Rick Dohm
02-11-2010, 2:24 PM
This is probably going to come out overly complicated, but I'm looking for some sort of formula to determine the proper board thickness for a project I'm developing. I will try to describe it since I'm not good enough with Sketchup to illustrate it.
I'm working on a contemporary sideboard type project. The sides will be 8" wide boards mortised into ~2"x2"x18" feet. Between the sides will be a 48"w x 14"h x 18"d cabinet at the top and an open shelf midway between the bottom of the cabinet and the floor. The cabinet will be a frameless carcass with two partitions and 3 doors. The top and bottom (or at least the bottom) of the cabinetwill have extensions to fit in a dado in each side to support it. My question is: how thick should the bottom be to support the weight of the cabinet and its contents without sagging? Contents of the cabinets could be anything from tableware to liquor bottles, so I'm trying to anticipate a fair amount of live loadin addition to the dead load.
All suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
Rick Dohm
I'm working on a contemporary sideboard type project. The sides will be 8" wide boards mortised into ~2"x2"x18" feet. Between the sides will be a 48"w x 14"h x 18"d cabinet at the top and an open shelf midway between the bottom of the cabinet and the floor. The cabinet will be a frameless carcass with two partitions and 3 doors. The top and bottom (or at least the bottom) of the cabinetwill have extensions to fit in a dado in each side to support it. My question is: how thick should the bottom be to support the weight of the cabinet and its contents without sagging? Contents of the cabinets could be anything from tableware to liquor bottles, so I'm trying to anticipate a fair amount of live loadin addition to the dead load.
All suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
Rick Dohm