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- From: meltsner@crd.ge.com (Kenneth J Meltsner)
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- Subject: Re: Cheap, Sturdy Bookcases?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.143045.23183@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 14:30:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul24.061943.6388@ncsa.uiuc.edu>, acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu
- (Albert Cheng) writes:
- |>
- |>>Blocks-and-boards shelving frequently gets dismissed as tacky college-
- |>>student stuff, but if sturdy storage space on the cheap is more important
- |>>than matching your interior-decoration scheme, it's impossible to beat.
- |>
- |>I used to have those Blocks-boards shelving but started to worry they
- |>come crashing down if someone bumps it. With a little daughter now, I
- |>even worry more. There is no way to secure them to walls. Am I
- |>paranoid?
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- Be paranoid. Our kid loves to climb on bookshelves and when we move,
- every bookshelf unit will be secured. And make sure built-ins (like
- the metal adjustable standards) are well-secured -- a professor I knew
- had an entire wall full of books come down.
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- Remember: books are really heavy. Particle board and most woods creep
- (deform slowly under load). Processed wood (particle, wafer,
- hardboard, plywood) definitely creep the most. Fully loaded Doxey
- shelves will develop a noticable bend in a few years -- ours did.
- Don't space supports more than every 36" for paperbacks or 30"
- (depending on book size) for hardcovers. Atlases, dictionaries, etc.
- may require 24" spacing. When mixing processed wood and natural wood,
- remember that natural woods expand non-isotropically as humidity
- increases (ie the boards lengthen significantly with the grain). For
- serious book types, bookshelf designs requires real engineering.
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