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In lugnet.storage, Adrian Drake writes:
> This whole thread has been pretty fascinating, seeing shelving built out of
> wood. For those of us without the carpentry skills to build such things
> (yes, I know they're pretty simple) you could always go the route I took. I
> bought a bunch of adjustable shelves from Home Depot, sku 677930 (look for
> it at homedepot.com), and recombined them with the exact right spacing for
> the blue tubs. The results are thus:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tremor/basement/dcp02479.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tremor/basement/dcp02476.jpg
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> This solution works well, and is fairly compact.
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> Adrian
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> http://www.brickfrenzy.com
These store-bought shelving units look like a nice solution to the
tub-stacking problem as well. Nice job!
I think the hand-crafted vs. pre-fab decision probably comes down to that
classic duality -- time vs. money. The shelves I built cost me about $30
for supplies and about 2 hours for planning and construction. I have seen
those metal shelving units in the store for about $30 for a four-foot tall
unit with three shelves. So to be able to stack eight buckets, I would have
needed at least two of those pre-fab units, plus possibly extra shelves.
OTOH, this probably would have cut the assembly time down to 20 or 30
minutes. More time to shop for bricks; less money to spend on them.
Then there's the customization aspect as well. I have limited space in my
building area, which is a 150 square-foot room in my house that is split
between too many computers and not enough LEGO. The tub rack that I built
is just large enough for its purpose, enabling me to place it in a location
where a standard size shelf unit wouldn't easily fit. Likewise, the corner
where I currently stack my 3033 tubs is also too narrow for a full shelving
unit unless I want to block a window. But I can custom build a rack to fit
any available space.
But I am still waiting to see someone post pictures of a rack that they
built entirely out of DUPLO or spare Jar-Jar heads. That would be a
worthwhile project...
- Chris.
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| (...) Post first, ask questions later, be forced to answer thine own post. Searching the Home Depot site, I see that the shelves Adrian recommends are only $20 for a five shelf unit. This looks like a better deal than I remember seeing in the past. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) This whole thread has been pretty fascinating, seeing shelving built out of wood. For those of us without the carpentry skills to build such things (yes, I know they're pretty simple) you could always go the route I took. I bought a bunch of (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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