Invisible Book Shelf

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by dorxincandeland
 

introInvisible Book Shelf

Cast levitation level 7 on your books!
Invisible Book Shelf
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step 1What You'll Need

Book
Good sized "L" Bracket
Carpet Knife
Pen
Small wood screws (of the flat headed variety)
Large wood screws
Tape Measure or Ruler
Glue
A Stack of Books for Weight

A friend at work gave me a stack of Stephen King books that were collecting dust in his garage. My previous two shelves from the introduction were free books that my public library was trying to get rid of.
Use a book you don't mind never reading again.

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May 3, 2007. 6:44 PMvolvoman37 says:
i read this one, decided i needed some decorations, and went to town on it. simple, effect is great. thanks for this!
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Aug 17, 2007. 3:35 PMtomfoolery says:
Dude, not to be mean but the books in your pictures are way to high. I would sugest making it about eye level. Unless your just realy tall.. Btw, GREAT instructable!
Aug 30, 2007. 2:44 PMTrainwr3k says:
Hunter S. Thompson, nice. Good instructable btw I plan on doing it.
Sep 11, 2007. 10:23 AMartista says:
Wonderful idea!!! And very good explained.
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Oct 3, 2007. 8:49 PMpolymathism says:
easy to follow, and after the first one its clockwork. i made a zipper like format. good space saver too!
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Nov 8, 2007. 8:41 PMBrowncoat says:
That looks FANTASTIC!!
Nov 29, 2007. 6:28 PMarchenteron says:
That looks so good.
Jan 8, 2008. 10:42 PMoffseid says:
Great Instructable! Here's mine. A possible modification would be to make the shelf book a "secret compartment" or hollow book!
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Mar 24, 2008. 12:23 PMdaveraven says:
Thanks a lot for this great instructable! The directions and pictures were very clear. Here are pics of my shelf:
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Jun 15, 2008. 4:48 PMchrislrob says:
My first instructable! Most excellent!
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Jul 15, 2008. 1:36 PMshooby says:
This is how it should be done, with lots of books, attached lower to the ground. Like this, it's subtle, looking almost as though the books are stacked on the ground, until one inspects further. Good job Artista. With a stack of 6 books in the middle of the wall, it's too 'Disneyland'. People might scratch their heads at it, but in the end of the day you have a stack of 6 books that you don't care about sticking out of your wall.
Aug 2, 2008. 5:16 PMOmegaChicken says:
Here's my attempt. I used some nice, gilded, leatherbound editions of the Homeric epics with just god-awful, rhyming English verse translations. I couldn't stand ever reading them, besides I have better translations and I know ancient Greek anyway, so I don't even need them! HA! In your face, publisher. On to the project, I didn't have a drill, so I couldn't put pilot holes in the pages, but I found that simply placing the screw that holds the pages together more into the center of the page instead of toward the corner, I got less "wrinkle" on the sides. There was still a lot of wrinkle on the edge of the pages, but that faces the wall anyway so there's no problem there. All in all, not a bad first attempt. In fact, this is the first project I'd done with instructables.com. On the plus side, most of my literature is heroic prose or poetry, so the shelves match their contents. Don't ask me why I mounted them like that. Shoulda done the red one a little higher. Awesome Instructable!
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Aug 6, 2008. 9:15 AMNinth says:
Are all those books stacked on the one "shelf" or do you have a lot of books connected to the wall and just filled the gaps? If so, how many are connected to the wall?
Feb 21, 2009. 5:33 AMSirJoey says:
Way kool! Thanx for sharing this one! Here's mine:
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Oct 26, 2009. 4:04 PMepoh says:
Hi everyone,
I'd like to thank for this great instructable!

I was planning to do my bookshelf for about 6 months. When I finally got to round to it, it took me about an hour or two.

I used an old calendar notebook with metal binding on the side so I can hang my earing collection :)

Thanks again!
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Nov 16, 2009. 8:55 AMstewent says:
Here is the one I built. I did it with two brackets and it turned out great. Awesome instructable!


