[6853] in APO Printshop
Re: Spec for Replacement Shelving for PressShop Invitation Stocks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Victoria Xiao)
Mon Aug 24 11:16:41 2015
From: Victoria Xiao <vxiao@mit.edu>
To: "tower@alum.mit.edu" <tower@alum.mit.edu>,
"apo-printshop-manager@mit.edu"
<apo-printshop-manager@mit.edu>
CC: "apo-printshop@mit.edu" <apo-printshop@mit.edu>,
"apo-om@mit.edu"
<apo-om@mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:16:30 +0000
In-Reply-To: <201508240348.t7O3mUeI002255@outgoing.mit.edu>
Hi Len,
I will buy replacement shelving after the office reorganization. Thank you
for giving me guidance as to what kind of shelves you would like.
Best,
Vicki
On 8/23/15, 11:48 PM, "Leonard H. Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>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:
> =20
>http://www.theshelvingstore.com/SI-12-d-x-30-w-Chrome-Wire-Shelving-Unit-p
>/sc123054-p.htm
>
> two to four extra shelves:
> =20
>https://www.theshelvingstore.com/SI-Chrome-Wire-Shelf-12-d-p/sis-12-p.htm
>
> 4" casters are more stable and easier to roll
> =20
>https://www.theshelvingstore.com/Rubber-Casters-with-brake-Threaded-Set-of
>-4-p/4si-arc3wb-p.htm
>
>* A second possibility:
>
> =20
>http://www.shelving.com/SI-18-d-x-30-w-5-Shelf-Wire-Shelving-Unit-p/sc1830
>72-5p.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
>Landline: +1-617-623-7739
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