Inverted Bookshelf

Step 2 Measure it out

The key things you need to figure out are how wide your books are and what length of elastic is good enough to support all of the books against the board without crushing them against it.

Measuring out my books, the average width was one inch and the ideal length of elastic turned out to be 14 inches.

Comments

[trochee]

I just combined this Instrutable with another one, and it looks really cool.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Invisible-Book-Shelf/

I now have books hanging off a book with books stacked on top of it!

[trochee]

Here are pictures of my final product. I painted the invisible shelves with acrylic paint and a glue gun. Since the book's cardboard cover was easy to pierce with the staples, the project was easy as pie. I would recommend, when creating the invisible shelves, to screw through the outer cover, since the weight of the hanging books will just peel the cover down. I used an elastic band instead, but in hindsight it would be easier to use screws.

[cowscankill]

Wait... how did you paint an invisible shelf? I can't really tell what in the picture is painted...

[trochee]

lol

[Foaly7]

Awesome fusion of instructables (I call that type of project Fusibles), dude!

[bassclarinet23]

Awesome.

[sofiyyullah]

@ richelton -Nice one.How dou you get the hooks?

[barbwired]

wow that's really a funky idea :) bravo

[JonBMemphis]

just wondering what kind of "hook" makes the "E" form at the bottom of the elastic strip?

[bartoncasey]

Did you consider using a single strap instead of a loop to hold each book? A strip with a flat end attached (like a button) could be slipped between the middle pages. It'd be less stable, but a simpler design.

[fungus amungus]

I actually did consider something along those lines. I think the ideal item would be a hook on the end. Imagine a sideways "E" where the strap connected to the middle tine.

[RaisedByRobots]

cannot parse... ?? don't understand..

[richelton]

I think he means something like this:

[fungus amungus]

Exactly.

[RaisedByRobots]

oic