Assembling Shelfing Units

[chrisspofford]

This guy is happy because his clips actually fit all the way around the bar and snap shut unlike everybody else’s clips which leave a gap!

[odelia]

Thank you! printed instructions were nearly incomprehensible. This was a huge help.

[JPTech]

Have been in storage for 6 years, thank you for the vid and people's great advice!

[gothickingroachjfs]

NOBODY IS SMILING THAT MUCH BUILDING THIS! I LOOKED LIKE I WAS CONSTIPATED AND FROWNED THE WHOLE TIME!!!!

[Kalamarajj]

Happy to see I’m not the only one that struggled with this basic task.

[RingshadowCat]

This random-ass video saved me from terrible instructions in a shelf I got from amazon. Thank you.

[James-vwnu]

This build tested my mental stability. God help the creator.

[jimcarey]

I remember putting these together. They don't physically, completely meet each other and clip with a seamless view or a clicking noise. Their purpose is to stay in place and will be covered by the shelving unit, they are not meant to completely grasp each other---but I recall having to learn that. Mine stayed together for 22 years between many moves.

[lorettah]

Oh my goodness! Apparently I am not the only one going crazy here. The anchor clips that came with my rolling kitchen cart won't even attach to each other around the poles! So much for ending up with a cart that looks like the picture online. The "instructions" are nothing but arrows and pictures--no words, no details... I am going bonkers!

[sev]

Passing on what I just learned....You don't need the clips to fit together all the way. For those whose clips are falling apart when you slide the poles through the shelf...your shelf is most likely upside down.

[MainelyLove]

CLIPS TIP : The clips will snap together SNUGLY as long at the smaller ends are lined up with the indent line on the pole. I am putting mine together now and that was not mentioned on the video here, but I am still glad I found this video, very helpful!

[MrPhenom]

Guy who’s building the shelving rack probably has a chill boss lol

[rodrigans-roadto]

thank you, this video did not only tell me how to assemble my shelving unit, it was also a big help because i had started to put it together and i didnt know what i was so i searched and found thanks again. also i didn't know that it would be this helpful because some videos like this aren't as clear to how to assemble the things.

[samanthacatcher]

Just bought one of these and after watching this, I can confidently say I'm an official idiot...I think it took me over an hour and here, the guy made it look so simple...FML.😥😢

[videorocketzmillarmilla]

I've had this 2 months and couldn't figure it out. Thank you so much now I can do it today!

[me]

Sigh. How I wish it was this easy. Like many who have already commented the black clips just slide down as I attempt to slide the shelf over it. A few people had some creative solutions I will try. I have another one of these purchased way back in 2008 and it's been great. Strange to have trouble with this one.

[MsStarryEyed]

I finally got mine to work! (Long comment alert). I had the issue of the black clips not closing around the poles like everyone else, and my shelves couldn’t fully slide down over them to set, even after using a hammer. (My clips were both Top-side up, and my shelves were correctly upright as well, so I didn’t know why I still was having an issue!) Then I found comments elsewhere about how the poles have double-rings/grooves in some spots (look closer at your poles to find them). And that the double-rings don’t work as well for aligning the clips? Since they’re supposedly not as deep of a groove as the single rings? And the comment said to slide your clips to a single-ring spot. That helped some people. But what really helped me was a comment saying to find that single-ring spot and slide only ONE of the clips down on the pole to place it until you hear a click! And THEN add the other clip! (No sliding down needed for the second clip). My clips still didn’t perfectly close together BUT they closed a lot more than before! Enough for me to successfully get the shelves to slide over them! And since it was just me assembling them, I did the middle and top shelves while having the unit/poles standing upright and had to lower my shelves slowly and making sure they all dropped smoothly and evenly. Then I tapped twice with a hammer and it worked! The shelves definitely didn’t lock down before I did this! Hope this helps!!

[NoName-rnyu]

This may help:
If you look closely at the poles, there are occasional notches that are wider than the others. Make sure the clamp is oriented properly (top arrow) and place it below this notch.

Then slide the clamp upward and you should feel it stop.

From here I was able to seemlessly slide the shelves down without the clamp moving. Hope this helps!

[emilygalloway]

Okay so I had some initial trouble with this, so here's what I learned: 1. The clips aren't meant to completely close 2. It helps to initially put the clip in between the ridges (directly above where you would like the shelf to sit) and then slide the clip down to the ridge where it shouldn't slide anymore 3. If the shelf isn't sliding down easily like the video, turn the shelf upside down but keep the legs as you have them. The final product will have the shelves completely flat, if your shelf has sides facing up like a bowl, you have it upside down. It's hard to explain but if you're having trouble, compare how you have your shelf to the final frame of the video. Hopes this helps someone!

[drmodestoesq]

What I did to make my life not entirely full of frustration was take a stack of milk crates and put the wire shelf upside down on top of them. You can use a high desk or a table saw or whatever. Just so the shelf is like 4 feet off the ground.
Then take a the uprights apart so they're two lengths of pipe. Then attach the plastic clips on the four pieces of upright pipe. Then simply slide them into the shelf holes. And of course, they'll sit in the holes and you give them a bit of a yank to secure them. Then take the section of shelf and flip it over and start building.
Easy peasy, quick and easy.
Trying to slide a full length of pipe into the holes with a single shelf turned sideways looks like