I bought two of the 5x5 Expedit's and filled them with records. No problems whatsoever. Highly recommended!
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...
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...
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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. |
You really don't want to see pics of my x-brace, it's actually quite badly done and looks terrible. Had to use some pretty long boards to do it, since the unit is so large. But it is on there and is fulfilling it's function. The x-brace is a very strong formation. Those things can collapse into a parallelogram if they have too much weight in them, so I would advise building some kind of brace, and the x one is pretty easy to do. |
I used IKEA shelving briefly (cant remember the name of the units) before I found Gothic Furniture LP Racks. By far superior to anything IKEA makes. http://www.gothiccabinetcraft.com/entertainment-racks-modular-c-2_28.html I've got six of these (on top of the base units) http://www.gothiccabinetcraft.com/shelf-rack-basetop-unit-p-2297.html?cPath=2_28 |
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