Shelving Suggestions?

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Nacho3:

--- Quote from: sheep2001 on August 08, 2014, 05:40:49 PM ---Billy book cases are particle board and a real space waster. More than twice as deep as you need. Would not recommend for media.

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This is the one gripe I have with the Billy's, although I just put some empty DS cases, that I got from online that are shit compared to the real ones, behind my games and they line up on the edge real nice. Sheep, which shelves do you use or recommend since you don't like these?

sheep2001:
At the moment I'm just using regular wall mounted racking. But looks like shit. Will get around to building something proper eventually.

My collection has grown way too big. Lol

MisterDaSausage:
The best advice i can give you, is that if you can, build it yourself, i actually bought a total of 6 book cases from walmart back in the day. None of them are now used as shelves for gaming or book, first off, most of these are way too deep, so you lose space. Second, again, most of them tend to sag a lot cause they are not real wood and are built with just 4 small "pins" to maintain them in place, the middle will curve a lot.
So best advice, if you can, get some pine wood (you can tint it to anything you want), something like 8 inches deep is normally enough for most game or books. You then pick the length you need, grab some aluminium angle ( 1/8 inches thick and around 1 or 1 1/4 width). Support the shelves with the angle, 2 on the side (around 6 inches long) and on the length of the shelves (Mine are 9 feet long). That way, there is no sagging at all, everything is strong and to your liking, and it actually cost me less then the 6 freaking bookcase i bought back then...

My current gaming shelf is 9 feet long by 8 feet tall with a UGC case fitting with 1 inch lose at the top. Then you can made it all the way you want, i made a small shelf in my big shelf just for DS game and so on.
I also made a book shelf for my wife which is 6 feet long, 8 feet tall but i took 10 inches pine wood to fit her bigger book.

My next thing ill be doing will be a complete shelving unit which will fit a big tv, prolly 60 inches, all my console hooked with more space for game. all in all it will be a complete wall (around 20 feet long) of shelving.

I think Arseen actually did this too with is shelving unit he built. If you want, i can provide some picture of it.

TDIRunner:

--- Quote ---If you want, i can provide some picture of it.
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I would like to see the pictures of that. I've been debating between building my own and purchasing something. The big problem for me is the time constraint in building and either painting or staining it. If I buy something, I can put it together in an hour and be done. You are right though. The ones you buy in the store tend to be cheaper and will probably sag over time.

If I buy something, it will probably be something like this.

MisterDaSausage:
Here is a picture of when i finished it last year.

Mine is actually mounted to the wall, but you could always buy some 4' X 8' pine sheet about 3/4" thick and make a back, then fix the shelf right on it, just make sure to have a good 2" X 4" base. And because of the aluminium angle, there is no way it will sag. Unless i put some heavy weight stuff just on the borders of it, which wont happen :)

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