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How Do You Store Your 45's?

GivemesoulGivemesoul 146 Posts
in Record Collecting
For those of you with large 45's collections,is there  a special place for them or do you just stack them somewhere? as for me I just keep em staked neatly  on a shelf.

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  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,134 Posts
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    3 wooden boxes with my 10 inches  
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,179 Posts
    like pancakes.  several plate's worth.
  • billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,914 Posts
  • Finah111Finah111 8 Posts
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  • covecove 1,567 Posts
    in a bunch of wooden clementine boxes :-/
  • klezmer electro-thug beatsklezmer electro-thug beats 1,393 Posts
    Bookshelf. 12s on the bottom (where they belong), 45s at picking height cause I have many more.
  • Otis_FunkmeyerOtis_Funkmeyer 1,321 Posts
    This isn't the exact model, but in tapered canvas tote boxes like this. They make for excellent flipping. 

  • dollar_bindollar_bin I heartily endorse this product and/or event 2,326 Posts

     

    Also, if you're on a budget bottled beer 12 pack boxes fit 45s pretty nicely.

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    I have a bunch of these filled:



    and some of these too:




  • klezmer electro-thug beatsklezmer electro-thug beats 1,393 Posts
    You all are making me jealous, it's a pain in the ass to flip/file 45s packed tight in a bookcase... There are a million variations on the cardboard/plastic/wooden handmade 45 box on ebay etc.

    Who's tried a few different types of these and can krusty endorse the best? Assuming a smallish collection, like, I wouldn't need to buy 50x 200-boxes so wooden etc. are an option.

    Or is it best on a bookcase to have a bunch of face-facing, flippable shallow boxes rather than long spine-facing joints?
  • Otis_FunkmeyerOtis_Funkmeyer 1,321 Posts
    klezmer electro-thug beats said:
    You all are making me jealous, it's a pain in the ass to flip/file 45s packed tight in a bookcase... There are a million variations on the cardboard/plastic/wooden handmade 45 box on ebay etc.

    Who's tried a few different types of these and can krusty endorse the best? Assuming a smallish collection, like, I wouldn't need to buy 50x 200-boxes so wooden etc. are an option.

    Or is it best on a bookcase to have a bunch of face-facing, flippable shallow boxes rather than long spine-facing joints?

    8 of my expedit cubes contain one of those tote boxes I posted above, face-facing, and at a comfortable standing height. 

    klezmer electro-thug beats
  • doisndoisn baleadas&pupuzas 303 Posts

    i like these, sturdy & easy to flip through.
    klezmer electro-thug beats
  • billbradleybillbradley You want BBQ sauce? Get the fuck out of my house. 2,914 Posts
    Years ago Ikea had the Sprutt Cabinet that was perfect for 45s. It is no longer available though.
    Duderonomyklezmer electro-thug beats
  • Scuba SteveScuba Steve @steveislikewoah 40 Posts
    You all are making me jealous, it's a pain in the ass to flip/file 45s packed tight in a bookcase... There are a million variations on the cardboard/plastic/wooden handmade 45 box on ebay etc.

    Who's tried a few different types of these and can krusty endorse the best? Assuming a smallish collection, like, I wouldn't need to buy 50x 200-boxes so wooden etc. are an option.

    Or is it best on a bookcase to have a bunch of face-facing, flippable shallow boxes rather than long spine-facing joints?

    8 of my expedit cubes contain one of those tote boxes I posted above, face-facing, and at a comfortable standing height. 

    I have 4 expedit cubes with 3 of the boxes BillBradley posted above:

    https://www.sleevecityusa.com/45-rpm-Record-Boxes-p/3str7nbox.htm

    And 3 of these: 

    https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10292357/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA68bhBRCKARIsABYUGieiy6TU3kMLu_tWB22KR60u2UgCU5YUHFposgNIPzjgKestvfWsQSoaAgdyEALw_wcB

    These are shorter than the boxes, so you can turn them sideways and put two in a cube if you want. They are easier to flip through due to the shorter sides/length/weight.  The downside is they fit less 45s in each, and you can't stack them when full.  

    klezmer electro-thug beats
  • Scuba SteveScuba Steve @steveislikewoah 40 Posts

    Otis_Funkmeyer said:

    8 of my expedit cubes contain one of those tote boxes I posted above, face-facing, and at a comfortable standing height. 

    Also from Ikea?  Or are they a pretty universal size?

  • Otis_FunkmeyerOtis_Funkmeyer 1,321 Posts
    Scuba Steve said:

    Otis_Funkmeyer said:

    8 of my expedit cubes contain one of those tote boxes I posted above, face-facing, and at a comfortable standing height. 

    Also from Ikea?  Or are they a pretty universal size?

    They were from Bed Bath and Beyond and I don't think they carry them anymore. They are not a universal size, but any you can find with a base width greater than 7" should work. 

    Scuba Steve
  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    I found this in a thrift store a few years ago, perfect size for 45's and made of steel so it will outlive me.

    billbradleyRAJ
  • dj_cityboydj_cityboy 1,483 Posts
    a few years ago i found some "wipes" (dad mode in effect) boxes fit perfectly if yall can find Pampers wipe refills 320count boxes they fit 45's perfectly and have nice handles too, no joke, lol

    i reversed the boxes and used some packing tape and boom-pow! done like dinner, seems low-class but if you paint or decorate those boxes to your liking a box is a box and a solution is a solution, lol

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    asstro said:
    I found this in a thrift store a few years ago, perfect size for 45's and made of steel so it will outlive me.



    Nice! I've been accumulating CDs like crazy lately and was looking to go this route.

    Maybe more like this:


    Givemesoul
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