I am building cabinets for a food prep room in an 1885Victorian. The ceilings are 11 feethigh. The room is 10 by 12. I am going to use face frame construction. The frames will be from reclaimed redwoodthat used to be the siding and moulding in the house. In the prep room I want to have open shelvesin the corner cabinet. My question ishow to construct this. My plan is to use ¾”ply for the carcass àfor the sides AND back. The reason forthis is that if I put a dado in the back I can support the long shelf on threesides. The longest shelf is 57”. I believe that a ¾” piece of ply, supportedon three sides will not sag.
For the other side of the corner, I will use a piece of plythat is held on two sides, and I will put a few dominos in the unsupported endto glue it to the longer shelf. If this is not enough to hold up the shelf, I can put a mini-post under it
I have never seen a kitchen cabinet where the back is ¾. Aside from cost, and the challenge of moving theboxes, is there any reason I can’t do this? Here are some diagrams that try to outline what I am trying to do.
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