RE: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves

2006-10-22 Thread Robert J. Moore
Dale Are you talking about making free standing shelves? To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves

2006-10-22 Thread rj
: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves Hi Robert. You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs. Shelf brackets have to be secured to the studs and to do that you need to put long screws through the paneling into the studs. Sue and I did this very thing within the last year. The best and best

Re: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves

2006-10-22 Thread Tom Fowle
robert, what we have, and they are un fancy in the extreme, are many sets of steel utility shelving from Sears or the like. they're often not much more than $25.00 or so for an 18 by 36 inch unit 6 feet high with 5 shelves. clunky in the extreme, but easy to put together with only a screwdriver

Re: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves

2006-10-22 Thread Dale Leavens
: Sunday, October 22, 2006 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves robert, what we have, and they are un fancy in the extreme, are many sets of steel utility shelving from Sears or the like. they're often not much more than $25.00 or so for an 18 by 36 inch unit 6 feet high

Re: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves

2006-10-22 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Robert, We have shelving from Cosco. They are like very heavy wire and each shelf will hold 600 pounds. They are almost five feet long and seventeen inches deep. There are six shelves. You can also make them only three shelves high and almost ten feet long. They have really heavy-duty rollers

RE: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves

2006-10-22 Thread William Stephan
22, 2006 11:20 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves robert, what we have, and they are un fancy in the extreme, are many sets of steel utility shelving from Sears or the like. they're often not much more than $25.00 or so for an 18 by 36 inch unit 6

Re: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves

2006-10-22 Thread R S Enterprises
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves Max I am very fermillier with that system and have useed them many times. I do like the versitility. Do you think they would be less expensive than just using l brackets? depending on how many shelves I will put up that can still runn into some

Re: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves

2006-10-21 Thread Max Robinson
Hi Robert. You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs. Shelf brackets have to be secured to the studs and to do that you need to put long screws through the paneling into the studs. Sue and I did this very thing within the last year. The best and best looking is a system that is

RE: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves

2006-10-21 Thread Robert J. Moore
Max I am very fermillier with that system and have useed them many times. I do like the versitility. Do you think they would be less expensive than just using l brackets? depending on how many shelves I will put up that can still runn into some bucks. Looks like they are going to be my best bet

Re: [BlindHandyMan] putting up shelves

2006-10-21 Thread Dale Leavens
The trouble with panneling is that screw holes persist. You want shelving which does not put holes in the walls. This usually means shelves with end pannels which usually means ripping plywood. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora,