Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:37:59 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Book shelves and cases
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

What?  Don't go off half cocked?  Are you kidding?  I've already cut out
the cotton duck.  And yes, I understand about rectangles and
parallellograms.  That is what the 1' square pieces of wood are
for.  Depending on how much time I have tomorrow before WSFA, I may even be
able to show you guys where I am going with this.  It won't be strong, but
strong isn't what I need.  All I need is strong enough.

At 12:19 AM 10/21/2005, you wrote:

>On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Candy Madigan wrote:
>
> > I thought of a purse tree, but I want something as collapsible as
> > possible.  Shelves that fold flat are really ideal.  And dowels weigh next
> > to nothing.  How small does PVC pipe come?
>
>It comes pretty small, since it's used for plumbing, but consider bracing
>as well.  The thinner the pipe, the more it will flex.  Unlike triangles,
>simple rectangles are not very stable and rapidly become parallellograms.
>
>A purse tree can be just as collapsible as shelving made of cloth which
>will essentially be hanging from a framework.  Work out several designs on
>paper as much as possible, and price materials.
>
>=Tamar
>
> > At 11:55 PM 10/20/2005, Mike wrote:
> >> At 11:51 PM 10/20/2005 -0400, Candy Madigan wrote:
> >>> Hah!  My hind brain just figured it out.  Four 1'X6.5' pieces of cotton
> >>> duck, eight 1' square pieces of thin wood, twelve 2' dowel rods, and nine
> >>> 1' dowel rods, and I will have collapsible light weight shelves for my
> >>> purses at my next event.  I love having a brain that thinks like an
> >>> engineer.  I may need to add two more 8' lengths of cotton duck and
> another
> >>> 16 pieces of thin wood, but I'll put it together first and try it out
> >>> before I decide.
> >>
> >> Purses are light, right?  You might want to consider PVC pipe rather than
> >> dowels for a framework...it's probably strong enough, fairly cheap,
> and light.
> >>
> >> One other idea...since all the purses I saw at Capclave had straps, do you
> >> really need shelves?  Why not a "purse tree"?

Candy
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