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<blockquote data-quote="JimGore" data-source="post: 99477" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Out of interest - are you set on bamboo? While very nice looking, it is quite expensive and difficult to work.</p><p></p><p>Why not rather build the entire cabinet out of the same type of wood? Hardwood isn't all that expensive when you are talking about small amounts like 10% of a cube, etc. Think along the lines of:</p><p>* White (or red) oak</p><p>* Pink (or white) beech</p><p>* Jakaranda</p><p>* Mahogany</p><p>* Bubinga (African rose)</p><p>* American (black) wallnut</p><p>* Cherry</p><p>* etc.</p><p></p><p>Most of these will be available from any reasonable timber merchant. </p><p></p><p>Now, I cannot see your picture (office firewall block it), but I presume you are supporting your shelves in the middle? At 1" thick, even hardwood shelves will sag over a span of 1.6m when heavy equipment is placed on them, therefore the supports are definitely needed.</p><p></p><p>As others have said - don't even waste your time thinking along the lines of floating shelves. No wood shelf of any reasonable dimension would support a heafty AVR for example. You could go this route by using aluminium or steel floating shelves however.</p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Ian.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimGore, post: 99477, member: 3"] Hi, Out of interest - are you set on bamboo? While very nice looking, it is quite expensive and difficult to work. Why not rather build the entire cabinet out of the same type of wood? Hardwood isn't all that expensive when you are talking about small amounts like 10% of a cube, etc. Think along the lines of: * White (or red) oak * Pink (or white) beech * Jakaranda * Mahogany * Bubinga (African rose) * American (black) wallnut * Cherry * etc. Most of these will be available from any reasonable timber merchant. Now, I cannot see your picture (office firewall block it), but I presume you are supporting your shelves in the middle? At 1" thick, even hardwood shelves will sag over a span of 1.6m when heavy equipment is placed on them, therefore the supports are definitely needed. As others have said - don't even waste your time thinking along the lines of floating shelves. No wood shelf of any reasonable dimension would support a heafty AVR for example. You could go this route by using aluminium or steel floating shelves however. Regards, Ian. [/QUOTE]
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