chakka Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Hi Y'all,I'm sorry if this is in the wrong spot, I wasn't sure where to put this post. I have this problem and I'm not sure to correct it. I'm hoping that some of you can give me some insight on how to deal with this.After 10 years, I thought it would be time to scrap the table top displays and change the look of my display. I bought some foldable 5 panel wooden displays just like the one I have pictured. I was all excited and did a dry run with them in the garage and thought they were perfect. However, when I actually took them to a craft show, I realized how unstable they were with all my glass jars on them, even on flat surface such as a floor. Every time someone comes in to the booth, I just shudder because they seem to teeter and wobble a little bit if someone would take a jar off the shelf. I envision them falling over or worse yet, falling on someone! If you take a look at the base of this shelving, there doesn't seem to be enough footing for something like this. My questions to all my fellow candle makers is: Do any of you have such a set up? How can I make these more stable? Do you have any ideas on how I can improve this or is there something comparable to this type of set up but much sturdier? I'm open for your suggestions...Thanks all![ATTACH]17081[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekeeper_sd Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Try tying them to your awning legs. I have two metal folding shelves that are the same way. They are shorter than what I think you have but still very unstable. I just use small bungee cords and tie them to the awning legs on the top and bottom and that makes them very stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I use to have those displays one is make sure the 2 end panels are spead as far as the can go with the shelves in place. For inside shows I bought and extra shelf for mine and put it as close to the bottom as possible and then put heavy stuff on it. I also did sometimes put 2 of them back to back and bungee them together.For out side show I bungee them to the legs of my tent. If I was able to stake I had some really long stakes the I would hammer in right behind them and bungee them to those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shantillescandlecreation Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Me personally being a handyman and wood-worker, I'd probably make up some brackets to sturdy it up. I cant see real clearly how your shelves are constructed, but it doesnt look to be to hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakka Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 Thank you for your replies. Man, if I could hammer these suckers into a concrete floor I would, I'd feel so much better. Of course doing indoor shows, that's impossible. I like the idea of the brackets and have thought of that. However, I'm not the handiest when it comes to tools. Even if it's a hammer! I still think the shelving system would still be a bit wobbly and top heavy.Vicky, when putting your heavy stuff on the bottom of the shelving, what if any are peoples responses to that? I know sometimes people can get lazy and not bother to bend down & look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Well I turn it to kind of a storage shelf, it has product there but I have that same product somewhere else in my booth. It kind of kills two birds with one stone I got my shelves more support and I could put more product out and if nothing sold from there it was okay and if some one grabs something from there it was okay too.I actually found people looking there especially people with kids because the kids would look and bring the parents attention to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.