We've designed the most installation friendly Floating Shelf Bracket System for your DIY Project. With our patent pending design consisting of a screw hole every inch along the bracket, you can mount your shelf anywhere on your wall regardless of where your studs are located. This is extremely important - especially in kitchens where you will need an exact placement for your shelf, for example, between two upper cabinets. In addition to the versatility of placement, our brackets have simplified your floating shelf installation process. There are basically 2 steps - 1) Drill holes in your shelf for the bracket rods and 2) Mount the bracket to the wall. Your shelf then simply slides over your bracket. This will save you a lot of time, and in the end, you will have a shelf strong enough to hold 50 pounds per stud.
HIDDEN FLOATING SHELF BRACKETS
STEP 1
Choose the correct Bracket Type depending on your Shelf Thickness
We offer 3 styles of floating shelf brackets: The 9ER bracket, The Standard Bracket, and The Mantel Bracket.
The bracket you'll need will depend on the thickness of your shelf.
The 9ER Bracket - (named the "niner" bracket because it's 9/10 of an inch tall) for shelves that are 1-1/2" thick. If you're using dimensional lumber which are 2x6's, 2x8's, 2x10s, and 2x12s then you'll use this bracket. Note: dimensional lumber is 1-1/2" thick even though they are called 2x6's etc. thus the reason for using the 9ER bracket.
The Standard Bracket - for shelves that are 1-3/4" to 2-3/4" thick. These are for most shelves that are made from hardwoods such as walnut, oak, alder, maple, and others. This is our most popular bracket.
The Mantel Bracket - for shelves 3" and thicker.
A BRACKET FOR EVERY SHELF THICKNESS
PATENT PENDING DESIGN
MOUNT ANYWHERE / ALWAYS HIT A STUD
Don't let your stud placement influence your shelf placement. With Our Floating Shelf Brackets by Studlock you can now place your floating shelf where you want to, not where you have to. This is made possible with Studlocks patent pending design of a key hole every inch for which you can mount the bracket to wall studs no matter where your bracket is located.
ACCESSORY TOOLS
EXPOSED BRACKET
THE BASALT BRACKET
Introducing our new Basalt Bracket. If you want a really simple installation for our DIY project shelf project and you like the look of exposed rods then you'll love this new design by Studlock
THE ENGINEERING
HOW THE STUDLOCK BRACKET CAME TOGETHER
Floating shelves used to mean one of two things. You built an interior frame by hand, or you used whatever bracket was on the shelf at the hardware store. Both put the same limit on the work. Your shelf went where the studs were, not where the room wanted it.
The obvious fix was a mounting hole every inch down the middle of the back plate. That trade was worse than the problem. Perforating the center of the plate takes out the material that carries the load, so weight capacity drops. It also creates real manufacturing headaches at production volume.
The answer was to move the holes off the center line. A keyhole profile runs the perimeter of the bracket, and the mounting screws lock into it. The plate keeps its strength because the load path down the middle stays intact. You get a fixing point every inch, so you can hit a stud anywhere along the wall.
The result is a shelf you place where you want it, rated to hold fifty pounds per stud. The design is patent pending.
