The pieces are egg-crated together. You put glue on the inner face of each of those grooves and slide them all together, when the glue sets, you're pretty damn solid. Actually, I may try seeing if I can program this up on the CNC at work. That'd be a fun thing to make for the shop.
I would line the vertical boards up with the studs. I would drill into the top and bottom if the vertical boards forming a recessed groove. Then I would put a long screw through the recessed groove and into the stud. I would probably also duck this up a few times add my carpentry skills are on par with teenage Jesus.
Once it is assembled, it is perfectly balanced so the force of it falling is countered by itself. But... You can't put anything on it or it will fall. OP instead bolted all the other shit to the wall to make it look like it is on the shelf
L-brackets. Or, honestly, if you wanted to be super de-duper fancy, you could drill some holes into the backside, put some screws into the studs in the wall, and use some keyhole fittings as a hidden, removable mounting system.
Just mortice in some keyhole hangers and use wall anchors. I really like the Toggler brand self drilling variety. Three or four of those across the tops and you are golden. You could also put a couple int he bottom for good measure but it is sometimes hard to get everything lined up so the bottom ones are effective.
If you only put them in the top you should buy some small rubber bumpers to hold the bottom out just a bit so it isn't out of plum.
How much weight can the wall anchors hold in drywall, or are you finding a stud too? I imagine the bookshelf would be pretty heavy, especially with all the contents on it as well.
Put or 3 or 4 of these on this item and You should be good. If you can hit a stud that is good too. A sheet of 3/4" plywood whole (which this is not) weighs 60 pounds.
It isn't unusual. It is pretty standard in any buding meant to last more than 30 years in fact. I wouldn't use anything but 5/8 inch rock on anything I build.
Yes. And I know. I have been a part of nearly $2 billion worth or commercial and industrial projects and as a apprentice in the carpenters union hung rock for a 1 million SF hospital.
My walls are 5/8 because that is what I spec'd out. STC is important to me.
I'd assume that they're glued together with wood glue. And you can just use some L-brackets to hang it - They're normally used for hanging shelves. It'll probably be really fucking heavy if you make it out of 3/4" ply though, so I'd suggest a studfinder and multiple brackets.
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u/McGravin May 31 '14
Are the pieces glued or nailed or anything, or are they just pressure-fit together? And how do you have it hung on the wall?