standing up.
Yes, I have around 60 right now and a limited space so I put some back to the wall then other packages (5 blanks per package) sided to the wall and others slightly touching these last ones but using them like the wall.
By level cut on the stringer I mean that I take my saw when I get delivery of my blanks I carefully saw a tiny bit of stringer/foam off the tail so that the blanks will stand straight with the rocker vertical. I try not to lean them too much. If they are laying over too much the rocker will change over time. Bundles move easier, but will the pressure of the plastic change the rocker?