27 May
2004
27 May
'04
6:57 a.m.
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 04:18, R. D. Davis wrote:
No other space to store some of these things, so,
I'm just hoping for
the best until I can make other arrangements, but 3/4" oak planks,
which I'd prefer to use for adding some support, have become quite
expensive. Replacing the particleboard would be a major pain, since
the entire shelving assembly would have to be disassembled.
Can't you put a brace made from a piece of angle iron diagonally under
each shelf? That should significantly increase the load capacity. As
Pete says, those sorts of shelves do tend to sag a lot rather than
actually break.
I've got entirely metal shelving up in the roof space for things like
floppy and hard drives - ask around locally and you'll probably find
someone throwing some out. It's bowing slightly (surprising how much
30-odd drives weigh!) but at least I know it's not going to suddenly
break (I'm more worried about the whole lot falling through the floor to
be honest :-)
I use wooden shelving for the manuals - just cheap and nasty pine stuff
(I was given three large units which somebody was throwing out,
otherwise I would have built something a bit more substantial). So far
no problems with that, despite the weight of paper that they're holding.
'real' wood is surprisingly expensive these days it seems!
cheers
Jules