Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:18:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Book shelves and cases
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Madeleine Yeh wrote:

>    I have just flooded my apartment with cheap book cases
> from Home depot.  Come in a box and have cardboard
> backing.  These come together easily with a minimum of
> tools. But require 2 people to put them together and carry
> them around.
>    They are heavy, and I doubt they would survive a move.
> Its hard thinking of book cases as disposable -- use once
> and throw away, but thats what these are.

I haven't eyeballed the things, but it sounds like you could make them
more durable by using plywood or fibreboard instead of paper for the
backing.  How big are they (and you)?  I did a couple of 4' high book
cases for Melissa Williams once, with fibreboard backing, and had no
trouble assembling and moving them single handed.

-- Dick Eney