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author: mateuszrjzr
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 06:39:24 pm
content: HiI am making my new electronic lab and i can't find any shelves for my oscilloscope power supplies and so on. Something like this at 0:11. Can you show me any webside with this product??

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 06:52:19 pm
content: As Dave has said he got a good deal on the shelving as it was a range being discontinued. In any case this style is quite common, being generically known as wall band, and with various systems being available. Otherwise you are able to make it yourself using simple sheet plywood as a base, with it being cut to length and as wide as the equipment you are using.There has been some discussion on this recently, search a little and you will find it.

author: Todd
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2013, 07:12:35 pm
content: They are Broder shelves from Ikea.But as Sean pointed out, they have been discontinued.

author: kizzap
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 01:17:06 am
content: maybe try contacting some shop fitting businesses around where you live, and see if they have any surplus or remainders from work they have done. You might get lucky.

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 01:34:45 am
content: I used Ikea's Antonius system instead of the more rugged Broder. I did install more supports on the wall than I would if I used Broder (3, one in the center, 2 in the corners). Ikea also sells a small table and its legs separately. I purchased the legs and cut my own table from pine wood to make it bigger and more resistant. Don't use their shelves, they are made of plywood. This was actually designed for laundry, but with 3 supports anchored on a concrete wall with real pine wood shelves, my bench has survived almost a year of use.If you need pictures, just tell me

author: Gall
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 11:26:48 am
content: There is a good system standard manufactured under different names:http://www.elfa.com/http://www.closetmaid.comalso known as "Larvij", "Aristo" and others. Most of them are compatible with each other.My workplace is based on "Larvij" rails on the wall.

author: nicknails
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 03:26:22 pm
content: Do you have a home improvement store in your area? They probably have a variety of different shelving options that would work for a lab.

author: mateuszrjzr
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 03:29:24 pm
content: Unfortunately in all shops around they only have one, you can install on wall. I have plasterboard and heavy stuff to put on so this isn't gonna work, also it is so soft i once made a hole with my hand... I can't find one with legs ton the floor as dave has. If you could find any photos of those shelves, so that i could show it to a shop assistant, i would be thankfull. I also was in ikea hop and they didn't have.

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 06:58:01 pm
content: Quote from: mateuszrjzr on April 15, 2013, 03:29:24 pmThe build some! You could use pine columns as your "wall". You can then screw in your posts. And for the legs that connect to the wood, you can use something else, just make sure the pine can withstand the angular pressure that will be made when you add the feet.Quote from: mateuszrjzr on April 15, 2013, 03:29:24 pmThe won't have Broder, unfortunately. You can ask for the Antonius series, but those stick to the wall.

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 07:06:03 pm
content: It isn't hard to use Google

author: qoole
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 08:32:08 pm
content: If you can reliably find the studs (in the wall) You could hang something like spur shelving (http://www.spurshelving.co.uk/shop/shop.aspx) check out the 'steel-lok' line. You have to supply your own shelf material but you can put the uprights as near or as far apart as you like.

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 09:35:46 pm
content: Remember that making them yourself is an option. Just as long as you are fine with you r lab looking like an evil lair. I made all of my shelves. It cost,l me 10 bucks

author: blasto9000
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2013, 10:14:39 pm
content: For the longest time I used small sections of 19-inch equipment rack rails, and bolted the common 19-inch shelving to them. This worked out very well, and since it was so modular, if I changed my setup the shelves were easily reconfigured.Got a lot of gear (mostly huge linear power supplies) in a handy space, and none of it was sitting directly on the bench top. So I had my whole bench top as work space.

author: mateuszrjzr
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 16, 2013, 05:02:49 pm
content: Oh thanks a lot ivan747 for this photo! And everyone for answers, i will really consider some of them.

author: ptricks
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 16, 2013, 08:46:45 pm
content: There is always the cinder block method seen in many dorm rooms. Place a block or two, shelving board across, then another block and board, repeat. Extremely cheap and can hold any weight you want just use more blocks.