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Steven Smolian wrote: > In any city of size there is a used industrial shelving place. They > also deliver. > > There's none in Frederick, where I live, but a bunch in Baltimore and > more in DC, each an hour's drive. > > Be sure to measure cieling heights, door swings, etc. before going. > You;ll discover so much you didn't know about and now can't live without. > > Steve Smolian > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine" > <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:37 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 >> > > > Steve, I am encouraged to hear this, but I have to say that I spent a lot of time searching for such a place somewhere within a 50 mile radius of NYC and came up with nothing. I asked the head of maintenance for the facility where I work (a warehouse with plenty of steel shelving everywhere) and even that produced no supplier of new or used shelving. I did find some online vendors, but none of them could point me to a location where I could actually see what I was buying (unless I wanted to travel to Texas) or get a someone on the phone to answer a few questions. I ended up with some Ikea Ivar units (discussed previously on this list. Mine are braced with extra metal cross bars) that seem to be holding up but I am more than a bit nervous with wood shelving even after six months or so. Peter Hirsch