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$125 and less than an hour work Big Grin



More walls in the basement to come.





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Posts: 7865 | Location: Wisconsin | Registered: August 10, 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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For reloading components?
 
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In my college top Raman, generic Mac and cheese because I couldn’t afford the 49 cents for a box of Kraft days, I built a set of shelves like that for my stereo equipment. Gotta have priorities.
 
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Works. Blocks take up too much room. Some two by fours and a couple sheets of plywood more my style. But hey Wink



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What's a sheet of 3/4 plywood go for these days?


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In my college top Raman, generic Mac and cheese because I couldn’t afford the 49 cents for a box of Kraft days....


My very first thought!




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Posts: 3464 | Location: Lewisville TX/ Augusta GA | Registered: July 15, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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For reloading components?


This will be replaced with something similar in short order. Commercial shelves aren’t strong enough for all the projectiles. Wastes a lot of space and I can’t find industrial shelves for a decent price.



Like ORC said, the 8x8 are a bit too big. Might try and use some 4x8 paver type next time.





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For the stereo rack, I used 4x8x16 solid concrete blocks from Menards. I don’t remember what they cost, but that was almost 40 years ago.
 
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Most of the college apartment racks I recall were milk crates and twisted lumber that were scraps from a housing project dumpster. Stereos didn’t always lay flat but it was free. Boones Farm and girls usually took priority anyway. Bonus was the milk crates held a ton of albums.

That shelf unit will hold all the brass and lead you want to set on it. I hope those plastic bins made the journey north with you. Those things are awesome for reloading stuff.
 
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I used the concrete blocks and plywood shelves for my first stereo system back in the 70’s. Great times.
 
Posts: 931 | Location: Orange County, CA | Registered: December 21, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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You kids are hi-tech.

I may have "borrowed" a couple of milk crates and an old wooden road sign to set my stereo on back in the day.

Use what ya got Wink

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For reloading components?


Nah, dead air conditioner storage






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I used to have a bookcase like that. Square cinder blocks and 1x8's.
 
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I would like to see you add some casters. Smile


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Looks like my college days book shelves.

No tools, no damage to walls, trash at the end of the year.
 
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All you need is a bean bag chair and a wire wheel for a table and you're good to go.


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