You can screw one or more lengths of wall cleats across the entire wall then easily relocate shelves or add more shelves at a later date.
Woodworking shelf cleat. In this excerpt below popular woodworking s very own david thiel explains how he used this simple yet effective method of wall mounting to hang a wine rack a project that is featured in the new book simple stylish woodworking. I then flipped the shelf top upside down and center the angle cut 9 piece so that the angled portion faces the front. Floating shelf hardware heavy duty floating shelves bracket perfect invisible supports for fireplace mantle or rustic live edge wood shelving 6 inch stainless support rod shelve kit 4 5 out of 5 stars 37. 20 projects for your home i used a hidden french cleat to hang a dovetailed wine rack that i created.
It is just a shelf with two corbels for support so no wood travelling all the way down the sides of the fireplace opening it s just the shelf with corbels. I am thinking about fastening the corbels to the fireplace brickwork using a french cleat for each corbel. Use a level. French cleat tool storage and clamp racks for a small shop woodworking how to build duration.
Make cleats by ripping strips of 3 4 in. Attach two pieces of small plywood using wood screws to create your shelf and then attach the small cleat to the back of the shelf using wood glue and wood screws. Wood carving draw knives adzes wood files rasps scrapers burnishers tool sharpening. Just fasten the cleats to the wall and cabinet.
My mantel shelf is about 5ft long and 7 inches deep and 2 inches thick. H on mar 11 2016. Using a 1 4 wood drill bit i drilled 1 hole on each side so that they went completely through the angled piece and 1 4 into the shelf top. Drill the shelf cleat and shelf top.
Securely mounts cabinets to walls.