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Feb 2, 2010. 6:56 PMandydrumer12 says:
 Here's a pic of the one I made. I liked the way the books look standing up, kinda defeats the purpose but oh well..
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Feb 4, 2010. 4:17 PMstarburst552 says:
 no, i like the way you have the books set upwards! 
Apr 4, 2010. 11:35 AMCraftyGal1965 says:
How cool is that!  Wow!
May 7, 2010. 5:40 AMahurlimann says:
You've just inspired me. Wow, I love how you used the spiral notebook to make it more "fun"ctional!
Jun 14, 2010. 11:39 AMfrenzy says:

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Aug 18, 2010. 1:27 PMcanida says:
Nice mod!
Sep 7, 2010. 11:32 AMMoab says:
Hello. My walls are made of plasterBoard. Can i still screw in the plasterboard ? Will it be resilient enough ? Any feedback ?

Thank you for the instructable
Sep 6, 2010. 2:29 AMmacmundi says:
So many of you have this cordless. I had about 3 of them until I finally bought myself a Makita.
Sep 3, 2010. 11:04 PMmagiccowy says:
Thank you. I made this a while ago and i even have eragon on it
Aug 31, 2010. 4:48 PMtesinopolis says:
This is so great, I'm going to do this with some of my action figures/collectibles actually, and this is just perfect for that! I just hope I don't *cave* in and buy the Conceal Shelf off the Amazon link greeneyzblue just posted above, cuz what's the fun in that if I didn't MAKE it myself! ;D....ok ok, maybe I'll buy one or two just to tide me over, but I'm STILL making these! Great share, dorxincandeland!
Aug 14, 2010. 6:10 PMamishacker says:
How much weight would you say the average hardcover can bear?
Aug 9, 2010. 12:24 PMpriceis says:
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Jul 25, 2010. 11:25 AMprohvessor says:
Very good idea! +
Jul 10, 2010. 3:06 PMtheexpert says:
calm down if you looked and read the instructions those books aren't hurt just the bottom one and eragon is a great book by the way recommended it to all fictional readers and others to:)
Jun 23, 2010. 8:36 PMPastTheVoid says:
Unheard of! You can't do that at level four, but I'll do it anyway!
Apr 24, 2010. 10:48 PMYerboogieman says:
I don't have a book I don't want though! Usually I buy books because I DO want them.
Jun 9, 2010. 11:34 AMbarneythekiller says:
just go to a second hand place buy the cheapest usable book and ta da
Aug 23, 2009. 6:36 AMStephen D. Alverez says:
I have that drill
May 13, 2010. 1:01 PMacardboardllama says:
i have that drill tooooooooo
May 4, 2010. 2:52 PMLaBeasy says:
question, would it be more stable if you used two L brackets? maybe i dont know enough about it, but it seems a little bit unstable this way.
Apr 30, 2010. 2:37 AMvenkatraju09 says:
thats good please send this technique in full detailed one to me, thanks
Apr 28, 2010. 2:16 PMDudeyowuzup says:
For those with a little more money but no books they're willing to destroy, I just found this on Amazon.
(http://www.amazon.com/Umbra-330637-560-Conceal-Shelf-Nickel/dp/B000IVRTBO/ref=pd_sim_dbs_k_1)
Aug 16, 2009. 9:06 PMElQuinntero says:
i live in an apartment and i dont want to screw up my walls is there any substitute to the wood screw into the stud
Apr 27, 2010. 5:31 PMg0nn el tren says:
you can make the hole, and when you want to remove it, you can try this method:
you'll need:
- paper towel (also toilet paper)
- glue
- water
- a bowl or something to mix (paper cup)

1st, mix the glue and water until the glue is a little diluted. next, cut the paper towel so it fits on the screw hole. wet the paper in the glue n' fill the hole with it. let dry. finally you'll need to sand it and paint it.

luck
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