https://forum.talkingmachine.info/
An interesting article.PeterF wrote:Now all you have to do is get the surface area of the bottoms of the four muffins under the Credenza, and calculate the distributed load. I just tilted mine back and it looks like they're about 2" across. There are little metal buttons under those too, maybe 1" diameter. if you're on a uncarpeted floor you use that dimension, but if there's carpet you might get benefit from the extra width above the button.
So the worst case is 183 pounds divided across four 1" diameter buttons (which, nicely, are about 0.78 sq in surface area). 183 / 4 = 45.75 pounds, and 45.78 pounds / 0.78 sq in = 58.65 psi.
Now let's hope most of us weigh somewhere near 183 pounds as well. And that our feet aren't too big. My size 9 birkinstock just measured out to about 11" long by 4" wide at its widest point, or 44 square inches if rounded up to a rectangle...so let's say 35 sq in. Thus, walking around, we exert pressure of 183 / 2 = 91.5# and 91.5 / 35 = 2.61 psi when standing still on both feet. Or 5.23 psi when imitating a flamingo.
But your Credenza is a static load. It doesn't hop around or jump up and down, like you, a dynamic load. So all bets are off anyway, math notwithstanding.
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So I wrote all that stuff above, then went surfing for building code standards for residential floors...and came up with this killer article. It's aimed at aquarium people, with whom I never realized we phono people have so much in common.
(Even more so when playing Shep Fields records on the Credenza, but I digress.)
It also effectively debunks my attempted science up above. Check this out:
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/a ... weight.php
Long story short: get your Credenza!