Floating shelf completed - Woodworking Talk

hubaseball · 02-08-2009, 10:21 PM

I just finished a floating wall shelf and hung it up on the wall. I thought I would post some pics

cowchaser · 02-08-2009, 10:48 PM

Looks very nice. How long is it?

hubaseball · 02-09-2009, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by cowchaser

Looks very nice. How long is it?

It is 24" by 5 3/4"

BudK · 02-09-2009, 02:48 AM

Well executed . Oaky , with a touch of magic .

What room ?

You realize , of course , year's ago you would BURN for that .

If you weigh the same as a duck ...

BHOFM · 02-09-2009, 05:05 AM

Looking good!

autoBrad · 02-16-2009, 11:29 PM

I'm just curious, how did you attach it? I made 2 floating shelves and ended up making a jig for keyhole slots..

hubaseball · 02-18-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by autoBrad

I'm just curious, how did you attach it? I made 2 floating shelves and ended up making a jig for keyhole slots..

I ended up using a blind shelf support from Rockler. it is two rods that stick out from the wall and attach to a plate that gets screwed to the wall. pretty easy to use.

autoBrad · 02-19-2009, 08:50 AM

I forgot to say before, nice looking shelf.. Did you buy store crown molding? If so, what type of wood is it and what type of stain did you use?

I looked up the brackets on rockler.com, they look pretty nice, they seem kinda expsensive though at like 12 or 13 dollars. Seems to add a good deal of cost to the shelf.

I made two of these shelves with 1x poplar and crown molding. One of them I painted and the other I haven't finished because I'm affraid to stain it thinking that poplar doesn't stain well from what I have read..

autoBrad · 02-19-2009, 08:55 AM

Here's the two I made. I don't mean to hijack your thread, obviously I am into making these type of shelves.. And I really like how yours turned out stained, etc..

Decorative Shelf Pics
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hubaseball · 02-20-2009, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by autoBrad

I forgot to say before, nice looking shelf.. Did you buy store crown molding? If so, what type of wood is it and what type of stain did you use?

I looked up the brackets on rockler.com, they look pretty nice, they seem kinda expsensive though at like 12 or 13 dollars. Seems to add a good deal of cost to the shelf.

I made two of these shelves with 1x poplar and crown molding. One of them I painted and the other I haven't finished because I'm affraid to stain it thinking that poplar doesn't stain well from what I have read..

I used store crown molding and stained it using a minwax golden oak. Hanging the shelf was an after thought so I am going to do some better planing next time and come up with my own hanging device.