How can these possibly stay up?
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How do self supporting shelves work?
Jul 20, 2023
Last reply: 2 years ago
15 Replies
Blind shelf supports :
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John T.
One-minute tutorial for anchoring floating shelves starts at 00:06:03
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Ask yer wife. Same way she keeps her strapless evening gown up ;-)
It's obvious. There are steel rods deeply embedded in the wall and the shelves..
Neither of the 2 methods had anything embedded deeply in the walls - just ordinary screws into studs :
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John T.
You'd think the weight of a full shelf of books would yank those screws out of even wood. Too much leverage, there needs to be a support lower down, like this:
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That does not stay up if weight is applied by my foot. The perky nipples are not enough to keep it there.
"* These capacity ratings are based on evenly distributed loads. Keeping the load more toward the rear of the shelf will increase the capacity and decrease deflection."
"100 lb for a 4" deep shelf" seems optimistic unless you keep it very close to the wall so the loading is mostly in shear.
I grabbed 11 trade sized paperbacks off my shelf that looked approximately like the photo and they weighed 6.5 pounds so that is nowhere near to claim.
I wonder what shock load a cat can produce when launching from a shelf?
I wonder what shock load a cat can produce when launching from a shelf?
I wonder what shock load a cat can produce when launching from a shelf?
Are you saying my wife has steel rots deeply embedded in her chest!
I hope not. Please don't generalize from, perhaps, your wife. Quickly, please, take your wife to the orthopedist or blacksmith.
oh micky you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
hey micky
hey micky
No. Try learning how to read.
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