How To Make A Wood Shelf Bracket

Place the wood shelf on top of the brackets and pre drill a hole through the end of the bracket into the bottom of the shelf.

How to make a wood shelf bracket. In this video i show you how i make some very simple shelves with diy brackets all out of scrap wood. Cut your 4 8 pieces on a 45 degree angle alternating on each side. Now for a little decorative touch pick 4 of your straight cut 9 boards. This is to be able to accommodate all of the new things coming into.

If you are using shelving that is 1 1 2 inches deep and 8 inches wide then. Then spread wood glue on the two cut edges of the 9 piece and secured. Then use the socket attachment for your drill to secure the shelf to the bracket with a 1 1 2 lag screw. Cut the 2 by 6 inch boards with a chop saw table saw or hand held crosscut saw into two pieces so that each has a square end.

Cut three pieces 7 6 1 4 and 9 this one being beveled at 45 degrees on each end and the 9 being the longest side. In the 6 1 4 piece drill two pocket holes and then attached this piece into the 7 piece. How to build a simple shelf bracket step 1. Cut three equilateral triangles out of a piece of wood.

To keep it simple use the same wood chosen for the wood shelf.