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HEJNE is "ok" but really REALLY add the cross bracing, and perhaps even add plywood to one side.

I have a HEJNE that is just holding LEGO with cross bracing and it is visibly leaning.

I don't expect it to fall down but I'm also not loading thousands of pounds into it.

I was wondering about this, I had a bunch of these screwed in together as a cheap kitchen cabinet when I was younger. They can be get pretty wobbly even with the braces.

I have a dozen of these tied together, with the cross bracing, into an L in my basement. The whole unit has a few ties to the cinderblock wall behind it. That arrangement adds a good bit of stability. I agree that a on their own or in small numbers they’re not very stable.

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