Shelves without any visible method of support

[OLD]

I am required to produce shelving (quite a lot) to place pictures in frames on. Say 85mm wide with a small upstand as described above self supporting.
Google has not helped so i an looking for ideas can you help please they will be fixed to a brick wall.
One final thought i have a kreg jig but how could this be used.

 

[jlawrence]

Make the shelfs as a box then mount the box onto the wall.
You can mount it on the wall by screwing a cleat to the wall then screwing the box to the cleat - just leave the back of the box open.

 

[miles_hot]

Haelf (sic!) have a set of plates with prongs on which slide into holes / tubes within the shelf. Some of these have eccentrically mounted prongs which allow you to tweek the level of the shelf in case you didn't manage to drill in the perfect place.

Other than that you can make a an open box (opening towards the wall) and mount the missing "lid" on the wall and attach the box to that from underneath...

Miles

 

[Krysstel]

What about these :-
http://www.sdslondon.co.uk/244/concealed_shelf_supports/

 

[jasonB]

Do a search for "floating shelves" its been coivered a few times

Last three pics on this page work for me

Jason

 

[Grinding One]

There is one more way,a board with a -v- on the top edge,opposing -v- on shelf drop shelve onto -v- it holds it up.

 

[MickCheese]

Do a search for "floating shelves" its been coivered a few times

Last three pics on this page work for me

Jason

Jason

Can I ask why you used slots and not holes? Do you fill the slots with some sort of epoxy to fix the shelves?

Mick

 

[wizer]

I bought a couple of sets of shelves when Lidl had them. I think they were about a fiver. Chucked the laminated wood effect rubbish and used the brackets. Amazingly I got it spot on and it's something I'm dead proud of.

 

[jasonB]

Mick

I usually use holes particularly when doing solid timber shelves, it was just easier to leave a gap whem making up the sandwich for those particular shelves.

I go for a firm fit between peg & hole in teh shelf, but the hole in the wall is a couple of mm bigger, to allow tweaking and I usually set the peg in resin.

Jason

 

[johnjin]

Hi Old

Try Woodfit part number BP500

These are keyhole plates and very easy to fit on the shelf upright and ideal for book shelfs

 

[promhandicam]

Mick

I usually use holes particularly when doing solid timber shelves, it was just easier to leave a gap whem making up the sandwich for those particular shelves.

I go for a firm fit between peg & hole in teh shelf, but the hole in the wall is a couple of mm bigger, to allow tweaking and I usually set the peg in resin.

Jason

Jason, do you just use ordinary round steel bar or do you use something like these? Also what resin do you find works well for this application?

Cheers, Steve

 

[jasonB]

Either black mild steel bar or studing (threaded rod) for most things, if the load is going to be a bit higher then T12 reinforcing bar.

I use one of the resin fixing systems like this, go for the 150mls tubes as they fit a standard mastic gun. If its just one shelf then any resin such as Araldite ot West systems will do so long as you can get it into the hole in the wall without runs all down the wall :!:

Jason

 

[promhandicam]

Either black mild steel bar or studing (threaded rod) for most things, if the load is going to be a bit higher then T12 reinforcing bar.

I use one of the resin fixing systems like this, go for the 150mls tubes as they fit a standard mastic gun. If its just one shelf then any resin such as Araldite ot West systems will do so long as you can get it into the hole in the wall without runs all down the wall :!:

Jason

Thanks for that.

Steve

 

[Jeff Gorman]

For a fairly narrow shelf taking a fairly light weight, fix a batten to the wall and slot screw the shelf to the batten.

Slot screwing involves drilling holes in the edge of the shelf, the hole diameter being slightly greater than the head of a countersunk screw.

Parallel to the face chop a groove very slightly wider than the shank of the screw to make a keyhole shape.

Fix countersunk screws to batten, offer the shelf so that the holes cover the screw heads and by striking its end, drive the shelf so that the sharp edges of the screw head cut into the groove.

This really needs a diagram, of course!

Jeff
www.amgron.clara.net