Folks --
I was planning on making some utility storage towers out here, and the question cam out - how much kerf is enough?
The towers are 6 foot tall 3/4 plywood, each "chamber" about 18 inches square. The sections that divide it up were to be set into some dado cuts in the sides and back ( about half of 3/4 in ). glue and some wood screws were to hold the assembly together. The unit is not destined for high mass items. More like a general sort box for light to medium goods as the battle of entropy in my household moves to different rooms. Some bracing may be in the picture for the shelves.
Once I finished this plan in sketchup, the reviewed it for reasonableness ( habit from software engineering ). The question that came up was -- how deep do you need to make a dado slot so it works as support?
Thanks for your replies!