[6846] in APO Printshop
Spec for Replacement Shelving for PressShop Invitation Stocks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
Sun Aug 23 23:48:34 2015
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 23:48:30 -0400
From: tower@alum.mit.edu (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
To: apo-printshop-manager@mit.edu
CC: apo-printshop@mit.edu, apo-om@mit.edu
Reply-To: tower@alum.mit.edu
Hi Vicki
The most relevant older emails are attached. I couldn't find a copy of
the emails I sent Nathan when he was PSM before Molly and then you.
* The invitation panel stock and envelopes weight 500 plus pounds.
The replacement value of the panels and envelopes is somewhere between
$1,500.00 and $2,000.00,
So substantial shelving is wanted. Perhaps heavier than what SWE
has.
* The old shelving was 12" deep x 30" wide x 60" high. There were six
shelves including the one at bottom/floor & one at the top.
If the replacement shelves are going where the old one was (between
the taller green chalk board and the entrance to the rear APOffice on
the yellow wall), the shelving can't be wider than 30" to have enough
clearance for the electrical outlet & the shelf tray. it can't be
deeper or it be even harder to get by it to the rear APOffice.
the old shelves were very full, so I suggest we get more height, and
perhaps seven or eight shelves total.
* We have five sizes of these panels & envelopes, and the boxes are
different in height. so i suggest the distance between shelves
reflect this with more space at the bottom, decreasing with each shelf
to narrowest at the top.
I be happy to assemble them, +/or be on hand when it's done.
To me, this would be easiest to do when they are assembled. Measure
the box heights of all five sizes, and decide what the height of each
vertical gap should be.
* I advise that these shelves be up on wheels (also known as, casters).
At least two of them locking wheels (also known as, casters with
brakes), which would be installed on the front.
The cut card stock (the wooden shelves against the windows between the
large press and the lockup table have been up on wheels for over four
decades, and has made giving CAC access to the window or radiator
behind those shelves much easier. And also safer for the stock than
unloading all those boxes by hand. Also much quicker to unlock the
wheels and carefully move the shelves. It's never tipped over, and
been quite stable.
If the new shelves go where the broken shelves were, it is necessary
to move them easily whenever access to the power cord(s) and network
cable behind is needed.
If the new shelves end up against the windows, they need to be move
when the CAC need to fix the windows or the radiators.
* Funding could come from the Press Fund, unless the Chapter wants to
fund it from the General Fund (or whatever it's called now.)
* To summarize:
** 12" wide maximum
** 30" inches wide maximum
** one adjustable shelf for each foot of height
** 72" high (seven shelves) to 84" high (eight shelves) (plus the
heights of the wheels)
** 72' or 84" vertical poles in one piece
** 2 to 4 locking swivel wheels (aka casters with brakes)
(not sure the SWE shelves have locks.)
** Can handle a 500 plus lbs of weight
(I can't estimate the weight of the inventory without going to the
APOffice, and I'm out of town until after 25 Dec.)
* Here a possibility:
either 72" or 84"
basic unit with no wheels and only four shelves:
http://www.theshelvingstore.com/SI-12-d-x-30-w-Chrome-Wire-Shelving-Unit-p/sc123054-p.htm
two to four extra shelves:
https://www.theshelvingstore.com/SI-Chrome-Wire-Shelf-12-d-p/sis-12-p.htm
4" casters are more stable and easier to roll
https://www.theshelvingstore.com/Rubber-Casters-with-brake-Threaded-Set-of-4-p/4si-arc3wb-p.htm
* A second possibility:
http://www.shelving.com/SI-18-d-x-30-w-5-Shelf-Wire-Shelving-Unit-p/sc183072-5p.htm
links to extra shelves & casters lower down on the page.
yiLFS -len
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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 23:38:20 -0500
From: Leonard H Tower Jr. <tower@alum.mit.edu>
To: Molly R Kosiarek <kosiarek@mit.edu>
Cc: apo-printshop@mit.edu
Subject: Spec for Wire Shelving for Press Shop Invitation Stock Inventory
Hi Molly and other Printers who are not PSM
To replace the collasped shelves that have left the APOffice.
Used to store the Shop's inventory of plain & panel invitations,
envelopes, and misc paper.
Anyone think of anything I missed?
Any questions?
The brand of shelving SWE has seems sturdy enough.
Specs:
* 12" wide maximum
* around 30" inches wide
* 72" to 84" high (plus the heights of the wheels?)
* Can handle a 1,000 lbs of weight
(I can't estimate the weight of the inventory without going to the
APOffice, and I'm out of town until after 25 Dec.)
* one adjustable shelf for each foot of height
* 4 locking swivel wheels (aka casters)
(not sure the SWE shelves have locks.)
yiLFS -len
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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 22:55:02 -0400
From: Leonard H Tower Jr. <tower@alum.mit.edu>
To: apo-actives@mit.edu, apo-pledges@mit.edu
Cc: apo-printshop@mit.edu
Subject: DEAD - invite card/envelope shelves
Hi brothers,
* I walked in the APOffice this afternoon, and found the metal shelves
by the yellow wall entry to the rear APOffice ('ween the Grey PAINTS
cabinet, and the floor to ceiling green chalk board) bent out with much
of the card and envelopes on the floor.
* If you know how this happened, please let us know, so we learn what
not to do in the future.
The adjacent couch was away from the wall, with some of the stock
behind it. This makes me wonder if someone tried to move the
shelves from the middle? Perhaps to get at the cables behind them?
* PFTGOTO: it's is best to move tall furniture from the bottom, with a one or
more people balancing the top.
* PFTGOTO: if you are aware of a safety issue in the APOffice, send
email to
apo-news@mit.edu
* The contents of the shelves are now temporarily in four boxes. They
are HEAVY and flimsy. PLEASE be careful if you have to move them.
* Molly came by the APOffice, and as Press Shop Manager said we would
not try to fix the shelves, but would replace them.
* I suggest AX get heavy duty rolling shelves like the three SWE has
in their corner. But with five or six shelves each.
It also be good to replace the scrapbook shelves with rolling
shelves, so repair and maintenance of that radiator would be
easier.
* I plan to take the old shelves apart, and take the pieces home.
yiLFS -len
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