I'm not a wood worker at all.

What I am is a guy going back to college late in life
and need advice

I need some kind of shelving that is light,
compactable, will break down and fit into a small
compact car for transport..... but when assembled can
hold up a small TV, computer printer, etc

I've seen metal shelving and carts at Sam's Wholesale
and Costco that fit these requirement but are still
heavy when broken down. I'm talking abt the wire mesh
shelving like you might see in food service industry or
a bakery.

Does there exist a similar concept for shelving made of
wood?

I just need all my "possessions" to be able to fit into
a compact car when I leave college for the summer

Advice?

Been there, done that...

You need less stuff grin

How about those plastic crates you put milk in? You can get them at a
place like Staples, etc. Use them for books, files, etc. When you are
done, load your stuff into them, and cart them home. For books, set on
edge, and stack them...

"professorpaul" wrote:

How about those plastic crates you put milk in? You can get them at a
place like Staples, etc.

Yep that might just work if there is some way to
securely join them together to create a bigger
structure that I need

When the wife and I were first married (1970) we didn't have a pot.
We made some shelving out of boards and decorative cement blocks.
The weight of the blocks keeps things together and they're cheap enough to
discard when finished.

You might even use the crate idea instead of blocks, but they are light so
you'll probably have to connect them to the boards in some manor.


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I'm not a wood worker at all.

What I am is a guy going back to college late in life
and need advice

I need some kind of shelving that is light,
compactable, will break down and fit into a small
compact car for transport..... but when assembled can
hold up a small TV, computer printer, etc

I've seen metal shelving and carts at Sam's Wholesale
and Costco that fit these requirement but are still
heavy when broken down. I'm talking abt the wire mesh
shelving like you might see in food service industry or
a bakery.

Does there exist a similar concept for shelving made of
wood?

I just need all my "possessions" to be able to fit into
a compact car when I leave college for the summer

Advice?

Tom H. wrote: snipYou might even use the crate idea instead of blocks,
but they are light so
you'll probably have to connect them to the boards in some manor.

Or at least
in the dormatory. Tom

On 24-Mar-2006, wrote:

Does there exist a similar concept for shelving made of
wood?

Ikea. Well, it sorta looks like wood. Some of it. Some of it really
is wood.

Mike

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 05:47:01 GMT, "Michael Daly"
wrote:

Ikea. Well, it sorta looks like wood. Some of it. Some of it really
is wood.

My workshop shelving and wood racking is Ikea's "Sten" shelving. It's
big, crude, cheap and held together with huge screws. I can't buy the
raw timber for what they sell this stuff for.

On 25-Mar-2006, Andy Dingley wrote:

My workshop shelving and wood racking is Ikea's "Sten" shelving. It's
big, crude, cheap and held together with huge screws. I can't buy the
raw timber for what they sell this stuff for.

I use the same stuff for the same reasons. Garage, basement etc.

Mike

Concrete blocks and shelves of any length. Buy the blocks and
the boards at the school location.

Spray can of black(or any other color) paint for blocks.

Buy the boards at Home Depot or Lowes.... Look for
melamine coated boards. They will be in the closet section.

Total cost $50 max....

When no longer needed, sit next to the street and it will be
taken care of.



wrote:

I'm not a wood worker at all.

What I am is a guy going back to college late in life
and need advice

I need some kind of shelving that is light,
compactable, will break down and fit into a small
compact car for transport..... but when assembled can
hold up a small TV, computer printer, etc