The fine folks at instructables sent me one of their patches as a a “thank you” for featuring my Zero Point Shelf project in their “Weekend Builder Newsletter.” Also in the mail was the copy of “Making Things Talk” that I ordered. Happy Day!
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This project reached featured status on instructables and has received over 24,000 views there. It was also listed in the Instructables “Weekend Builder” e-mail!
If putting holes in the wall was a game this shelf wouldn’t net you any points. The image above is a very rough SketchUp drawing of a shelf I am going to start building over the next couple of weeks. The concept of “clamping” shelving between the ceiling and floor isn’t original to me, in fact I’ve see several variations of the idea; this is just my variation. The point of this method of mounting shelves is - you get the shelf without the holes in your wall, the concept also lends itself to being placed where there is no wall (stud) support.
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This is a shelf I built using Kee Klamps and 1-3/8″ top rail fence post.
Note: I made some errors in the Kee Klamp prices and the quantity of the Horizontal Swivel Socket Member please note the changes.
I purchased the Kee Klamps from Simplified Building Concepts, you can also get them from Grainger and McMaster-CARR prices are about the same anywhere you go (read: expensive) but Simplified Building seemed to have a better selection. The Kee Klamps are awesome and I could come up with a ton of things to build with them, but there a bit cost prohibitive to build with. All in all though they work quite well. I couldn’t find the weight bearing specifications of the Kee Klamps but I was able to stand on the middle shelf (~160lbs) without failure. This was an expensive project mostly due to the use of the Kee Klamps, but they sure are cool.
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