the shelf itself is about 3/4" inch thickThe only thing to keep in mind about heavy stuff, macStuff, (yuk yuk) is that the wood will not necessarily bend today, but with a lot of weight on it, it will sag over time. The downward force is also transferred to the verticals, trying to pull them inward. Not a huge deal but holding a heavy monitor or such may require you to at least brace the entire length with a piece of right-angle steel along the edge or add a vertical center support in back.
its strong enough to hold the basic doo-dads + shoe boxes full of junk + books etc that i want to put on it
if i put something extremely heavy then maybe it would bend but i doubt it.. try and bend a 3/4" piece of wood.. u would have to put like ; i dunno; 100-200 lbs on it to bend it? wouldn't you?
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