Countertop with angle brackets instead of legs

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07-06-2009 05:39 AM

I would like to build a corner counter 4’ both ways and 16” wide and would sooner use angle brackets with wth the bracket dadoed into a fastening strip say 3” wide, my question is there a calculation to figure out the size of the angle bracket I wouls need. Thanks…..................

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#1 posted 07-07-2009 10:10 PM

I was in woodcraft the other day and they had brackets that sized all ready made, tho a tad pricy

-- Fred, Springfield, Ma

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