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Wall shelf plans
A small open shelf box to hang on the wall: pocket-screwed together, the top over the sides, hung by a rail at the back. Free, any size: open it in uCAD, change the sizes or the lumber you can buy, or just tell its AI what you need, and the parts, the screws and the cut list follow.
Level: easy · Time: about 2 h · Shown: Wall shelf 600 mm
Make it your size
- Width: 300 to 1200 mm (600 in the cut list below)
- Depth: 100 to 300 mm (150 in the cut list below)
- Height: 200 to 900 mm (400 in the cut list below)
- Shelves: 0 to 4 (1 in the cut list below)
- Boards: 19 mm, 18 mm, 20 mm
In uCAD, change any of these in the part's panel: the model is built again, joints and all.
What you need
Tools: saw, drill, pocket-hole jig (set to the boards' thickness), pocket screws (the lengths in the cut list), wood glue, clamps, 5 mm drill bit with countersink, 5 x 60 screws and wall plugs.
Fixings (and wood glue):
- pocket screw 32 mm: 19
Cut list
At the sizes shown above. Letters match the drawings below.
| Part | Qty | Length | Width | Thickness | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | top | 1 | 600 mm 23 5/8" | 150 mm 5 7/8" | 19 mm 3/4" |
| B | bottom | 1 | 562 mm 22 1/8" | 150 mm 5 7/8" | 19 mm 3/4" |
| C | shelf | 1 | 562 mm 22 1/8" | 131 mm 5 3/16" | 19 mm 3/4" |
| D | side | 2 | 381 mm 15" | 150 mm 5 7/8" | 19 mm 3/4" |
| E | rail | 1 | 562 mm 22 1/8" | 64 mm 2 1/2" | 19 mm 3/4" |
Lumber to buy
US lumber, 8, 10 and 12 ft boards, 4 × 8 ft sheets:
- 3/4 × 5 7/8": 1 × 8 ft
- 3/4 × 5 3/16": 1 × 8 ft
- 1x3: 1 × 8 ft
In millimetres
Boards 2400 and 3000 mm long, 2440 × 1220 mm sheets:
- 19 × 150 mm: 1 × 2400 mm
- 19 × 131 mm: 1 × 2400 mm
- 19 × 64 mm: 1 × 2400 mm
Your store sells other lengths or sections? Put in yours in uCAD's cut list: what to buy and how to cut it are worked out again.
How to cut it
From US lumber, a 1/8" saw kerf between the pieces; the hatched ends are left over.
3/4 × 5 7/8"
3/4 × 5 3/16"
1x3
Build it step by step
The box: pocket holes at each end of the bottom and the shelves, on their undersides; glue and screw them between the sides.
The rail: pocket holes on its back face, at the ends and along the top edge; glue and screw it between the sides at the back, flush with their tops.
The top: pocket holes along the top of each side, on its inside face; set the top on, flush at the back, and screw up into it. Hang it by the rail: two 5 x 60 screws through the holes in it, into studs or wall plugs.
The pocket holes: a pocket-hole jig set to the board's thickness. In uCAD, Build steps plays these one by one on the model, the wood see-through so you can see where every screw goes.
Questions
Can I change the size?
Yes: open it in uCAD and type the sizes you need in its panel. The parts, the joints, the screw lengths and the cut list follow.
My store doesn't sell 3/4 × 5 7/8". What then?
Choose what yours sells in the plan's panel (19 mm, 18 mm, 20 mm): it's built again for that lumber, with screws to match.
Is it free?
The plan, uCAD and the cut list are free, no sign-up.
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