DIY Wall Shelves - Designs? Ideas? Criticisms? - ArthurPrince

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DIY Wall Shelves - Designs? Ideas? Criticisms?

Looking once again at the cheaper route, I wondered if I could build an effective wall shelf for my suspended TT instead of shelling out 160-300 dollars. I did some research and found a few examples of a basic DIY design using strong brackets and MDF that looks promising. It seems the most crucial requirement is decoupling the shelf the table sits on from the mount/brackets. I am curious if the following design would be effective or not:

2 L brackets, heavy steel, mounted to studs at 2 points
2 pieces of 3/4 inch MDF glued together (glue to brackets?)
1 piece of 3/4 MDF, sitting on 4 spikes on top of the bracketed MDF
The TT would then rest on top of the single MDF piece, also using isolation spikes (3 or 4?)

Any input at all is welcomed regarding this idea. I figure i can do it for about 1/4 or 1/3 the price of a new Target Pro shelf. But will it work as well?

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Topic - DIY Wall Shelves - Designs? Ideas? Criticisms? - ArthurPrince 16:23:48 12/16/05 (6)

Cheap 'n Cheerful from Home Depot - Pete Fowler 17:58:50 12/16/05 (1)

nice job Pete - KT88 09:29:58 12/17/05 (0)

two ideas. one criticism. - KT88 17:03:24 12/16/05 (1)

Re: two ideas. one criticism. - Tightwad 17:08:30 12/16/05 (0)

Build two, and send one my way.... - NuWave 16:59:29 12/16/05 (1)

Re: Build two, and send one my way.... - Fred J 18:37:37 12/16/05 (0)

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