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Hi guys, I've just bought a number of Ikea bookcases to make into a
storage unit (something similar to this :
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S39847644). They didn't
have a combination that matched my exact requirements so I
bought separate units.

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I am thinking of using the same connectors that you use for connecting
two kitchen cabinets together, but obviously the bolt heads will be
visible and it means drilling the bookcases anyway so spoiling them if
I ever wanted to re-arrange them.

I'm sure somebody out there has already built something similar, so
please let me know what you did.

I've got a 20' run of them and used the cabinet connectors that you
mentioned. It's a fair while since I put them in - I rather assumed, looking
back, that the connectors were in with the fittings but perhaps I too
sourced some cabinet connectors - can't honestly remember.

As for the look of them, unless the design's changed, there are lots of
holes anyway, for the shelf adjusters - each column has 64 holes on each
side so I didn't think that another half dozen would make much difference. I
think that the chrome bolt heads are probably more attractive than the open
holes where there are no shelf supporting pins.

Come to think of it - perhaps I didn't finish the job off properly, maybe I
should have put a little blanking stopper in each hole. But that would have
been around a thousand holes to stop...

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