Technical structure Ikea BESTA corpus (502.459.53)

But if that were the case, then the floor and the top plate should not be loaded either. They would then collapse or bend downwards. I have one drawer each at the top, so left and right. Below each, there is one door. In total, 2 drawers, 2 doors.

Above the drawer in the middle on one side, there is a solid amplifier weighing 24kg and on top of it, 1 tuner weighing 7kg. Above the drawer in the middle on the other side, there is a CD player weighing 13kg and a cassette deck weighing 9kg.

Below behind the doors lie 2000 sheets of DIN A4 paper and various other office supplies, and the whole structure stands on legs, so the bottom plate is suspended in the air.

Nevertheless, it seems to be very stable. There is no bending or warping. The entire paper filling has also not collapsed.

Honeycomb structures are very stable. The cover sheets are connected to each other through the honeycomb. Since they have a large distance between them, the lower layer must stretch considerably when bending. In the longitudinal direction, however, you can exert a fairly large force before the material tears. The stack of paper has a large surface area, which means the pressure on the floor is low. Your amplifier will have relatively large feet. If you place small cubes underneath and they are best located inside a honeycomb cell, then the surface is more likely to give way.

So, I would like to give a brief feedback that the conversion worked.

I used the Besta corpus connectors, which come with the STUBBARP legs. These metal connector plates with an attached thread. I fixed these to the bottom of the corpus with 5x25 Spax screws and then screwed the Stubbarp legs onto the thread. The Spax screws grip and hold well. Because the metal plate is a bit narrower than the Stubbarp leg, the dresser swings slightly, for example when the drawers are pulled out. But that should not matter, as the entire construction appears sufficiently stable to me. Initially, I had the Nannarp legs under the dresser, but these are only intended for corner mounting on the designated threads and relocating them would not fit visually at all.

Now I can order the speaker stands and the base of the stands now has enough space to protrude under the Besta dresser so that they can be placed.