I’d still like to put solid wood bars on the backs across the fiberboard as more insurance of holding the sides in place. The strength this offered made a big difference. I was generous with the glue, wiping down both sides, front and back with a damp cloth to remove excess. I glue the fiberboard backs into their tracks which kept the bowing from occurring. So the shelves don’t sit on their pins properly and the shelves fall. The fiberboard backs kept coming out of their tracks and I noticed an 1/8 of an inch gap. I realized the problem was bowing of the sides outward toward the middle of the units. I tried to figure this one out for a while, I’d fix the shelves, put stuff back on them and with a bit of movement of the shelfing unit, they would fall again. I’ve found that on occasion I have to glue in wood scraps into the screw holes to tighten the pins better. No real fix on this, just be careful when screwing in anything that needs to be screwed in. Makes it a bit more brittle than what I would expect. That being said, here are what I find the downsides of the shelves and fixes are. Also, something about being “real” wood is a bonus in my eyes (vs melamine, particle board, etc.).
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