How to mount a shelf with wood shelf brackets

Everyone needs a single shelf somewhere in their home.  I will show you how to mount a shelf measuring 3/4" X 10" X 36".  To support the shelf, I'm using two cherry concave 8 shelf brackets from Tyler Morris Woodworking.  One shelf bracket is mounted to a wooden stud and the other is attached to drywall only using Toggler drywall anchors.

I'm aware that the shelf brackets have a 250 lb. capacity rating and the Toggler brand drywall anchors have a 200 lb. capacity rating.  I plan on using my shelf for books and small objects. It's safe to assume that this load  will not cause my shelf to fail.

Step 1: Tools and Materials

I'm the owner of TylerMorrisWoodworking.com and I'm using two of our Cherry Concave 8 shelf brackets and a 3/4" X 10" X 36" shelf.  The simple tools required to install your shelf are the following; 4' level, 9" level, hammer or mallet, drill, drill bits, masking tape, pencil, screwdriver and a stud finder.  You will also need hardware for mounting the shelf to wooden studs and to drywall only.  This includes #10 x 2 1/2" flat head wood screws, 10-24 X 2" flat head machine screws, #8 X 1 1/4" flat head wood screws and Toggler brand drywall anchors.  You will also require 7/16" button head wood plugs. 

Comments

[manishrkp]

Nice instructable, is it ready made shelf or you have build it?

[scraptopower]

Nice guide! Thanks for sharing it with us. You could use redi-drivers in place of the toggles.

[tmorris28]

Thanks folks.  Instructables is new to me.  I have spent the past two evenings immersed in it. 
I had fun writing this tutorial and I have a list of other wood related projects that I would like to share too.

[owl box]

I appreciate that you took the time to put together a tutorial, that novice "handymen" will find useful.  People that arrive at Instructables looking for general advice may be intimidated, unless someone provides these kinds of "basic how-to" articles.

[lemonie]

That's very good, you show everything very clearly.

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