Very nice offer @chipjones! I was thinking along the same lines: would be happy to swap out some of my feather-light Aluminum tokens for those heavy gold, silver, and copper coins you are stacking @srd.
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Learn to weld and build yur own out of structural steel angle bars and steel plate. if you can find perforated steel angle blars,, you can bolt it together same like these lower strength "high strength" consumer shelves.
Say 1/8" thickness angle bars, 1/8" steel plate. if you want to go overboard, go to 1/4" thickness or higher. those rails on those shelving units are like 1/16th and good for a couple hundred pounds overall. maybe up to 300 pounds. you need to likely get into the 1/4th to 1/2 ton range.
you dont' think of it, but stuff gets heavy a little here a little there at a time.
Another thing is there should be a load limit per shelf. how much it can take before failure of evenly distributed weight. was there assembly directions or booklet of info with it?
Yes. Coins are heavy. There is a pawn shop near my town in NJ where one of their safes has sunk into the floor. Stuck between first floor and basement. Been that way for years.
Quote: There is a pawn shop near my town in NJ where one of their safes has sunk into the floor. Stuck between first floor and basement. Been that way for years.
"learn to weld" LOL Yes, because I can just do that over the weekend. LOL ;) No, there was nothing about the load per shelf in the instructions. Total capacity is 2 tons. I figured that SHOULD be sufficient.
After being a victim of a burglary, I would go to the basement, and build a wall of masonry bricks and double rebar with a steel door and a serious lock for storage, just make sure everything is off the floor and there is food humidity control and a sump pump installed as well. Much cheaper than a safe just create a safe room.
Glad your coins survived Don!
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A long diagonal Flat bar in the back or X using two bars In back. Then drill a hole and bolt each shelf to the diagonal bar. Best is a bolt near the middle of the shelf that gives some support. Looks like most of the albums are toward the back anyway. Nice collection for display.
Wow, not a bad problem to have in my book. Keep in mind that all of that weight is being transferred to the floor through the four small footprints of the shelving unit.
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Posted 09/05/2020 10:05 pm
Keep in mind that all of that weight is being transferred to the floor through the four small footprints of the shelving unit.
