| Project by woody57 | posted 26 days ago | 405 views | 3 times favorited | 6 comments |  |
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These are some shelves I built for my son. They appear to have no support but they are actually anchored to the studs in the wall.
I ripped some mdf to 1 5/8”. I cut the shelves from 3/4” oak plywood. I then glued the plywood to the mdf with biscuits on three sides leaving one long side open. Then I applied bullnose oak trim to the edges of the plywood.
The oak is stained with a couple coats of lacquer. The mdf is painted black.
To mount the shelves I bolted a 2×4 on edge to two studs with 6” lag screws. Then I slid the shelves over the 2×4’s and attached the shelf to the 2×4 with finish screws. The finish screws are not visible from the floor and will allow easy removal of the shelf when the time comes.
6 comments so far
SEE
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posted 26 days ago
What a great idea! Your shelves came out really nice, too. I’m gonna favorite this one.
-- Build for the joy of it!
a1Jim
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posted 26 days ago
Good work Woody
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
RexMcKinnon
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posted 25 days ago
Looks good and they must be strong with all those books on them. Your son appears to be a web programmer.
-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!
Skillet
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posted 24 days ago
You know, I kinda like what ya did. I love LJ, always giving me different ideas.
Like “SEE”, I’m going to favorite this one too!
-- Skillet, Louisiana
woody57
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posted 23 days ago
Thanks for the nice comments. I was going for something unique and with clean unadorned lines.
The random placement on the walls was my son’s idea. I would have lined them up. But, they turned out
nice and he likes them.
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 15 days ago
Nice looking shelves.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker