How to attach to a wall

Google “french cleat”, then ask any questions you still have. HTH

-- Art

I just completed some floating shelf’s that were 24” long and 6” wide. I used sliding dove tails. This worked very well and they are very sturdy. I put the pins on the outer part of the shelf and then counter sunk the screw in the grove of the 1-1/2” inside portion of the shelf.

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AandCstyle: thanks! Sometimes the problem is just not knowing the terminology…carpentry’s had a long time to come up with different ways of naming things. :)

RRBOU: that also sounds like it’d work well. I haven’t done any dovetail work yet, though I do have the appropriate bit for my router.

Derakon, The french cleat looks like this:

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+1 for the French cleat.

Nice diagram Woodworm.

Waho609, I should not get the credit for the diagram – I copied it from the web coz I could not paste the link.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

+2 for the French cleat. The screws that hold the cleat to the wall can be plugged with decorative wood plugs.
I have a couple of shelves and cabinets around my house hung this way. They are very strong.
Just my .02

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If it’s not a heavy shelving unit nor a heavy load you can use a ‘key hole’ router bit and this will hide your hanging solutions.

I have used this method on several 3 and 4 shelf units for Knick Knacks and DVD/CD storage, wieghing up to 25 – 30 lbs.

You will want to make the slot with the plunge hole at the bottum, (think tear drop shape) in the style frame. You can also make horizontal slots shaped like a dog bone, in the rail frame. – Len

-- Mother Nature should be proud of what you've done with her tree. - Len ...just north of a stone's throw from the oHIo, river that is, in So. Indiana.