Date:Wed, 9 Aug 2006 01:39:47 EDT
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From:Cary Ginell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:Re: LP RECORD STORAGE
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In a message dated 8/8/2006 9:54:21 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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Yes,
I certainly would not recommend the shelves that I bought at the Home
Despot a few years back for use in a storage locker. The vertical posts
are probably rigid and strong enough, but the shelf was cheap chipboard
which has started to cave in under the weight of some boxes of old
Gramophone and Fanfare mags.
About 25 years ago I bought a huge 7' x 4' x 12" particle board bookshelf
unit from Home Depot, or whatever passed for Home Depot back then. There was no
way a four foot shelf was going to hold LPs, so I bought some extra boards
and cut them into dividers, spacing them one foot apart. I nailed them in
place, staggering them to distribute the weight and to make it easier to nail
from above and below the dividers. So now I have a five shelf unit stocked with
LPs and it's been fine ever since. I didn't paint it and it's ugly as
chipboard can get, but who notices once it's loaded with records? It's up against a
wall in my garage, bolted to the studs.
Cary Ginell
Origin Jazz Library
www.originjazz.com