r/whatisthisthing - sometimes you don't even know what it is that broke! r/fixxit - two x's, they do motorcycles over there. The Prime Directive Above all else: Be Excellent to Each Other Related subs Basic Decorum Don't engage in racism, sexism, creeedism, homophobia, transphobia, or general assholery. Rule of thumb, if there's any reasonable chance you could get hurt or killed if something went awry you'll probably be directed to find yourself an expert. This can include certain electrical jobs, or natural gas plumbing jobs for example. There are things that are too dangerous for us to handle here. A description of the event(s) or circumstances that lead up to or were present at the time the issue arose.If there is a part number or a model number on something you suspect or know to be at issue definitely include that.This can mean, for example, close up photos of a part as well as photos from farther back, and/or different angles, which give significant context. Posting for Maximum Effect When you make your submission, post a detailed description of your issue and the friendly users here will do their best to sort you out. Hopefully this will let future readers learn from our collective successes. Passing good fixes forwardįurther to this goal of providing a service If someone's comment provides you with a working solution to your issue (or if you just plain figure it out for yourself) post a comment singling out what the solution ultimately was and please flair your post as Fixed. Don't post about things you've already solved or made, /r/DIY is a better place for that. Do not market anything here without asking the mods first (spoiler, we're gonna say no), don't be posting links to with affiliate codes in them either. Keep the comments on-topic, you can make jokes, it's fine, just don't go off the rails. We strive above all to be a sub that provides a community service, and as such we hold ourselves to certain standards. Someone here is going to try to help you fix it when it's busted. Appliances, kitchen utensils, drills, chainsaws, and machines of all ilk. Doors, walls, furniture and floors, popcorn ceilings and ceiling fans. guys available and willing to sit on top for a test? If so, please let me know what you find! Alternatively, if you have some of these newer, supposedly wimpier cabinets from Steelcase and something heavy on top, please let me know how it has worked out.From eyeglasses, to office chairs, cherished childhood stuffed animals, and trinkets and toys. We want no part of this.”ĭo any readers work in an office with a 42″-wide Steelcase lateral file (2- or 3-drawers high) of recent vintage? Have a trio of 200-lb. She responded “we are not going to have employee’s sit on a lateral file” and then Frank Tenaglia, VP of Sales for Red Thread, added in a separate email “As Jess stated earlier, our 3 drawer lateral files are not intended to hold 120 gallon fish tanks. I asked her if she could repeat the test that I did before placing a heavy aquarium on these cabinets: Have three 6′-tall guys sit on them and see if the drawers still function normally. of steel couldn’t support a 120-gallon tank? I’m asking the Steelcase cabinets to handle 1/11th of the load per lb. wooden cabinet can support a 220-gallon tank, was it really the case that 600 lbs. So I asked how much the new cabinets weighed. Therefore, we cannot say that these files will support that tank.” Their files have come a long way over the years, they are more environmentally friendly…less metal. Unfortunately, Steelcase no longer has that series. She answered with “The particular file you have under that tank currently, is a work horse. That is far too heavy for these lateral files, we don’t recommend it.” I replied with the photo above. I contacted Red Thread, the Steelcase retailer in Massachusetts, and the saleswoman, Jessica Andrews, responded with “… that will not work. I’m setting up a new office and thought it would be nice to replicate the set-up. per gallon, including the tank and gravel): In one of my offices I have two Steelcase 42″ lateral filing cabinets, purchased back in the 1990s, supporting a 120-gallon aquarium (rule of thumb is that an acrylic aquarium weighs 10 lbs.
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