Tim Streater wrote:

In article ,
Chris J Dixon wrote:

The Night Tripper wrote:

many of you will know the cheap & cheerful Ikea 'Gorm' wooden shelving,
useful for garage storage etc.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30058508

Now IIRC Ikea changed the design of this some years ago - the newer stuff is
significantly lighter weight than the original, with smaller screws etc.

What I'm not sure about is if the older stuff had the same name (Gorm), or a
different one. I'd like to find some old stuff to match what I currently
have, and am not sure if I need to search for a dffereent term.

The old stuff was Sten. Definitely much better than the
value-engineered replacement.

Odd. I bought some of this in 1980 or so (i.e., 30-odd years ago) to set
up as shelving for a theatre group in Geneva. More recently (2005) I
bought a load for home use. My recollection is that it was just the same
- or has it changed since 2005?

Yes it has. I can't give you an actual date, but Sten was
discontinued, and Gorm appeared in its place with, as TNT wrote,
smaller section timber and smaller bolts. They no longer
advertise the massive loading capacity they used to have.

Presumably, they reasoned that if most customers were using it
for books rather than engine blocks, they could save money.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


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