Threaded Rod Floating Shelf

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.

Threaded rod floating shelf. Unfinished steel or powder coated black finishes are available. I used one person for every shelf and one extra. All together it cost a little over 100 in materials. 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.

Make sure that you have enough hands. Federal brace s floating shelf support rods come in two lengths for varying depths of floating shelves. Take a threaded rod add two bolts on the end and attach them together. Putting it together start by laying the shelves on approximatly the right distance.

12 lengths of 5 8 threaded rod quantity depends on the number of studs you have to drill into 2 12 framing lumber cut to the desired length of your floating shelf 1 2 drill bit long enough to drill 3 into stud 5 8 drill bit long enough to drill 8 into shelf epoxy or construction. I built these shelves for a friend. It s all 1x12 common pine and 1 2 threaded rod. 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.

I chose 3 8 inch sucker rod. Also called threaded rod these rods are like long bolts without heads. 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. The 1 2 rod has a mounting plate that is 1 75 x 1 5 for installing into each stud.

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. Measure mark centres for threaded rod we re using. These are the secret weapons that will make this hidden shelf strong. We also planned to use liquid nails inside the holes in the shelves.

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. Set the height for your shelf there s really no right or wrong here it just needs to be the right height. Rods should be fastened to a stud every 16 for the length of your shelf. Step 1.