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 Showcasing/displaying your collection,lets discuss, Display box?Glass shelf?custom case?

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BeastX
post Sep 22 2008, 11:30 AM

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QUOTE(advocado @ Sep 22 2008, 09:40 AM)
Sorry to dig up an old post but regarding IKEA DETOLF, how did you guys manage to bring it home? I mean they state "We pack it so it fits even into your Kancil", but I saw the packing it's taller than me, so unless you put it on the roof, it won't fit a Kancil. Even normal car boot doesn't have enough space for it so I'm guessing putting it lying on the front to back passenger seat is the only way, but they 47kg package needs 2-3 person to carry it, how will any normal car fit the cabinet & 3 person??? I don't wanna pay RM65 for the delivery as time of delivery is also an issue.

Also how many people does it take to assemble the whole cabinet? Any better alternatives to IKEA?

I never bought big items from Ikea and I went there alone just to find out the facts, yes I went alone thinking i can get a cabinet back! There's a couple there looking at the cabinets they were also thinking how they gonna buy it...
Built 3 in one go.... the last one took me approx 15 minutes to complete... all done fixing done by my lonesome.. you just need a sturdy wall to layout all the glass.. I modify the building instructions/method, to built it from the bottom up... not top down (and flip it) as suggested, otherwise will be hard to complete it by yourself...

1 unbuilt, just just need 2 average male or just 1 strong person (+ trolley) to carry ...
BeastX
post Sep 23 2008, 10:47 AM

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QUOTE(advocado @ Sep 22 2008, 12:03 PM)
That must be your face in ur avatar. Carry 3 by urself!  Can post us ur modded instructions for 1 weakling?

Can you give me a measurement on the unbuilt package height? I wanna see if it fits in the boot not.

And do they have White? I only saw Light Brown & Black. Also I heard they were once a promotion for the cabinets RM99 each, anyone know if they doing it again?

I also saw another display got 5 deck, it has something like metal door with locks, but dust gets in more easily due to the gaps. Anyone know how we can mod the Deltof to make it more dust proof? Also how you install lighting? Need drilling, cutting etc?

The cabinet does it come with wheels at bottom? I scare once build it cannot move it...
carry one by one to the designated area (use a trolley, 40kg++ is nothing..)...but build 3 in one go, faster with experience, I reckon I can build one in 10 minutes now...

Instructions.... my method for lonesome construction.. use at your own risk, I use my own terms (should be evident)

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just follow Ikea's instructions and get another able-body person to flip it over as instructed


You could install wheels (does not come with it) instead of the supplied legs... to your preference...

unbuilt in the cardboard box is about 162cm in height. Lowering the front passenger seat (to the back seats/boot), an average car should fit.

lights for it from Ikea cost about RM45 or so... you need some drilling or sturdy skrew driver.. (my opinion..totally not worth...led lights better)

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BeastX
post Sep 24 2008, 09:33 AM

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QUOTE(advocado @ Sep 24 2008, 06:32 AM)
Beast how you move your cabinet if it doesn't come with wheels?
40kg is pretty light... pushing force on the bottom wood board with the foot while hands supporting the glass sides... remove contains (+ glass selves).. slow and steady...

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post Sep 24 2008, 07:11 PM

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The plastic legs/stand on the Detolf are pretty smooth (not much traction)... besides I have ceramic and hard plastic composite floors (very resistant to scratches)...


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post Sep 24 2008, 08:09 PM

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QUOTE(madmoz @ Sep 24 2008, 07:27 PM)
jepun ada ikea one also ar old friend? i was inder the impression that the ikea 'look' fits their houses not?

btw i think assembling detolves single handedly is not for the faint hearted... those glass panes shakehead.gif
Ikea... there are branches in the main Island of Honshu (entered Japan probably 2 years back).... The ones I bought are in good old North Borneo (with some price premium) and not by Ikea... Those are tempered glass... quite resistant to shock... but once break,... can shatter to a thousand pieces
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post Oct 19 2009, 02:30 PM

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QUOTE(Abie.C @ Oct 19 2009, 01:46 PM)
today i will go to hardware shop see if they sell the acrylic cement and cutting tools or not. i will check this evening after work.
a.k.a as dichloromethane CH2Cl2, most chem/bio labs should have it..

Its carcinogenic... so long you don't swallow.. it'll be fine... I've cut and stick acrylic since 6 years ago.. very little is needed to melt/reassemble the molecules of the acrylic sheets... With clean cuts of say 0.5m only 1 or 2 droplets are required.


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