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Non Compos Mentis
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Off the grid- Almost
Posts: 10,653
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I installed upper cabinets, and between them screwed a 2x12 painted to match to use as a bookshelf. Screwed from inside the cabinets, just an inch or so above the bottom.
Upper cabinet, 30" 2x12, upper cabinet, another 30" 2x12, one more upper.
A 2x12 is plenty strong to hold all of my shop manuals (full set for 911, full set for 944, factory manuals for the non-Porsches, plus a few other things like Wayne's 101 projects, yada yada...) with no sagging after several years.
I didn't use cabinets for the lowers. Just a 3/4" plywood workbench, 4x4 posts, 2x6 perimeter, and one shelf half way up. I suppose some doors would look cleaner. Everything down below is in plain sight.
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