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Alpha One

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« on: January 19, 2009, 11:10:40 am »

I have been looking for some way to store my various hp z3100 paper. A search on google for hp z3100 paper rack gave me hprack.com. Has anyone used these racks, or know what other racks are available.
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2009, 11:44:20 am »

I made my own rack using a stainless steel shelving unit from Sam's and plywood.  The upper part holds paper on the roll and lower holds boxes and supplies.
I looked for racks but ultimately made my own for the cost and customization.
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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2009, 01:17:08 pm »

Nice solution,

Also nice prints in the background
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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2009, 02:42:16 pm »

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I made my own rack using a stainless steel shelving unit from Sam's and plywood.  The upper part holds paper on the roll and lower holds boxes and supplies.
I looked for racks but ultimately made my own for the cost and customization.
Well done, Mark.  I was thinking about making some brackets for paper spindles, but like the box idea.  I like the way you camouflaged the prop for the lid to look like a roll of paper, too.  
I'm curious, though, why you made the left side double walled, and the right side a single wall?
Also, are you hanging prints inside a Metro shelf unit in the background?
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2009, 02:56:04 am »

You could just make a closed cell foam roll holder mounted against a wall or a board too. The same mounts for roll paper backgrounds would work. Just the same perhaps a series of 1/2 cut PVC drainage pipes could be another way.
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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2009, 11:55:46 am »

[attachment=11078:wall_rack.jpg]

Attached is a bad photo of a wall rack I've rigged using 1.25 PVC pipe and fittings. It has 3 sections that hold 24", 36" and 44" rolls. You can see that fittings are spaced so that there is room to slide the roll onto the little nub of pipe and then it can slide a bit but is stopped by the thickness of the + connectors so it won't fall off. It is not glued anywhere. Just held together with gravity and long wooden dowels going down the vertical pvc posts to give it some strength and screwed into the metal flanges that hold it to the wall.

It's not pretty but it works.
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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2009, 03:51:33 pm »

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Well done, Mark.  I was thinking about making some brackets for paper spindles, but like the box idea.  I like the way you camouflaged the prop for the lid to look like a roll of paper, too.  
I'm curious, though, why you made the left side double walled, and the right side a single wall?
Also, are you hanging prints inside a Metro shelf unit in the background?

The Stainless steel cart was just not quite the right width for the rolls, so I had to offset a little.  The double wall was easy to make - it just looked better outside when the lid is closed.
Yes, the time honored rolled paper as a top prop works well... (normally it's a quick in and out, so usually nothing needed particularly as it stands in front of a wall normally.  First time I needed something was to take picture...   )

This is a rigged unit, not anything for production - just for my own convenience.

The prints are hanging from a stainless steel shelving unit - with only shelf at top and bottom.  I have threaded rod slides at top for the prints to hang from.  Made wooden hangers with clips to stretch the prints.

The SS shelf came from Sam's club also -

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