Originally Posted by
Bah Humbug
Well but which sorts work best? I have started building Lego again and need a place to put the completed models after we move instead of littering the house with them.
If you're going to have some weight on them, I think that the best best is something that has some kind of L-shape for more leverage against the wall. Otherwise you've effectively got the long lever of the shelf cranking on the super short lever that's essentially the thickness of the shelf underneath the fastener/fulcrum.
If you're intent on that really clean, floating look, you can, but it'll take more work to do it - there are some brackets out there that have a pin that goes deep in to the stud (assuming that you have wood studs, not always a given on interior walls) to help cantilever the shelf.
I know that Rockler sells them, but they're probably available elsewhere, too -
