Marcel171281 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 1:51 pm
Also keep in mind that the construction is making all the weight on the shelves hanging on the top wooden panel. The metal rods are hanging from the top and there is no futher support, so every extra pound in the cabinet is basically pressing the top of the glass panels down and potentially bending them.
Better filling the cabinets with plastic Autoart models. Less weight is better for the detolfs.
You might be right, I think a better design of the shelf would have been to have absolutely no structural support from the glass. In other words, a better metal rod structure inside and the glass rested on the outside only.
I don't think the design is too poor, though, in fact I think the metal rods do most of the support of the shelves still, but don't account for shift in the top and bottom putting pressure on the glass. So long as the metal rods are in place from the top and bottom wood panels, the shelves are fine.
I unscrewed mine from the top wood panel a bit, to alleviate pressure. But then there is still the worry that by loosening it up it can shift the whole unit (mine are on carpet) and distort the glass.
On the plus side, I can't see the entire unit failing and damaging the cars. If anything, one glass panel might shatter, but the shelves can't fall unless the metal rods somehow also fail. I am over thinking this! But I have 26 models between 2 cabinets right now displayed.
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