From: "Madeleine Yeh" <myeh at wap.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Book shelves and cases
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:10:28 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

    These are 73 lbs according to the carton, and 72
inches by 29 inches.   The back is slightly more
substantial than card board, but not by too much and comes
folded in thirds.  It doesn't look bad and was very easy
to put together as long as you have a friend to help.
It requires two people to square up and nail the back on.

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:18:32 -0400 (EDT)
  dicconf <dicconf at radix.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>