[78-L] Record Storage advice needed for disabled person.

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Try Costco or Ace Hardware. One or the other will have a heavy duty 
metal shelf unit which uses 1.5 inch L beams for the framing and 1" 
thick wood shelves. The unit is nominally 6' tall but can be made into 2 
3' tall units instead. Don't remember if the shelves are particle board 
or not. If so a trip to your local lumber outlet will fix that. I think 
each unit runs around $80.
Mal

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William Buchanan wrote:
> I am a disabled person and I am in need of a way to store my records (mostly 78 rpm) so that I would have access to them and keep my wife off my back.
> Currently I have some on shelves some in binders and some loose in sleeves.
> I have many more in plastic milk crates in a closet.  Because of this I only have access to a small amount of my records.
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> I have about 900 - 1000 records so it is not a large collection although if you asked my wife you would think I owned a million or more and the collection is too big for our small home.
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> I was thinking about buying black wood shelving and replacing the partial board shelves with 2 x 10 lumber. I wanted the 4' high shelves so I could reach the records when I am in my wheel chair.
> I also thought that with the shelves being just 4 feet high that I would be able to use the top to display my different wind up players and some of my other items.
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> I need to know if anybody has done this and are the shelves strong enough to handle the load? I am concerned about the sides of the book case not being strong enough to handle the load.
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> Thank you
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> Bill
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