Link of picture I don't want to mess up embedding...Hello everybody! So I've been dabbling in woodworking with hand tools and my wife wants me to build this for our wall. It will be 2 4x8 sheets of 1/2" plywood, hung horizontally on my wall, with the lower sheet being slightly shorter than 4ft and everything faced/covered with barn wood/reclaimed wood that my wife loves to hide any lines/faces. I'm debating on a few methods of hanging these, the first being a french cleat for both with a spacer (screwed into studs), but I'll probably end up lag bolting/screwing them into the studs. This will hold roughly the same amount of shelves seen, and my 65" TV (mounted using t-nuts from the back to bolt too). I kind of want to make sure/see if there is an easier or more appropriate method to this or if the lag screws will be solid enough. 99% sure that's fine.The real meat of the question is the shelves and what-not. I have a 16 month old daughter who likes to climb, and I know that even with proper supervision there WILL be a time that she's hiking herself up this like a ladder. It's inevitable, she's an evil genius already. My original idea was to do 1/2" ply boxes (think floating shelves) for all the horizontal and veriticals with headers to support them (2x2 and 1x2 or something) or pocket screwed into the backboard every 6 inches or so. I just worry about those coming loose due to leverage and I'm not sure how big the ledgers would need to be or the best joinery to use either. I think I've way over analyzed this, but now I'm thinking of running 2x8 or 2x6 ledgers on the long horizontals and then using similar wood to support between them like a wall and lag bolting those into place from the backside. Or using a french cleat for everything on the face so i can take it off easily in the future.so the TL;DR is I've read myself into circles on the best way to attach the vertical and horizontal shelves onto the plywood so that it will be sturdy enough for possible/eventual child mounting. Seeking assistance and I appreciate any and all help! Please let me know if you need any further details. via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/2NRRD8g
