[Shop-talk] Cheap, strong, flat file storage?

[Brian Kemp]

Jim - If you are after storage for 8.5x11 paper, look at used office 
supply furniture places for a mail sorter.  They have ones with 
horizontal flat bins for copy paper.  Here is a sample from a quick search:
https://www.amazon.com/Classroom-Keepers-15-Slot-Mailbox-001308/dp/B00377TSB0/

For a custom unit, make a similar thing from plywood or melamine for the 
vertical parts, plus top and bottom.  Cut dados in the verticals for 
1/8" hardboard shelves and add a back and you are set.  If you make it 
tall, you may want a fixed middle shelf to add rigidity.

For mobility, you could mount it on a dolly like 
https://www.harborfreight.com/18-in-x-12-in-1000-lbs-capacity-hardwood-dolly-63098.html

Brian

On 1/20/2019 5:38 PM, Jim Franklin via Shop-talk wrote:
> An artist friend needs a way to store a lot of flat paper material but on many different shelves; essentially a drafting storage unit but at an artist's price. Safco has stackable plastic units similar to desktop units that hold 8.5x11 paper, but they're 42 x 30 or so. Problem is they cost about $60 per tray. Used drafting storage units are still many $100s.
>
> We're trying to come up with a thin, strong material that can be slid into slots in a frame, kind of like baking sheets on a rolling cart. The frame needs to roll and be strong enough not to rack when moved.
>
> I've made bookshelves and entertainment centers with 3/4 melamine and threaded rod, but that's heavy and wobbly.  Even 1/4 plywood tends to buckle and needs to have a finished edge.
>
> Any ideas on what to use or repurpose?
>
> thanks,
> jim
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