How To Make Metal Shelf Brackets

Attach the wood to the bracket and enjoy your shelves.

How to make metal shelf brackets.

This will be big enough to cover the end and weld to at the same time. Install the bracket onto the wall. So to improvise we made our own industrial farmhouse metal shelf brackets from 1 8 thick steel flat bar from lowes. Remove the metal bar from the metal brake.

Cut one end off at a 45 degree angle with the 1 side of the board touching the deck of your saw now flip your board by lifting the fresh cut end up and rotate it from 3 o clock to 9 o clock. Clamp the 22 5 down to your work table. Cut flat steel piece for a 3 4 pipe i usually use a piece of flat steel that is 1 wide and 1 8 thick. This is how i do it.

After bend the metal until it s at a 90 degree angle. Take your two bracket arms 1 24 and 1 22 5. Cut the wood for the shelves and finish the wood with stain plus finish. Tighten the bolts on the brake using a wrench and use a square to make sure the metal bar is square in the brake this will give you a straight bend.

Etsy has similar farmhouse shelf brackets that are made from 1 4 thick steel flat bar but they re at least 12 00 per set of shelf brackets plus shipping. Complete this bend for each bracket 2 for two shelves or 4 for four shelves. Instructions on how to make diy farmhouse style metal shelf brackets from flat steel bought at lowes. This post contains affiliate links.

Take the 24 and lay it perpendicular to the 22 5. To prevent the nuts from being seen on the other side of the wall increase the holes with a masonry chisel as much as it is needed to ensure that after installation full size nuts remain in the wall. Make custom metal shelf brackets full tutorial is found on this post. Drill the holes through the full thickness of the wall and mount the shelf bracket using washers nuts and a threaded rod.

The final cost for materials comes out to about a dolla.