What is the most terrifying thing in this person's room?

[Pengwuino]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/Veto1024/P1010029.jpg

Yup... I am fairly certain it is the most terrifying thing I've had in my room...

note the errors in construction.

 

[Pengwuino]

And if anyone knows what that laminate is and where I could find some to apply... please let me know so i don't feel like a total idiot.

 

[tribdog]

you've got so many upside down shelves you should turn the whole thing upside down and you'd be closer to correct.

 

[rocketboy]

you have the same poker set on the top shelf as me

 

[Moonbear]

The good news is that the way those things are built, it really won't matter if a shelf is upside-down in terms of being able to hold what it's supposed to hold. It'll just look funny.

The more frightening thing I see is its location, right in front of a window! A bookshelf that tall should be up against a wall, and anchored to the wall so it doesn't topple onto you.

 

[moose]

How much does that physics text on the left weigh O___O

 

[Jelfish]

I like your wall paper.
Just Kidding!

 

[Cyrus]

Jelfish, you have to put all the heavy books on the top, not the bottom. You are safe to about 3x the rated loading. I figure its got a safety factor of 3.0

 

[moose]

I just noticed how dirty your carpet is...

 

[Jelfish]

Jelfish, you have to put all the heavy books on the top, not the bottom. You are safe to about 3x the rated loading. I figure its got a safety factor of 3.0

Are you confusing species again?

 

[Cyrus]

Ahhhhh! Man not again!

 

[hypatia]

That thing is going to kill you!

 

[Math Is Hard]

Seems like bad Feng Shui to put the bookshelves in front of the window.

 

[Pengwuino]

I didn't come on here to have my interior decorating skills mocked

 

[JasonRox]

It's a lot cleaner than most bedroom pictures I see online.

From what I see anyways. He might've crammed everything on the other side of the room, so he can look good on PF.

 

[Pengwuino]

It's a lot cleaner than most bedroom pictures I see online.
From what I see anyways. He might've crammed everything on the other side of the room, so he can look good on PF.

You should see what happens when that camera moves about 30 degrees to the right

 

[Moonbear]

I didn't come on here to have my interior decorating skills mocked

Oh, right, sorry, forgive us. You came on here to have your building and instruction following skills mocked.

I guess if you don't want to take it apart and turn the upside-down shelves right-side-up, you could get contact paper in a color that would match your room and cover the shelves so nobody can tell that some are wrong-side-up.

 

[Cyrus]

Please, never set up your own lab experiments, EVER. This is why you do physics and not mechanical engineering. Just read the theory in the instructions. Let the qualified engineers do the real grunt work.

 

[JasonRox]

You should see what happens when that camera moves about 30 degrees to the right

What was harder...

...making the bookshelf?

...or...

... making space for the bookshelf?

 

[tribdog]

I know those shelves. I've put them together hundreds of times back when I put together store displays. Don't they have the quick connect cams so you can easily take it apart? Oh but you probably used all the nails putting the back on didn't you?
I can put those shelves together in about 4 minutes, so grab your pliers pull out the nails in the back and do the job right.

 

[Pengwuino]

How can i just rip the nails out? They are nailed in!

 

[Evo]

How can i just rip the nails out? They are nailed in!

If they're finishing nails and have no heads, you're screwed. hahah sorry[/size]

I made the same bookcase! I don't know what happened to it, I think it got lost in a move years ago.

I don't remember it having any nails, it was all screws and those little plastic doohickeys that go into the holes.

 

[moose]

How can i just rip the nails out? They are nailed in!

Actually, try to pull the boards off of the other boards... The nails can't possibly hold it that well... That or learn something from the magnet thread.

 

[Moonbear]

They're screws in the sides on that style, not the cams. Cams usually are used for the tops of things like desks and utility carts (can you tell I've put more than a few of these things together in my life? I've been the "some assembly required" assembler since my early teenage years.) As for the back, just rip it back off...the cardboard will pop off around those tiny nail heads. Bang those nails in flush so they aren't in the way (it's not worth the effort to remove them), pick up a package of wire nails from the hardware store (they're a little smaller than the ones it comes with, but close enough...or else if you have one nail to bring with you, you can match it up to the right size), and after you've turned everything the right way, just nail the back on with your new nails. All you have to do is put the nails in between the previous holes to avoid hitting the old nails (this also works when the back gets ripped off while moving the bookcase ).

 

[Evo]

They're screws in the sides on that style, not the cams. Cams usually are used for the tops of things like desks and utility carts (can you tell I've put more than a few of these things together in my life? I've been the "some assembly required" assembler since my early teenage years.) As for the back, just rip it back off...the cardboard will pop off around those tiny nail heads. Bang those nails in flush so they aren't in the way (it's not worth the effort to remove them), pick up a package of wire nails from the hardware store (they're a little smaller than the ones it comes with, but close enough...or else if you have one nail to bring with you, you can match it up to the right size), and after you've turned everything the right way, just nail the back on with your new nails. All you have to do is put the nails in between the previous holes to avoid hitting the old nails (this also works when the back gets ripped off while moving the bookcase ).

Yeah, the back will pop right off, do you have a little crowbar? Those things are handy. Little finishing nails will put it back together.

 

[Cyrus]

Is this how you are going to set up your experiments when you are hired for a national lab? Tisk tisk tisk tisk tisk...

 

[tribdog]

upon closer inspection those are adjustable shelves. they just lift out. You don't even need to unload the shelf if you are careful you lazy ****.
and the top and bottom shelves do have the quick cam.
be careful if you do take the back off though, it's easy rip off a big noticable chunk. Don't try going without it though because it quickly collapses without it.

 

[Pengwuino]

Is this how you are going to set up your experiments when you are hired for a national lab? Tisk tisk tisk tisk tisk...

Hopefully LLNL will overlook this thread

 

[Moonbear]

upon closer inspection those are adjustable shelves. they just lift out. You don't even need to unload the shelf if you are careful you lazy ****.
and the top and bottom shelves do have the quick cam.
be careful if you do take the back off though, it's easy rip off a big noticable chunk. Don't try going without it though because it quickly collapses without it.

The ones that are adjustable are the ones that are right-side-up. The upside-down and backward ones are the ones with screws. You can see where the screws are on the side. I've used bookcases without the backs, when they got damaged beyond repair while moving. That back offers no support whatsoever, it just keeps the books from falling through to the other side.

 

[tribdog]

The ones that are adjustable are the ones that are right-side-up. The upside-down and backward ones are the ones with screws. You can see where the screws are on the side. I've used bookcases without the backs, when they got damaged beyond repair while moving. That back offers no support whatsoever, it just keeps the books from falling through to the other side.

That back is the most important part of the structure. It might seem stable but if you've ever bought cardboard moving boxes that come folded up you know the only way to keep them box shape is to tape the bottom shut. The Shelves willl last a little while, but as things loosen or if he tries dragging it sideways the angles will change, then every bit of the weight put on the shelves will work to fold the box.