PVC disc storage

[CaliZac89]

I'd say WAAAAAAY better! Haha Pull up a chair and gaze at the awesomeness

[Ziggy]

Originally Posted by apdrvya

I thought so!

that said, anyone wanna help me with a photobucket audit? it'll prolly suck.

Youtube it then.

[iacas]

That stash of plastic (on PVC) reminds me of this picture I saw once...



I'll help with a Photobucket audit. It'll only cost you ten discs of my choosing.

[apdrvya]

Originally Posted by Ziggy

Youtube it then.

ugh, it's done...
only took 2.5hrs to make sure 600ish (less whats bagged) was in my photobucket and accurate. I found two discs that weren't catalogued and three or four that were sold and just not deleted.
I need to add those two but the rest is accurate!! Virtual vaults are a lot of work.

[1978]

Originally Posted by apdrvya

sweet!
thanks bcr
Was thinking pool noodles but I can never get my cuts straight...

Take a blow torch or a lighter and one of those break off blade box knifes, Expose the whole 4" blade and heat it. It will slice right through those pool noodles.

[apdrvya]

if anyone builds one of these (because a few people have contacted me lately) PLEASE POST PICTURES!!!
I may need to build a second one if my sale thread (hint,hint) doesn't go so well...
I think my wife would probably kill me at that point.

[dkoz]

Originally Posted by apdrvya

if anyone builds one of these (because a few people have contacted me lately) PLEASE POST PICTURES!!!
I may need to build a second one if my sale thread (hint,hint) doesn't go so well...
I think my wife would probably kill me at that point.

wife told me if my collection ever gets like that she will kick my butt! hahahaha

[ERicJ]

Originally Posted by apdrvya

mr ericj.
I went with formufit for the fittings only. the piping came from lowes. bundle of 5 5' sections for 8-10bucks.
no sag under the weight I currently have on them and I don't think it would be an issue at 30"
No adhesive used. I actually expanded it by three levels so adhesive would have been a death trap...
I may have shrunk the uprights from 10 to 9 inches but I don't think it would have made a tremendous amount of difference in the overall..
any more questions, feel free to pm me

Thanks for the input and inspiration here... I just finished up two racks: a large one for myself and a smaller one for a friend.

• 1.25" fittings from USPlastic.com
• 1.25" schedule 40 10' pipe from Home Depot
• Risers: 9-1/16"
• Lengths: 29-15/16"
• Depths: 5"

Total cost (material, tax, shipping) for the 4x1 shelf was $74, for the 8x2 shelf was $202. The album linked below has pictures of the spreadsheets with complete cost breakdowns.






Full picture album here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1067013...10/PVCDiscRack

Some lessons learned...

• USPlastics.com was the least expensive site I could find for 1.25" furniture grade PVC fittings.
• Schedule 40 PVC pipe is 3-4x cheaper than furniture grade pipe, and easily sufficient for this purpose.
• Making the length segments ~30" works very nicely with 5' or 10' pipe segments.
• You're going to be cutting a lot of pipe, I made almost 150 cuts. A decent mitre saw makes this really fast and easy. Be sure to account of the width of the blade when measuring and cutting.
• Making the risers ~9" (vs. 10" as others have done) is sufficient to provide 0.5" clearance on the largest 9" diameter discs and will save you overall height.
• On schedule-40 pipe there will usually be an ugly line of printing, when assembling make sure you orient the pipe such that the printing is facing the back so it won't show.
• Assemble all the horizontal shelves first, then put the risers in one level at a time and build your way up.
• No adhesive necessary, and probably a bad idea anyway if you want to expand later. The fittings are plenty snug on their own, in fact you'll probably want to use a rubber mallet to get the pieces all flush.

No weather stripping on mine for now, not convinced I need it yet.

[rd.bittle]

Nice rack. Thanks for the tips.

[kw83028]

Awesome EricJ!! Guess I shoulda posted mine here instead of making a new thread: