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Re: [ARSCLIST] LP RECORD STORAGE

I am using Ikea's Ivar Shelving at home which is pretty cheap and I think could hold 78s if you get the 17 inch wide boards. Of course this works best if you have an Ikea store close by.

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?topcategoryId=15600&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&langId=-1&categoryId=15886&cattype=&parentCats=15600*16146*16149*15886

Erik Dix

At 06:11 AM 8/8/2006, you wrote:
This solution definitely works BUT you have to spring for the (somewhat expensive) real-deal industrial version, not the garbage sold at Home Despot and the like. Those shelves are too thin and too weak to support the weight. Plus, they now have a pressboard "shelf" that sits in a gutter/lip of the cheapest/sharpest steel available at the Chinese factory on manufacturing day. The result is instant damage to any record sleeve dragged over that lip or sitting on the lip. And that pressboard just won't hold the weight of LPs, or 78's. So, if you are willing to spring for real-deal heavy steel versions, yes this definitely works.

-- Tom Fine

PS - some of my father's 78's were sitting on Sears "consumer" version of these shelves from the 1970's. Yes, back then they were bolted together and had all-metal shelves, but they were still thin and cheap. We took one box out and the whole shelf started to collapse in on the gap! Man, that was one fast shelf-emptying for two people. No records lost but lesson learned.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Hirsch" <punto@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] LP RECORD STORAGE


I'm surprised no one has suggested metal industrial shelving. It ain't beautiful, but it is strong enough to support vinyl or shellac in large quantities and doesn't cost nearly as much as a decent wood set up. I have not done an exhaustive search, but this is one example of what comes up if you put "industrial metal shelving" into Metacrawler (or your own favorite search):

http://www.gilmorekramer.com/more_info/stand_alone_offset_angle_shelving/stand_alone_offset_angle_shelving.shtml

You need to put in some sort of bookends, I assume, since the ends are open, but this seems to be a good no-nonsense approach.

Yours truly,

Peter Hirsch

Tom Fine wrote:
Hi Rod:

If you have something like an AC Moore store in those parts, they have pine cubes that are perfect for that use. The cubes are about 12" by 12" (made either in China or by super-unskilled labor here, so sometimes they're less than 12" but always more than 10"). They come in either 4 tall by 1 wide, 3 tall by 1 wide, 2 tall by 1 wide or 1 tall by 1 wide. I must have 50 of them scattered around the studio and basement. The wall o' cubes that holds my LPs and many of my 10" tape boxes has got to weigh at least half a ton and the cubes are stacked floor to ceiling. Not too rickety and no sign of being likely to buckle under the weight. I'm sure any crafty-type store out there will have some varient.
Hope that helps.

-- Tom Fine

PS -- Joe's setup looks like what used to be in radio stations. You could just call him up and ask him. Last I knew, his number was listed. Try bigyellow.com.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Smear" <rod.smear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 7:29 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] LP RECORD STORAGE


Does anyone have advice on obtaining record storage for LPs?, maybe similar to those that appear in the liner notes to DOWN IN THE BASEMENT: JOE BUSSARDS' TREASURE TROVE OF VINGAGE 78'S?. I've seen these wooden type of units, but i don't know where i could get them. I'm on a limited budget and i live in the Los Angeles area. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Rod


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