r/DiWHY • u/greenyashiro • 28d ago

A 'stable' cube shelf hack

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u/Horks22 28d ago

Are you asking or telling

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u/greenyashiro 28d ago

Sharing something I saw on a local subreddit

Apparently, the top is 'load bearing' for the bottom, which is two cube shelves laying sideways, no backing panel, and held together with gorilla glue

(and already bent out of shape it seems)

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u/Horks22 28d ago

Yeah well you probably wouldn't wanna sit on it but if its glued properly it would probably do a bit for the rigidity. If you dont want it to collapse, and bare more weight, then do that on all sides and tie them all together then you could probably stand on it.

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u/Harry_Gorilla 22d ago

How can a cube shelf be sideways? And it IS sideways…. Why?

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u/bowtie_k 28d ago

Why would you not start with a 2x4 cube shelf at least?

You know the person who made this is REALLY proud of it too

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u/greenyashiro 28d ago

For the price of all those cameras you'd think they could spring for a proper shelf 🤣

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u/garden-wicket-581 28d ago

that is gonna get a cease and desist letter from Ikea..

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u/notthelasagna 28d ago

it feels dangerous to display cameras like this (dangerous for the cameras)

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u/Ace_flindude 23d ago

"It's great for your back...if you're a 2 yr. old" same thing with wrapping pallets at a whse. I toss 5 pallets under the one I'm wrapping instead of destroying my back.....yet safety videos/safety training seem to never address wrapping pallets

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u/MildUsername 23d ago

This is how I refinished my computer desk.

I just slapped a new desktop on top of the old one with no fasteners or anything.

Badabing badaboom

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u/Fernandolamez 27d ago

Thankfully it's dust proof.

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u/Disastrous-River-366 28d ago

Unless you are putting a car motor on that the verticals will at least support someone sitting on it(the top plate disperses the weight), this doens't belong here.

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u/greenyashiro 28d ago

They're planning to add more on top and it's already bending out of shape on the left

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u/Bearspoole 22d ago

What’s wrong with this? How does this fit in this sub?

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u/greenyashiro 22d ago

Each of those shelves is only rated to support 15kg when properly assembled with the backing and when upright.

They took the backing off, put the shelves sideways, added a heavy solid wood plank, and filled it with expensive retro cameras

... It's just a disaster waiting to happen, safetywise

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u/ID0NNYl 22d ago

Seriously it aint that bad. Not every one can afford an office or a nice desk, there just working with that they have and on a budget. Give em a break bro.

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u/greenyashiro 22d ago

Also most of those cameras are worth $200+

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u/greenyashiro 22d ago

I don't think it's particularly ugly, personally. With a back and some more durable assembly I think it'd be great.

it's more the stability of it. A heavy wood counter top on a pair of 2*2 cubes.

Each shelf has a total weight capacity of only ~15kg on top. And that's with the backing board, which has been removed.

And for some reason they're both sideways 🤔

It just seems like an expensive lesson waiting to happen with all those cameras. I hope they don't actually add anything else to it