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Old 2nd Apr 2017, 10:33 pm   #18
FrankB
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Olympia, Washington, USA.
Posts: 663
Default Re: Cheap display rack/shelving

I got some heavy steel shelves 2' X 8' from an estate sale, about 7-8 years back. Paid $10.00 or 15.00 each. 1/4" steel angle with 3/4" plywood on the shelves. 4 bolted together and 3 are welded together. I think I could literally support a car on them. I could not have even bought the steel for one of them for the lot price.
The others I have are made from 2x4s and old paneling scraps. Good for light duty like tubes and such.
When I first built the shop, I made 5 ea 2' x 8' 3/4" plywood shelf sets, with the shelves 2' apart. Dado'd and glued and nailed. Set them on 2x2's off the concrete floor.(Moisture protection) That was 34 years ago. They are still as good as the day I made them. Loaded with equipment till the shelves bulged; and the 3 ea. 1' deep ones with adj. shelves are full of tubes.

Look for pallet/rack shelving also from warehouse business moving.

I picked up 10 med. duty shelve sets 6' x 18" x 4', for $50.00, and the lady there threw in a stack of archive boxes for storage for me for free.
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