I've used the particle-board solution from Home Despot (and even Target when 
they have them)...but I always add a vertical support reinforcement between 
shelves at about 12-inch intervals; usually a piece of 'furring strip' or 1 
x 1, in a straight line between shelves, all the way to the bottom.  Really 
stiffens them up.

Mark Durenberger, CPBE


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:37 AM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Steel shelving


> I'd like to find a better version of this kind of shelf:
> http://tinyurl.com/3xf39d
> at a comparably reasonable price.
>
> The Home Depot shelves are OK but they are not always easy to assemble and 
> have plenty of very sharp edges. Does anyone make the old kind of 
> bolt-together shelves anymore? Those took more time to assemble but they 
> seem less prone to stab/cut the user and as more easily reinforced if one 
> wants to exceed specs.
>
> The purpose of these shelves would be to store LPs organized in heavy 
> cardboard boxes and 10" reels of tape. Ideally, I'd like a reasonably 
> heavy steel shelf bottom but I know from experience that these Home Depot 
> particle board bottoms can hold the kind of weight I'd be putting on them, 
> and it's easy enough to cut a replacement from hardwood plywood if needed. 
> The environment is stable indoor USA northeast. The material is not "save 
> from the nuclear blast" archival, just part of my collection. I could make 
> do with the Home Depot option since it's cheap and convenient but if 
> there's a better quality option for a comparable price I'd take it.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
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