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Hello,
I am building a new machine this chest from scratch. I have two (2) questions:
(1) the first thing is that my drawers will be 20"x46". rather large. I wanted to use drawer bottom wood material as thin as possible, but I do not want deflection issues or breakage. is 1/4 inch recommended". I've seen a poster to somebody mentioning that they used 1/8" of an inch which seems very thin.
(2), the second question I have is what liner to use. I was thinking about using felt. I love the look and the way it feels, but have been reading online that there is the following issues doing so:
, what should I use for a lining materia if felt is just not really possible? I will need a lot of it. eight drawers total.
I am building a new machine this chest from scratch. I have two (2) questions:
(1) the first thing is that my drawers will be 20"x46". rather large. I wanted to use drawer bottom wood material as thin as possible, but I do not want deflection issues or breakage. is 1/4 inch recommended". I've seen a poster to somebody mentioning that they used 1/8" of an inch which seems very thin.
(2), the second question I have is what liner to use. I was thinking about using felt. I love the look and the way it feels, but have been reading online that there is the following issues doing so:
- some synthetic felts off gas leading to corrosion of equipment
- Some felts are acidic
- some felts " may" hold a charge, causing galvanic corrosion. I've seen this written although not sure if it is the case.
- natural felts such as wool felts have the potential to abosorb and release moisture Leading to corrosion( correct me from wrong)
- rayon/viscose. could not find information??
- it seems difficult to find a felt that is provenNot to lead to corrosion.
- It should also be said that some of this information appears to be anecdotal.
, what should I use for a lining materia if felt is just not really possible? I will need a lot of it. eight drawers total.
- I don't really like the look of cork.
- no suede!!
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