![]() The clamps also help keep everything lined up if the wood is slightly warped or bowed. Use clamps to help hold it in place while it dries. Take another piece of 1×2 and glue it to the edge of the other 1×2 piece to create the lip of the shelve. Step Four: Repeat the gluing process with another 1×2 Then, screw the pieces of wood together using 1×1/4″ screws. Once the glue has dried for 20-30 minutes, remove the clamps and drill some pilot holes through the edge of the 1×2 on both ends and about every foot in between. Step Three: Screw the 1×2 and 1×3 pieces together You still won’t want globs of glue, but if you have to wipe them down paint should still take. If you’re painting the shelves, you won’t have to worry about glue seepage too much. The glue is basically there to help keep the wood together as you attach the screws that will REALLY hold it together, so you don’t need much. Even a little bit will resist the stain and make the wood look splotchy. If you are also staining your shelves, you don’t want any glue seepage. This piece of 1×2 is going to be the bottom. The 1×2’s will serve as the bottom and the front lip. ![]() Step Two: Attach one 1×2 to the inside of a 1×3Īpply a thin layer of Gorilla glue to the edge of a 1×2 and clamp the 1×2 standing up on top of one of the 1×3’s lined up at the edge.īasically, the 1×3 is going to serve as the back piece. Then, I wiped all the wood down to get rid of any sawdust residue. I started by sanding with 120 grit sandpaper and finished with 220 grit. If you don’t have it cut at the store, you’re going to need to cut each piece of wood in half so that you end up with 4 ft long pieces. Since I had the wood cut at Home Depot before I brought it home, all I had to do to prepare it was sand it down. ![]() SUPPLIES NEEDED (for 3 – 4 ft long shelves): The cost of lumber for one of these shelves was just $2.63! How to Make DIY Vinyl Record Wall Shelves Plus, these ledge shelves are super cheap to make. Once you learn how to make these vinyl record shelves, you could apply this technique to many other sizes for various other ledges. I have no experience (unless you count 8th grade shop class) with power tools and don’t own any except for an electric drill!Īnd I literally built these on my dining room table. “There’s no way I could make those shelves. Plus, I love my collection and wanted them to be easy to pull down and listen to. I thought that I was “too old” for another vinyl record wall, and yet here we are.ġ6 year old me hung vinyl records by nailing them into my wall.ģ5 year old me decided ledge shelves would be a more sophisticated (and less damaging) option. There are some things that you grow out of as you mature, such as puka shell necklaces and flare jeans.Īnd there are others that are so ingrained in you that as hard as you resist, even when you’re a grown adult, you can’t help it. ![]()
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