In this episode elijah shows you his new ikea kallax 5 x 5 shelf for storing his 2 000 collection of vinyl records.
Kallax vinyl capacity.
There s a photo i saw of a 5 5 expedit that collapsed.
Kallax is not solid wood or even particle board.
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That 2x2 model runs for 50 or 25 cents per record it holds.
This musical bed is the grand product of two expedit shelving units mdf wood screws a power drill and erm duct tape.
Kallax is available in many different sizes and colors and is easily personalized with a selection of doors inserts boxes and baskets.
I have to say i do like the color choices available.
At 199 that s only 16 cents a record it can hold.
These steps will help assist you in building an ikea kallax or expedit and make it bomb proof for vinyl records.
It s plenty strong for small things but i wouldn t put a 500 pound fish tank on it unless i wanted it to collapse.
If you were to cut it open you would find wood strips where the joints are and the rest is vinyl slapped on top of a cardboard like honeycomb structure.
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That said if you ve got room to play with it s also possible to construct a king size bed using exactly the same materials.
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You can fit around 50 60 records in each cube in a kallax which means a 2x2 model can hold 200 records.
Also the colors light pink and light green are.
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Ikea says they are more durable scratch resistant and have rounded corners to be more kid friendly.
Expand that out to the 5x5 kallax the biggest one available and you can hold 1250 records.
I have probably close to 1200 records on my 5x5 expedit.
Is safely estimate 480 500 albums max.
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With a mixture of single albums double albums and single album gatefolds it fits between 60 70 per square.
Ikea is specifically pitching these kallax as vinyl record storage shelves and championing them as a replacement for the defunct expedit.