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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5656053" data-attributes="member: 54877">I make my own.&nbsp; I'm finishing up about 150 feet of shelves right now.&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" />&nbsp; For the nicer ones that will have a heavy load, I used 3/4&quot; plywood with a 1&quot; strip of poplar running down the back edgewise for support.&nbsp; Then some are 3/4&quot; MDF with 1/2&quot; wooden dowels into studs as extra back support.&nbsp; &nbsp;For cheap &quot;assemble yourself&quot; wood book cases, I've had a lot of luck with Sauder units.&nbsp; These are always premade precisely, so that they assemble easily.&nbsp; And if you stick with the 30&quot; or less widths, the adjustable shelves are perfectly capable of holding a row of game books with no noticable bending over a decade.&nbsp; (Any bend is so slight that the flip the shelf over trick will easily counter any bend you do get.) &nbsp;For metal, back in my poorer days I've been known to convert metal grated shelves (that I already had) to books by buying 1/4&quot; plywood which was cut and sanded to fit.&nbsp; It's ugly, but for a basement it works.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5656053, member: 54877"] I make my own. I'm finishing up about 150 feet of shelves right now. :heh: For the nicer ones that will have a heavy load, I used 3/4" plywood with a 1" strip of poplar running down the back edgewise for support. Then some are 3/4" MDF with 1/2" wooden dowels into studs as extra back support. For cheap "assemble yourself" wood book cases, I've had a lot of luck with Sauder units. These are always premade precisely, so that they assemble easily. And if you stick with the 30" or less widths, the adjustable shelves are perfectly capable of holding a row of game books with no noticable bending over a decade. (Any bend is so slight that the flip the shelf over trick will easily counter any bend you do get.) For metal, back in my poorer days I've been known to convert metal grated shelves (that I already had) to books by buying 1/4" plywood which was cut and sanded to fit. It's ugly, but for a basement it works. [/QUOTE]

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