Hello All,
Happy New Year from a long time lurker. Hope I've put this in the correct place!
The time has come for me to make some long anticipated floating selves for my daughters room and I wanted to run the idea past the forum for some feedback.
The shelves will be running along 2 walls creating a number of different length L shapes up to 3 metres long. My plan is to use a right angle jig to drill pilot holes into each stud (at 450mm centres) and then screw in a series of steel rods (8-10mm dia.) that have been threaded at one end so they sit out approximated 150mm from the wall.
The shelves will be 2 pieces of 180mm x 14mm grey ironbark flooring glued and screwed like a sandwich with the rods sitting in pre-cut or routered 'voids'. Each arm of the L meets will be mitred at 45 degrees so once all fours pieces of timber are in place they shouldn't, theoretically, be able to move away from the wall.
The selves will be used for books only so I think the rods at 450mm centres should be strong enough and the timber shouldn't sag.
Thoughts, comments and general derision (delivered in a humorous manner) would be much appreciated.
Cheerio,
Mark CH
Happy New Year from a long time lurker. Hope I've put this in the correct place!
The time has come for me to make some long anticipated floating selves for my daughters room and I wanted to run the idea past the forum for some feedback.
The shelves will be running along 2 walls creating a number of different length L shapes up to 3 metres long. My plan is to use a right angle jig to drill pilot holes into each stud (at 450mm centres) and then screw in a series of steel rods (8-10mm dia.) that have been threaded at one end so they sit out approximated 150mm from the wall.
The shelves will be 2 pieces of 180mm x 14mm grey ironbark flooring glued and screwed like a sandwich with the rods sitting in pre-cut or routered 'voids'. Each arm of the L meets will be mitred at 45 degrees so once all fours pieces of timber are in place they shouldn't, theoretically, be able to move away from the wall.
The selves will be used for books only so I think the rods at 450mm centres should be strong enough and the timber shouldn't sag.
Thoughts, comments and general derision (delivered in a humorous manner) would be much appreciated.
Cheerio,
Mark CH
Floating selves idea - feedback needed please!
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