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Originally Posted by Omar RVA
I agree (cya: but without seeing how it's built I can't have an idea of how it would fail).
You make a good point. Here are some random load tables I googled from a manufacturer of square posts. He could lose 75% of his section and still have a nice safety factor.
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Edit: Thread ruined enhanced by engineers.
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Haha. Reminds me of an episode of "Big Bang Theory" when Penny needed a simple bookshelf from IKEA assembled and it ended up with heat sinks, torches and liquid nitrogen plumbing...
Edit: I did take an elective class in wood structural design my senior year... learned a LOT about laminates lol.