I'm building a captains bed for my son with 6 drawers. The drawers approximate size will be 24" wide x 26" deep x 12" tall. I tend to overbuild things and was planning on using 1/2" ply for the bottoms. I'm wondering though, anybody think I'd have problems using thinner stuff, say 1/4" (actually, what I have is more like 3/16)?
This is starting to sound like a stupid question... Drawers for a 6 year olds bed that he's going to use for at least 12 years. Of course, when (when, not if) he jumps in them and goes through the bottom, I'll only have to replace the bottom and not the slides.
Any other thoughts?
Bryan