New Rack from Goodwill Murrysville

[EmperorNorton]

Stopped back for a $20 four tier rack and found that they had just marked down the larger five tier rack top $20 also,  so bought it instead.  the glass shelves have a hole in rear that lines up with a hole in the rear shelf ledge so have to find pins or plugs that will fit to secure the shelves in place.

[MacGeek]

I have found various pins that might work in better furniture stores and sometime the big box home improvement enters.

[Reverend]

Go to Lowe's and in the row with all the screws/nails, there should be one or two slide out trays that have a bunch of different shelf pins.

[EmperorNorton]

Just so I am clear, the holes are thru the glass top and the shelf top.  When I initially saw these, and also realized that the shelves could become easily dislodges, I thought that I might be missing a single rod that would run thru them all and ties the glass shelves to the unit.  And it still might but then I thought that the components, if pushed back far enough, would hit the rod, maybe shorting out if it touched any bare speaker wire.   

Does anyone have a rack unit whose shelves are tied in with a single rod?

Thanks

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

I'm glad my thrift store alert worked out for you just as your alert worked out for me.

[F1nut]

Those holes are for cable management. That said, unless those glass shelves are isolated they are going to transfer vibrations to your gear.

[EmperorNorton]

I can see I should have taken a couple more pictures.   

No, the holes for the cables are several inches in diameter, perpendicular to the floor and are cut out of the rear support column.   The holes in the glass shelves are about the diameter of a pencil and run parallel to the floor.  I need to line them up with each hole that is drilled into the each ledge which is attached to the aforemention rear column and also  that supports the rear of the shelf and drop a pin or plug into the hole secure the shelf into place so that it does not slide forward off the rear ledge when I pull a piece off the shelf, causing it to crash onto the shelf below.

The fronts of the shelves do sit on rubber grommets and I plan to put a thin strip of foam on the rear support to absorb vibrations.

[MacGeek]

So, any pin of the proper diameter can fit through the pencil sized hole in the shelf and rear support column.  Does it need to run the entire height of the unit?  If not, a machine screw for each shelf and of proper diameter and length might work.  The head of the screw will stop it from falling through and might eliminate the need for a rod the full height of the unit.

[EmperorNorton]

Yes,  I will probably just go with machine screws for now.   

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

BTW, the smaller one appears to be gone as well now.

[F1nut]

  No, the holes for the cables are several inches in diameter, perpendicular to the floor and are cut out of the rear support column.   The holes in the glass shelves are about the diameter of a pencil and run parallel to the floor.   

I stand corrected.