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Re: Bookshelves 

By: Zimbler0 in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (1)
Sun, 13 Oct 24 5:41 AM | 16 view(s)
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Decomposed > Sounds like a real nice setup. How many books?

The shelves themselves are about 28.75 inches long. 30 to 36 books on each.

I recently built a 'unit' which is bolted to my wall. About 35" long shelves with some 33 paperbacks on it. Many of these paperbacks are fatter than my older ones. This unit has four shelves, each eight inches tall. With the top shelf open to the ceiling. And these shelves are about 5.5" deep - standard 1" X 6.

Nothing custom about this one (except that I made it and it is one-of-a-kind). Standard lumber. The whole thing is made of 1" X 6" with a plywood back. Sanded and finished with poly-urethane. I like that 'real wood' look. Knots and pretty grains give it character, I say.

How many books? Probably over 400 at least. I've also got text books, study guides, and some regular hard back books. On other shelves. Not to mention computer books (all OLD now), reference books, etc. etc.

And my notebooks. Binder types. That is why my two oldest shelves have the 10" deep by 12" tall shelves. To fit the binders.

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Re: Bookshelves
By: De_Composed in 6TH POPE
Sun, 13 Oct 24 5:11 AM 		Msg. 59359 of 60008

Zimbler0:

Re: “Were those 8' boards two inches thick? Books are HEAVY and I'm not too sure pegs will stand up to the strain.”Yes, the verticals are 2" thick. Indeed, books are heavy and over time they can make a shelf bow. I'm dealing with that by having the shelves be very short. I'm comfortable that four pegs will be able to support the weight of a short .75" shelf (with the depth varying from 4" to 8") and its payload of about twenty small paperbacks.Re: “Something else my Daddy told me a long long time ago . . The back of a bookshelf is where a LOT of the strength comes from. Strength to keep the shelves from bowing.”Makes sense. But my verticals will be bracketed onto every wall stud in three places. Wall studs are just 16 inches apart. That's not far. The shelves running from vertical to vertical will therefore be extremely short and the weight on them not great. I don't think there will be any bowing. Re: “The top three shelves are for paperbacks - eight inches tall. Besides the paperbacks there is an Analog Science Fiction from 1994 and they all fit nicely. The next shelf is ten inches tall and the bottom two are twelve inches tall. The three lower shelves are all a real 10" deep. (Custom cut at a place called Yukon Lumber. Mahogany.) The paperback shelves are all six inches deep.”Sounds like a real nice setup. How many books?Re: “I thought wall studs ran vertically?”They do. My verticals stand on the floor. The weight will be on them, not on the studs. The verticals will be bracketed to the studs at top, bottom and middle strictly to keep the verticals from ever moving.Re: “Out of curiosity, did you ever think about buying a LOT of 2" X 6" X 16' and running them horizontally bracketing those to every vertical stud?”I did not. I took advice from a guy who had built all the bookshelves at a large local thrift store. He knew what he was talking about and stressed the importance of keeping the shelves short. He sent me a photo, (below) of what he built in his own house. He used metal pegs, btw, same as me. Unless my wood is too soft, I don't think they'll give me any trouble. My shelves will be considerably shorter than most of his.

Thanks for the questions and great comments!



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