Invisible Book Shelf

Step 4 Screw Stephen King!

...or at least place your small wood screws to secure the "L" bracket in place, and one on either side toward the edges of the book to secure the pages of Stephen Kings book together. Hanging the bracket over the edge of a desk, chair, or counter is helpful. The pages will try to rise up the screw as you insert it, so make sure you're putting some pressure on them to keep them in line. If this part is not done correctly the end result will show the pages as wavy and will tip off the viewer that something is amiss. The picture shows me using a cordless drill, but I found that doing it by hand was much more effective.

Comments

[brunamaral]

It's a crime destroy a stephen king's book!!!!!!

[ruben710415]

jlblo8d

[macmundi]

So many of you have this cordless. I had about 3 of them until I finally bought myself a Makita.

[sk3lton]

Gotta love Makita drills :)

[h.bergeron]

gotta love Makita anything ;)

[benduy]

gotta love black and decker

[Stephen D. Alverez]

I have that drill

[acardboardllama]

i have that drill tooooooooo

[sidekickgirl84]

You can also do this without destroying a book. Use two brackets instead of one. One on each end. No one is going to look at your shelf that close so don't bother cutting a notch. Instead of gluing or screwing the book to it, get supraclips. They are tiny and available at Office Depot. There is a tool for using them but can easily be pried open without it. Use them to clip the back of the book to the L bracket. You can also get magnetic bookends at Office depot. They are stronger and you can glue a flat magnet or piece of metal to the inside of the back of the book to hold it up. I've also done this to make cheap end tables. Screw an L bracket to the bottom of a serving tray. Then screw the L-bracket to the wall. Put a stack of books or something on the tray in front of the exposed part of the bracket. Most likely it will sit low enough that you don't need to hide the bottom. If you have a tray that you can't drill into, putting something heavy directly over the bracket will hold the tray in place too.

[chloefdc]

I just finished "day one" of this project. We ended up drilling holes into the book which significantly reduced the wrinkling pages and made the screws go in much easier. I suggest drilling beforehand. Thanks for wonderful instructions!

[Nukarac]

drill a pilot hole would help with the pages not wrinkling up

[thrudd]

Hmmm .... if you know someone who is a graphic artist you could "borrow" some of their paper fixative ..... its sort of like a spray on rubber cement but less wet. Just spray lightly while rifling the pages. Use the stronger stuff to glue the back to the bracket. That way you can avoid the page wrinkles that are a dead give away.

[thecosas]

would clamping around the screw help with the pages?

[dorxincandeland]

YES.