Sturdy portable/rollable shelves?

Or maybe something like these Sterilite (plastic) Shelving Units, with wheels added.

You would be best served buying used Metro Racks with casters. I have one of those.

This is basically what I was thinking about, without wheels.

Thats doable. However..you have to figure out how to keep the shelves apart. Wood glue wont do it.

And the best strong and light shelving material is steel.

Just a heads up.

The methodology of the left has always been:

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2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

Great for storing Pampers and other lightweight materials. However....putting heavy stuff on them...disaster

Google "Gorilla" Shelving

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Hey John,

This isn't exactly what I have, but close. Mine has a "solid" panel on each side of the upright frame for the bins to mount on, and I extended it vertically above that with a peg-board panel on each side that brought the height to about 6 feet.

I don't know exactly what/where/why you want these for, but I have also made good use of "hanging" panels on rollers either overhead or a guide overhead and 2 wheels on the floor, so that you can slide/roll it along and see a second fixed panel or shelf "behind" the moving one. The kind you see in hardware stores that provide sliding panels of pegboard. Works very well.

Brian Lawson, Bothwell, Ontario.

I see several flaws in this idea. First, the shelves have no sides and no back. If you intend to roll the unit around, the stuff on the shelves is likely to fall off. Second, and probably more important, the unit really doesn't look sturdy. Lacking the cross-bracing that a back and sides would provide, I doubt that it will hold up to the stress of being moved, especially on carpet. It will likely twist and "rack" a bit each time, further weakening whatever connects the pipes to the chipboard shelves.

That type of shelving has a multitude of positive reviews from people who have actually used them.

Lots of shelves have no sides and no back. You can always put stuff in a box on the shelf, like on so many other shelves. And, at least here, I'm not planning on constantly moving the stuff around.

Or, you could use sturdy pipes and solid & thick joints.

In fact, I was thinking about using a thin shelving surface with small blocks of 2 x 4 glued under the corners. That would provide about 2 inches of sturdy contact with the pipe at each corner of each shelf.

But I'm also thinking about using the wall as a brace, and using only two pipes instead of four. Will see.

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They're rated at 150-lb/shelf which ain't terrible and have good reviews for sturdy from purchasers...look like be worth a chance't on one for a trial w/ not much to lose...

Gunner's right. They WILL hold 150 pounds per shelf, and sag quite a bit. Try pushing a loaded one around on wheels and it will collapse with a lot less weight. The only way to add wheels would be to put it on a dolly made of heavy plywood or metal. More expense than the crappy things are worth. I have a few that hold bulky, light weight boxed computer parts. I used one to store canned goods for a little while, and it''s very warped now.

I'll take your word for it. Have any of those people added wheels?

And they're less sturdy as a result. Which might be OK if they never move and aren't loaded too heavily.

When you say "contact with the pipe", how do you envision building this exactly? I've been assuming that you mean to use sections of "pipe" as long as the space between the shelves. But I've reread your original post, and now I think you intend to use one long pipe in each corner, to run the full height of the unit. And you intend to "notch" the pipe in some fashion to enable you to fasten the shelves? How do you imagine that would work?

Perhaps I don't have enough information, and I am not the most experienced guy here by any means. But what I understand you to mean sounds like it will be wobbly and unattractive to boot. The 2x4 "blocks" alone should make it as ugly as homemade sin, but worse, I don't think they'll add much to the strength.

I thought you wanted shelves to hold heavy stuff.. 150lbs..isnt squat.

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

Lots of folks forget the difference between Static Load and Dynamic load.

And it costs them gear at the worst possible moment

Gunner

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie