12 Pcs 10" Black Solid Steel Floating Shelf Bracket Blind Shelf Supports - Hidden Brackets for Floating Wood Shelves - Concealed Blind Shelf Support – Screws and Wall Plugs Included

I run a small 3d printing and custom pen making/woodworking/CNC company. So Abby me designs I make, my wife always gets the first completed item. She had been asking for some floating shelves to display some of her knick knacks. I bought these and they have worked perfect. Since making her shelf, I've had 3 new orders come in from ppl who saw the shelves on FB. They work great, ready to install, abs so far we're have had zero issues with. I will continue to purchase more sizes.

These are sturdy and easy to screw into the wall, no problem. But building floating shelves that will sit level and support weight requires more.Making the shelves sit flat and level requires carefully selecting the wood, taking care in the placement of the brackets on the walls, being precise about the placement of the holes in the shelves, and, most critically, keeping those holes very, very straight. If you are handy with a level, good with a drill, and a bit too obsessive with measuring, then you shouldn't have a problem. Otherwise, be prepared to put a bunch of holes in your walls and/or live with some crooked shelves.There is one big issue with these brackets, and its the spacing of the screw holes. They are spread out across the bracket for stability and so the supports don't get in the way of getting the screws in. The problem is that they are just far enough apart that, if centered on a stud, both screws will fail to catch the stud.Putting the screws in at an angle will catch the stud, but this can move the bracket that you so carefully measured and placed. I suppose you could use drywall anchors, but I really don't like those for any more weight than a picture. The best practice is to cut out the drywall, put in a cross beam, redo the drywall, and then attach the bracket to the cross beam.Yeah, I didn't want to do all that either.I ended up lining up the bracket so that one screw could go straight into the stud, then using a super long deck screw at an angle to catch the stud, and going very, very slowly so that the bracket stayed where I wanted it to stay. It worked, but I'm not proud of it.So if you read all that and this still seems like a good idea, then I have a couple of other quick tips.One, you will need long drill bits to bore the holes. I guess 8 inch bits could work, but I like to have a little wiggle room, so I used 10" long bits. The diameter you need for the support to fit snuggly is a 1/2" bit. A twist bit makes a nice clean hole and so does a paddle bit, so the shelf should slide on and off the support with very little resistance if you use a 1/2" bit. I wanted them to be a teeeensy bit tighter, so I used a 3/8" bit paddle bit to bore the hole, then used a 1/2" bit to bore it again (basically just running it in and out real quick). This makes the hole just a little uneven on the inside instead of clean, so it grabs on to the support with more clutch.Second, if you want the things to be truly flush then you will need to chisel out a little cavity for the plate to slide in. I decided to put a couple shelves up without doing that. I used 2X6 for my shelves, and with them that thick, the gap created by the bracket plate is barely noticeable. If you use anything smaller than 2X6, then you will probably need to hide the plates.

I used these to install some floating shelves - really my first serious DIY project. Given the spacing, only one of the two holes in the bracket will go into the stud. For that hole, I bought some 2.5" drywall screws as the provided screws seemed rather short. For the other hole, I did not use the provided screws/anchors as the seller provided no information on weight capacity and the anchor did not look durable. I ended up buying some 25 lb plastic anchors and compatible wood screws (flat head so that it was flush with bracket).For alignment, I installed the rods first, making sure they were as level as possible. I put the shelf up on top of the rods and marked the horizontal position of the rods along the back of the shelf. I used my level to mark any vertical offsets between rods (typically ~1/8" or less) and transferred those to the back of the shelf (painters tape is your friend for all markings).I used a 12" long 1/2" diameter drill bit and a drillblock to aid in drilling a straight hole in my Douglas Fir wood. Even with a drillblock and clamp, it was difficult to drill a straight hole to accommodate the rods. As a result the shelf slopes slightly upward away from the wall (better than sloping downward). I have 3 rods going into a 4 ft long shelf. It was tough sliding it on, only got about half way on. I didn't want to bang away on the shelf, so I removed it, oiled the rods and then the shelf went right on with minimal extra effort.CONS: provided screws/anchors seemed unreliable to me. Product description provides weight limit when mounted to stud but no information with brackets in drywall. For me, this is the main reason for removing one star. I wish better screws/anchors were provided.PROS: The rods are extremely sturdy once mounted with upgraded screws/anchors. Mine were straight enough to get 3 of them into one 4 ft long shelf though with some greasing required.So far, I would recommend this product but will updated this review if necessary.

Very durable and hold my heavy custom floating shelves with ease. Great product!

Did what designed for. Great price.

Like some of the other reviewers have said measure measure measure. I was able to mount the brackets vertically on studs because I was installing 4x6 shelves. Used a self centering tool to line up my holes and again measure at each step.

They should’ve been easy to use, but because the post are not centered vertically in the bracket you have to watch the orientation to keep the bracket hidden. You also need a drill press to start the hole. I have a small drill press so I couldn’t drill the whole depth of the bracket so I started the hole on the drill press and used a longer bit freehand to drill the rest of the way. But I really had a hard time of the centering of the post one shelf I got right and another shelf you can see, the top of the post as you look at the shelf kind of defeating the purpose. Also, I would like to drill these into a stud but I could only get one hole in the stud and one hole, I had to use the plastic inserts because the holes were too far apart to fit into a stud.

First review ever. Sturdy. Easy to use. Just what i needed.

Se sienten de buena calidad tal como se ven en las imágenes.

These look amazing, although they are for a winter project, they are exactly what I need and look forward to the easy installation

These feel very good quality, will be using to fix a solid piece of wood above a fire soon

Could have been a bit more sturdy.

Good value and they look like they will work well