[Swansea Hackspace] Storage Improvements

[Joseph Bhart]

Happy to lend a hand as well, I'm moving into a place this week with enough
space to construct something like this.

12mm MDF seems like overkill to me for some shelves? That's a huge amount
of weight, MDF doesn't hold screws very well and the dust is a right pain
to deal with. Not to mention it pretty much dissolves if any water/solvent
is spilled on it.
My instinct would be something like 9mm ply. More than strong enough for
the job and less than half the weight.

As Jon said, some cheap 2x2 pine and some battens to make up the frames is
all that would be needed (depending on the size of the boxes, if the
shelves are 800x400, you'd get exactly 9 of them per sheet).
Could even make the shelves removable, so that oddly shaped things could be
stored?

I'll be at the hackspace on Monday with some paper and ideas.

On 3 March 2018 at 16:27, Jon Pitans <jonpitans at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Also I'd suggest Hancock and Brown to buy the timber as they are the
> cheapest I have found locally and will cut the sheet material to size
>
> On 3 March 2018 at 16:25, Jon Pitans <jonpitans at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty handy at woodwork and am happy to lend a hand. I would suggest
>> constructing a frame from 2x2 and use something like 12mm MDF for the
>> shelves for the boxes to slide onto. This is basically what I have
>> constructed my workbenches at home from and these are good and sturdy, they
>> can even take my ample weight standing on them.
>>
>> On 3 March 2018 at 16:09, Justin Mitchell <justin at swansea.hackspace.org.
>> uk> wrote:
>>
>>> At the last Hack-the-Space day we discussed the increasing problem of
>>> storage and finding items, too many items are stuffed in odd drawers
>>> and cupboards and not well labelled, so it becomes difficult to tell
>>> what we have and to locate what we do.
>>>
>>> It was also noted that at the far end of the room where the textiles
>>> work area is currently located the lighting is quite poor, both from
>>> windows and from ceiling lighting.
>>>
>>> The proposed solution to both problems is to swap the computers and
>>> textiles section around, and to build a custom shelving unit inbetween
>>> them to better store items.
>>>
>>> We want to build something from wall to wall, and floor to as high as
>>> we can reach, which will hold a grid of storage boxes.
>>> As in this picture: https://photos.app.goo.gl/6VY8LD0GxaIJYe823
>>>
>>> These storage boxes will be marked with coloured stripes that instantly
>>> indicate their correct location, and labels to indicate contents.
>>>
>>>
>>> Now, we need some volunteers that are handy with their woodwork, that
>>> can help construct it, and to plan what materials we will need so we
>>> can have it ready to go at the next HtS day (5th May)
>>>
>>> The space we plan to fit it in is 260cm wide and 242cm high, and the
>>> shelf will need to be as deep as the storage boxes we select.
>>>
>>> Anyone with suitable skills ?
>>> Proposals for the structure and materials to use ?
>>> A cheap supply of plastic storage boxes ?
>>>
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