Threaded Rod Floating Shelf

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.

Threaded rod floating shelf.

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. Then with a simple drill bit you can screw. Make sure that you have enough hands.

I chose 3 8 inch sucker rod. 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. 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.

I built these shelves for a friend. 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. 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. 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.

Step 1. Locate where wall studs are positioned if you ve got a stud finder use it now to locate the studs or simply. I used one person for every shelf and one extra. 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.

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. Putting it together start by laying the shelves on approximatly the right distance. All together it cost a little over 100 in materials. Measure mark centres for threaded rod we re using.

Unfinished steel or powder coated black finishes are available. These are the secret weapons that will make this hidden shelf strong. It s all 1x12 common pine and 1 2 threaded rod. The 1 2 rod has a mounting plate that is 1 75 x 1 5 for installing into each stud.