Simple Floating Shelf

I always wanted to build my own floating shelves and had seen some
similar ideas but they were not quite as solid so took a little time to think
about how I could improve on the ideas I had seen and still keep it simple.
This is what i came up with.

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Step 1: Materials

1) Piece of solid wood for the shelf
2) 6mm thread bar
3) 6mm nuts x2
4) 6mm expansion bolts x2
5) oil to finish wood off (optional)

manishrkp says: Nov 28, 2012. 5:46 AM

Good work, I suggest to use TMT bar which can be hammered in both parts using drill bit slightly smaller in diameter than bar.

Rawcliff says: May 14, 2012. 2:18 AM

leonroode... i salute your sharing of the wonderful floating shelf.....cheers!

gerbils says: May 1, 2012. 6:00 AM

Thanks - this is a great instructable. I used it to make a spice shelf for my kitchen, using recovered construction scaffolding wood!

reptedjess says: Jan 15, 2012. 6:05 PM

So, How much weight do you thing those thread bars can take before they fail?

leonroode (author) in reply to reptedjessJan 26, 2012. 11:05 AM

@reptedjess the weight factor would realle depend on what thickness thread bar you use. The two i have made have both been with 6mm bar because they are intended for light stuff but if load factors were higher i would use a thicker thread bar. but also remember that the depth of the shelf will play a huge factor in the whole equation. ie the deaper the shelf the more leverage on the fixings