[PADG:854] RE: collections cart

[Patti Gibbons <pgibbons@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure if this will help you, but the PACIN archive
has a nice plan if you'd like to construct your own painting cart (click
on various views on bottom for measurements).

http://www.pacin.org/archive/p_cart.html

Patti Gibbons
Preservation Manager
Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street 
Chicago, IL 60637
t (773) 702-6027, f (773) 702-3728
pgibbons@xxxxxxxxxxxx



At 02:21 PM 2/10/2006, you wrote:
> Take a look at drywall carts at
> your local hardware/home-improvement store. We got something like this --
>
> http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/jsearch/product.jsp?pn=141571
>  or
>
> http://www.toolfetch.com/tools/WB100.html?id=HStjmeQh -- and
> "carpeted" the surfaces that would touch our items. 
>
> Lisa L. Fox, Senior Conservator
> Missouri State Archives
> P. O. Box 1747
> Jefferson City, MO  65102
> (573) 526-3866
> fax  (573) 526-3867
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-padg@xxxxxxx
> [
> mailto:owner-padg@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Douglas
> Sanders
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 2:11 PM
> To: padg@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [PADG:852] collections cart
>
>
> We're needing a cart which can fit through standard doorways to
> carry
> our large-sized (>2 1/2") collection materials from storage down
> to our
> reading room.  All of our carts on hand orient the items
> horizontally,
> which means some of them have to be lifted and tipped as the cart
> moves
> through doorways.
> I'm hoping there's something out there which can support storage
> materials at a steeper angle. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Douglas Sanders
> Senior Conservator
> Indiana Historical Society
> 450 West Ohio Street
> Indianapolis, IN 46202
> tel: 317-234-0045
> fax:317-234-0168