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anyone use ikea for lp racks?

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60071358

looks like it could be a nice lp rack, but ikea stuff is notoriously cheaply built and the dimensions listed are not too helpful. but taking the total heights/width and dividing by 5 and taking 1.5" off per opening for the boards I come to roughly 13x13" openings which would be good for lps, and figuring 65lps @ 200g/ea per 13 linear inches i get ~29lbs per shelf, right at the listed max weight capacity. seems too good to be true.

I'd be curious to hear if anyone else uses this for lps, and whether or not the shelves look like a compound bow after a year or so...
wrtickle
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mitch4t
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I called the store in Burbank and they'll deliver it to my doorstep eleven miles from the store for $50. Online shipping for this item is prohibitive.
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robdoorack
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Missing first sentence in post above: Do you have a Home Depot or Lowes nearby? Both home improvement stores rent trucks by the hour inexpensively. Or check the Ikea store - they might offer hourly truck rentals too (the one in New Haven does, for example). I rented a van from a Budget kiosk in Ikea when I needed to transport a half - dozen "Billy" bookcases home. I think it cost me $30.
valvesandvinyl
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I bought two of the 5x5 Expedit's and filled them with records. No problems whatsoever. Highly recommended!
learsfool
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To update my post in this thread, I bought a 5x5 unit and built an x-brace for the back of it. Now I can load up as many records as will fit in there with no danger of it collapsing. I would highly recommend this for anyone who thinks they might be close to the limit. I also found, by the way, upon weighing them, that the box sets did not weigh significantly more than the equivalent number of single LP's.
zanth
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Would you mind posting pics of the x-brace if possible?

Thanks
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