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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3064783" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>Check out <a href="https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/mechanics-t_52.html" target="_blank">https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/mechanics-t_52.html</a> and <a href="https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/statics-t_63.html" target="_blank">https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/statics-t_63.html</a> to calculate deflection of the shelf supports; probably not a big deal with the shorter ones, but the 125" beams may surprise you, even with 11ga. I had planned to build some bookshelves (I was given a law library from a lawyer who retired, and needed storage space for it) and was <em>amazed</em> at how much deflection I would have had...and how much it would have cost me to build something stiff enough.</p><p></p><p><em>Lots</em> of good stuff at <a href="https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/" target="_blank">https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3064783, member: 13624"] Check out [URL]https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/mechanics-t_52.html[/URL] and [URL]https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/statics-t_63.html[/URL] to calculate deflection of the shelf supports; probably not a big deal with the shorter ones, but the 125" beams may surprise you, even with 11ga. I had planned to build some bookshelves (I was given a law library from a lawyer who retired, and needed storage space for it) and was [I]amazed[/I] at how much deflection I would have had...and how much it would have cost me to build something stiff enough. [I]Lots[/I] of good stuff at [URL]https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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