[PLUG] Re: local-ish rack suppliers?

Chris Jantzen chris at maybe.net
Mon Mar 15 07:37:02 UTC 2004


On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 03:36:36AM -0800, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> > But a better way to go is a small modification of Rich's suggestion,
> > LOBOS, lots of boxes on shelves.  Rather than fixed shelves, get some of
> > those wire-shelf on roller pole systems ( www.metro.com). This means you
> > can move the system up against the wall, or turn it around to work on.
> > The open-wire shelves are nice to wire-tie cables and power strips and
> > hubs to.  If you can't find these racks used at one of the surplus
> > places above, they are expensive new.  There are very expensive but
> > pretty versions at Storables;  but you can go there and see some of what
> > is available.  In any case, these might be the way to go for stacks of
> > odd sized boxen.
> 
> I have LOTS of this style of shelving.  Some of it is from Storables and
> some of it is genuine Metro stuff (culled from dumpsters and garage sales
> and the like).

FWIW-I use Gorilla Racks. Not rollable, and not horribly attractive,
but you can put a zillion pounds on them, and if you hit the sales at
Freddie's just right, you can get a full 18x36x72 unit for $25.

-- 
chris kb7rnl =->
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