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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 4544457, member: 56"]It does look to me like yours is an early version of this type of shelving, but I think that would still be 1960s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've purchased multiple shelving units at intervals down through the years and it's amazing the ways they find to make them cheaper and cheaper and cheaper.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last unit I purchased had a rated weight capacity of 200lbs per shelf. I put a dozen books on one shelf and it was sagging like a piece of cloth. I think the 200lbs was the shear strength of the bolts holding the shelf in place. Even if the shelf could take the weight, the uprights would never support it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still have one of those wood-grain finished units (disassembled). I'm certain the "grain" on mine is printed. I'll try to get a picture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 4544457, member: 56"]It does look to me like yours is an early version of this type of shelving, but I think that would still be 1960s. I've purchased multiple shelving units at intervals down through the years and it's amazing the ways they find to make them cheaper and cheaper and cheaper. The last unit I purchased had a rated weight capacity of 200lbs per shelf. I put a dozen books on one shelf and it was sagging like a piece of cloth. I think the 200lbs was the shear strength of the bolts holding the shelf in place. Even if the shelf could take the weight, the uprights would never support it. I still have one of those wood-grain finished units (disassembled). I'm certain the "grain" on mine is printed. I'll try to get a picture.[/QUOTE]
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