I've got some chest plans
Thanks!
The 5/8" Baltic birch is probably stronger than regular 3/4", based on what I've seen of the two materials. Given the construction shown on the web site cited, you could build it with 3/4" MDF and it would be fine. In fact, 1/2" plywood would be strong enough structurally speaking, but it doesn't offer much in terms of holding the screws for brackets, etc. if you run them into the plywood or MDF.
CE
Fan wrote:
Trust me, someone will sit on it and break it.
Dick Durbin
Doubtful that you could break 5/8" 11-ply Baltic Birch in this application by jumping up and down on it, much less by sitting on it. Anybody heavy enough to break that by sitting on it is gonna break darn near anything he sits on. More likely IMO that the joinery at the corners would fail from racking stresses, long before the top would fracture.
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On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 12:43:56 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@milmac.com (Doug Miller) wrote: Couldn't agree with you more Doug. Baltic birch is study and stable stuff...(with a price tag to match) I think the only concern about the chest is that it will be about 1/8" shorter...LOL
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TJB
Go for it. 5/8" baltic birch is much stronger than 3/4" jummywood.
3/4" is over-sized anyway. You could even use 1/2" - there's a rail across the front.Play with the sagulator if you want more
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