[NHCOLL-L:5430] FW: Reinforcing Insect Cabinet

Fri May 13 09:48:08 EDT 2011

Fr om: Ronald Harvey [mailto:rsharvey at tidewater.net] 
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 8:52 AM
To: mprondzinski at fairbanksmuseum.org
Subject: Re: [NHCOLL-L:5418] Reinforcing Insect Cabinet

Given the issue with the floor, would it make sense to build a small riser -
open for vacuuming, that would provide a level base for the cabinet?  If you
did this, you could bolt the base to the wonky floor after making sure the
base is level, have an extended rim of the base that would accommodate the
base dimensions of the cabinet (frame with 2x 6 or 8") that would provide a
riser, collar and fit the outside dimensions of the base of the cabinet
(think of a box lid turned upside down).  The frame will have to be made so
that you can open the cabinet doors.  Then I would look for some bracing
between the top edge of the cabinet and the wall (again think 2x4) that
could go from the back wall to the sides of the cabinet to hold it in place.

Complicated but an option.
Ron 

On May 13, 2011, at 8:36 AM, Mary Beth Prondzinski wrote:

Hello Ron,

The cabinet has its back to the wall, with roughly a foot of clearance to
the right and left.  The floor is concrete crap:  a rocky, crumbling, uneven
mess.  The cabinet tilts out about 2 inches from the wall at the top and
gradually leans into the wall at the bottom.  The cabinet is set on
adjustable risers.  Using a level, we tried to adjust it, but the floor is
so hokey, we can't get it completely upright.

Anyway, the cabinet is very heavy and is 72"h x 32"w x 36 inches deep.  I
think the shelves slide out, but they are screwed into place at the moment.
You'd have to unscrew them to adjust them. (Instructions were NOT included!)

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Mary Beth Prondzinski
Director of Collections
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium
1302 Main Street
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
(802) 748-2372 x110
mprondzinski at fairbanksmuseum.org

http://fairbanksmuseum.org/
http://vermonttv.net/

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From: Ronald Harvey [mailto:rsharvey at tidewater.net] 
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:52 PM
To: Mary Beth Prondzinski
Subject: Re: [NHCOLL-L:5418] Reinforcing Insect Cabinet

Hi Mary Beth, 
Can you tell me how far away the cabinet will be form the wall and what the
distance from this cabinet to its neighbor to its right and left? What is
the floor construction where this cabinet will be living?
Thanks,
Ron Harvey
Conservator
Tuckerbrook Conservation LLC

On May 12, 2011, at 2:57 PM, Mary Beth Prondzinski wrote:

Greetings all:

We recently acquired a beautiful new insect storage cabinet that needs to be
secured to the wall or floor.  I am wondering what publication addresses
this issue and where I can obtain a copy?  We need to know the best way to
go about this without destroying the integrity of the cabinet.  Any
ideas/recommendations would be welcome.

Thanks!

Mary Beth Prondzinski
Director of Collections
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium
1302 Main Street
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
(802) 748-2372 x110
mprondzinski at fairbanksmuseum.org

http://fairbanksmuseum.org/
http://vermonttv.net/

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