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Posted by Goedjn on February 16, 2007, 2:02 pm
wrote:
>Thus spake clintonG:
>
>> A 3/4" x 12-15" plywood shelf with bracing every 36" should suffice and
>> could easily carry loads up to 100 lbs. without worry.
>
>The *kind* of bracing is the point of my question and post. What supports the
>shelf, in your design?
>
>Would like to avoid an all-2x4 lumber triangle every 36 inches -- I plan to
>span almost 20 feet of wall with these shelves, with possibly as many as 3 or
>4 shelves above the work surface. (The work surface itself is a
>self-supporting "box" design.)
>
>Bolting 2x4 to the wall is no problem. I'm just trying to avoid the use of
>vertical "post" supports into the work area.
>
>Thanks,
I built a bunch of wall brackets out of 1x3s and 1x2s,
like this: www.goedjn.com/sketch/bracket.gif
Which are adequate to hold up a good armload of 2x4s,
if placed every 4'. Mine are screwed into the
wall with 3.5" deck screws.
they need one screw through the tenon where the
horizontal pegs to the vertical, to keep it
from withdrawing, but everything else is
in compression when it's loaded.
Note that the tennons on the angle peice
need to be at 45 degrees, or you can't
assemble all three parts at once.
In my setup, the triangular open area is used to
to store pipe and dowel.
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