Quake hold putty9/16/2023 ![]() It's going to be hard for me to give up my custom bases It's become something of a ritual with every new purchase, to make the new base-about 15min for each. And on top of it, I would also have to put an unsightly daub of tack between the base and the shelf! So that suggests I have wasted all that time and effort to avoid using the usual hot glue solution. That clearly makes the most sense, but my pieces (toenail to miniature to small cab) are all on Lucite bases that are custom dremmelled to display the piece (and oftentimes propped with a formed upright peg fused to the acrylic base. Of course, I suppose we should remember that Northridge was the driver for revising the UBC to include a vertical acceleration component in the calcs.įor me, the problem is the tack. ![]() If it's lathe and plaster, just drill a hole and use a moly or expansion anchor. You're just overcoming tipping, and that's not much. It doesn't sound like you have a sheetrock wall, but if you did, a 70lb rated sheetrock screw should do the trick. ![]() earthquakes ofĨth Jan 2016 18:37 UTC John M Stolz Expert Jenna,Ī couple of observations: On anchoring your bookcases, the wall anchors need not be super stout. > the problem with sticky tack under the specimens. > the glass shelves and slowly "walking" towards the > mineral specimens in the cases were vibrating on ![]() > despite its thick and ancient stone walls, the > their bass did measure something on the Richter > perhaps 50 or 100 meters away, was a stage with an > professional glass cases on the ground floor of an > Crystal Days event in Poland last summer - big > display of Morocco minerals in at the yearly > Tomasz Praszkier and companions put on a wonderful Put your "top shelf" specimens on deep shelves! I think that's possibly why more objects more objects don't fall off of things, which brings us to another point. I lived in an area that got a lot of shaking during the Northridge Earthquake and the only thing that fell was a lamp.Īnother thought, if you were up for a project you could build a base isolation system for your display cases.Ħth Jan 2016 07:08 UTC Jenna Mast Soundquakes :-)Įarthquakes tend jolt one direction as much as they jolt in the opposite direction. The 3M stuff is a little softer and stickier on the surface while the Earthquake putty is smoother on the surface but needs more working to soften it sufficiently for use.Įarthquakes can be strange beasts though. I just bought some 3M mounting putty after running out of the Earthquake putty. I also use the putty as mineral might very well be the same stuff though I'm not sure. I prefer the putty because it's a little less messy but I haven't done any tests to see which withstands shaking better. To secure the specimens to the shelves in the past, I've used both Earthquake putty/museum putty/mounting putty, and museum wax. One that uses fabric straps, and one that uses steel cables. Ideally though, I would secure the bookcases to the wall using one of the kits they sell here for it. I cannot properly secure my bookcases to the wall as the walls are too thick to locate the studs/wood, and I have hard wood floors, as opposed to the thickly padded carpeting at my old place. Recent Images in DiscussionsĦth Jan 2016 05:05 UTC Jenna Mast I actually currently have most of my collection packed in boxes because of Earthquakes. Currier Digital LibraryOpen discussion area. Techniques for CollectorsOpen discussion area. Minerals and MuseumsOpen discussion area. ![]() Mineralogical ClassificationOpen discussion area. Lost and Stolen SpecimensOpen discussion area. ╳Discussions □ Home □ Search □ Latest Groups EducationOpen discussion area. ![]()
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