I'm still at the "making boxes" phases of my woodworking journey, so my next box is wall-mounted shelves to hold corrugated shelf bins. The bins vary in size from 2" to 16" or so. They're 12" deep and 4-3/4" tall. It's easy to put some very heavy things in them.
The frame and the shelves will be made form 3/4" plywood. The shelves will be 12" deep. The first space for which I need shelves is 53" x 36". Therefore, I'm thinking that's two units of 26-1/2" each so I don't have to use a divider.
I confess to being guilty of over-designing and over-thinking. My first thought was below. It's a French cleat system that would be really easy to install. My curiosity about this systems is, what supports the weight? The cleat is screwed and glued into the sides and the top on the back. Maybe that's okay, but it seems like a lot of load on a few screws and glue. Then I asked myself what purpose the back servers. Sure, it keeps the shelf from racking. Plus, it has some aesthetic value. It also adds weight.
Since this design, I'm thinking the make the case just the top and the sides without a back and just screw it to the studs in the wall since the wall has drywall. If I do that, what do I use to secure it to the wall? If I add mounted strips under the top and the bottom, that could work, but now all of the weight is on the top and bottom horizontal members. The top stretcher takes 3/4" of usable space. Maybe that's okay.
The design has now evolved to the sides having shelving standards so that the shelves can be moved.
I'm stuck in analysis paralysis. How are kitchen cabinets made to support the tremendous weight they have to hold?
The frame and the shelves will be made form 3/4" plywood. The shelves will be 12" deep. The first space for which I need shelves is 53" x 36". Therefore, I'm thinking that's two units of 26-1/2" each so I don't have to use a divider.
I confess to being guilty of over-designing and over-thinking. My first thought was below. It's a French cleat system that would be really easy to install. My curiosity about this systems is, what supports the weight? The cleat is screwed and glued into the sides and the top on the back. Maybe that's okay, but it seems like a lot of load on a few screws and glue. Then I asked myself what purpose the back servers. Sure, it keeps the shelf from racking. Plus, it has some aesthetic value. It also adds weight.
Since this design, I'm thinking the make the case just the top and the sides without a back and just screw it to the studs in the wall since the wall has drywall. If I do that, what do I use to secure it to the wall? If I add mounted strips under the top and the bottom, that could work, but now all of the weight is on the top and bottom horizontal members. The top stretcher takes 3/4" of usable space. Maybe that's okay.
The design has now evolved to the sides having shelving standards so that the shelves can be moved.
I'm stuck in analysis paralysis. How are kitchen cabinets made to support the tremendous weight they have to hold?