I've never had good luck with heavy weight on the composite shelves with the metal frames sold by 
Home Despot and Lowes. However, it only costs a little bit extra to buy a sheet of plywood at the 
same store and have them cut to the exact dimensions of the shelves. I recommend 3/4" decent grade 
plywood to hold the weight of LP records. I miss the all-metal bolt-together shelves of yore.

My experience is that metal shelving tasked with holding a few hundred LP records does much better 
when bolted to wall studs.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "eugene hayhoe" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Record (LP) shelving


> Mickey - those sound almost identical to the ones I built. My material costs for wood and paint 
> alone were more than the cost of the $60 metal with composite shelves unit I mentioned previously.
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> I will also not be moving the ones I built; nor I expect will anyone else - ripping them out is 
> the only real option. They are sturdy enough to move, but I cannot imagine trying to get them up 
> the stairs.  The metal ones can easily be disassembled & moved.
>
> Gene
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> On Sat, 2/22/14, Mickey Clark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Record (LP) shelving
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Saturday, February 22, 2014, 5:05 PM
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> Hello-I designed and built my own
> shelves. This involves 3/4 plywood cut to 12" for the
> shelves. The vertical pieces are where the system really
> works. You cut squares of 3/4 ply which are sandwiched
> against the vertical parts, leaving a 3/4 " slot for each
> shelf to slide in, which doubles the thickness of the
> vertical portions, and the horizontal pieces are glued and
> screwed into place. When you load your records onto this
> design, the left and right area where the records lean is
> completely flat - i.e. - no braces to stress records when
> they lean. You cut enough squares to create dividers (maybe
> 3 for an eight foot shelving unit.) Staggering them and
> gluing and nailing them in place with finishing nails so
> they're flush - this will give vertical support so that the
> middle of the shelf doen't sag. I have built a few this way
> and it's a very efficient design. Take care to have the
> clearance with an extra 1" of height so that if you have
> books of records that there is adequate clearance. If anyone
> wants a photo for detail, please advise and I can send you
> pictures-Mickey
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Shakarjian" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Record (LP) shelving
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> > Well, that's not good news. I had just bought one of
> the Expedit shelving units last year. I needed something to
> put more LPs in. So I bought one that had 8 cubbies.
> > I like it. I went to the Ikea store to check it out and
> it was fairly solid. The price wasn't outrageous either. Now
> I actually need more space and I want another one. I'll have
> to make sure I get over there soon. The last time I was
> there they were out of some models. Maybe with the
> change-over they won't replenish stock.
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> > Mark Shakarjian
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> > On Feb 22, 2014, at 10:37 AM, Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> >> According to various web articles and the Jim Eigo
> Jazz Promo e-mail,
> >> IKEA will replace their EXPEDIT line with KALLAX
> units which have thinner
> >> side boards.
> >>
> >> Has anyone experience using EXPEDIT for LP
> storage??
> >>
> >> Most composite material shelves (which these are)
> do not stand up
> >> to the weight of vinyl, certainly not shellac.
> >>
> >> I've seen some of the IKEA BILLY shelves used for
> CD storage,
> >> the shelves tend to sag after a while.
> >>
> >> Any comments welcome. Thanks!
> >>
> >> Best wishes, Thomas.
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