Threaded Rod Floating Shelf

Also called threaded rod these rods are like long bolts without heads.

Threaded rod floating shelf.

Step 1. Set the height for your shelf there s really no right or wrong here it just needs to be the right height. Take a threaded rod add two bolts on the end and attach them together. Then with a simple drill bit you can screw.

8 pcs 6 black solid steel floating shelf bracket blind shelf supports hidden brackets for floating wood shelves concealed blind shelf support screws and wall plugs included. We also planned to use liquid nails inside the holes in the shelves. All together it cost a little over 100 in materials. Our tentative plan is to use 12 inch x 5 8 inch steel threaded rod to support the shelves by screwing the rods about 3 inches into the studs and then sliding the shelves with holes drilled in them to correspond to the rods onto the rods.

Locate where wall studs are positioned if you ve got a stud finder use it now to locate the studs or simply. Rods should be fastened to a stud every 16 for the length of your shelf. Hold the shelves against the front of the mounted rods after they have finished curing level the shelf and tap on the front of the board with the palm of your hand. It s all 1x12 common pine and 1 2 threaded rod.

Perfect invisible supports for fireplace mantle or rustic live edge wood shelving 6 inch stainless support rod shelve kit 6 4 5 out of 5 stars 75. I built these shelves for a friend. Measure mark centres for threaded rod we re using. Putting it together start by laying the shelves on approximatly the right distance.

The solid steel support rod is in total 172 mm long x 12mm diameter with 72mm of the bracket rod length threaded with expanding wall plug included for fixing into the wall substrate. I chose 3 8 inch sucker rod. Make sure that you have enough hands. These are the secret weapons that will make this hidden shelf strong.

100 mm of the rod is fitted into the provided bored hole in the rear of the floating shelf suitable for custom manufactured floating shelves of thickness 18mm 1 8cm and above and with a depth of 200mm brackets can be used to fit deeper shelves but weight capacity decreases as shelf depth increases use a. Federal brace s floating shelf support rods come in two lengths for varying depths of floating shelves. Run the shelves through the table saw to shave off the curved edges ending with squared edges and a shelf that s 10 75in from front edge to back. The 1 2 rod has a mounting plate that is 1 75 x 1 5 for installing into each stud.