Yes, it'll be a whole lot of work, but if you got think sheets, and glued and clamped it to laminate it into an arch, it'll transfer the load laterally as it took the weight, so the weight gets transfered better to the ends. so that only leaves one alternative that I can think of - you didn't say that it had to be flat. You could use something other than wood so it's thinner, but then it won't be cheap. You can get cheap and light by adding a couple of stringers along the bottom as stiffeners, but it won't be all that thin. but it won't be that cheap, or all that thin. You can get lighter by making a laminated shelf with honeycomb in between. You want strong and cheap and light and thin? You're asking for a lot. (I have already solved the source of the moisture problems) What methods of construction, other than using a single thicker stronger piece of material, can I use to improve the distance a shelf can span before deflecting too much or collapsing? What are the limits (span, depth, load) of these different methods of construction? I would like to use cheaper and lighter materials, which I can apply some kind of finish to (paint or something). I would like if possible to avoid having to spend that kind of money. One way to do it would be to buy very thick strong material for the shelves. For aesthetic reasons I would like them to be supported only at the back and each end, avoiding large brackets or similar underneath the shelves as far as possible. For example, 2 meters, and be quite deep (say 50cm). ![]() Some of the shelves I would like to span quite a width. ![]() I would like the shelves to hold quite alot of weight (large numbers of books and similar). There are a number of different sized gaps (width and depth to fill). I would like to replace them with shelving. I have removed several old and moisture damaged built in storage units from my house.
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