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Default New Kitchen Closet shelf rails!

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 19:00:19 -0500, Alex wrote:
>
>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 9:14:44 PM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 18:16:29 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> And today, I went Home Depot and bought a 4x4ft piece of almost
>>>>> 1/2" plywood and will cut 18"x30.5" shelves from and use my
>>>>> remaining 2x2s to mount a stiffener under them, then lay them on
>>>>> the rails, and voila! New shelves at 20" and 40", 18"x30.5" to
>>>>> put the stuff on!
>>>> $50 says they're wobbly.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>> I am 60 years old and have MS! But I can rip an hour (20-20-20mins) on my Nordictrack!
>>>
>>> Not bad eh?
>>>
>>> And I just bought an almost 1/2 thick piece of plywood and will use 2x2 stiffeners to make the shelves NOT wobbly!
>>>
>>> John Kuthe...

>> Limit the load to marshmallows and you will be fine.Â* 3/4" plywood and
>> deeper shelves would have been a better choice.

> Note the bottom shelf is already sagging and the upper shelf is
> bowed upward.
>
> -sw


Beat you by 7 minutes on that one.

Staining it to match the top shelf will be futile.Â* That one has edge
banding and nicely sanded edges and supports.Â* It looks like he cut the
plywood and 2X2's with a dull chainsaw after a huge bong hit.