28 May
2004
28 May
'04
9:48 a.m.
In message <16565.58634.141000.800369(a)gargle.gargle.HOWL>
Paul Koning <pkoning(a)equallogic.com> wrote:
I have had a particle board bookshelf come apart. The
blame was in
part on incompetent design ("scandinavian design" pretty looking
stuff) -- the shelf was "supported" on a groove milled in the edge.
That means the load was carried on less than half the thickness of the
shelf.
Even so, a better material would not have failed.
I've got a home-made pine
computer desk (built into the wall), a pine
bookcase and a pair of three-quarter-inch pine shelves. They've been up since
early 1998 and are still in good condition. Well, aside from the missing
sections of varnish on the computer desk - exploding components and falling
tools tend to cause that sort of damage, though :-/
Later.
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