Post #791767 by Sandbartender on Tue, Dec 11, 2018 3:52 PM

On 2018-12-11 15:29, TheBigT wrote:
Nice job SB. So the ropes are functional? It looks like you have enough supports without needing the rope - however, the rope is actually pretty killer!

I like the keyhole hangers. Have to steal that one. Never seen those before.

Thanks!
The shelves are a bit front-heavy, as I didn't want 6" deep Moai, the ropes are more of a precaution (and added decoration) than absolutely necessary,
but I've always believed that you can never have too much overkill. So the tensioned ropes are there should there be more stress than the 5" building screws might like to handle on their own.
The cedar is pretty soft.

Keyhole hangars are AMAZING, the only thing that's a PITA is making sure that the distance between the top of your bracket and the very top of the keyholes are all the same. Otherwise,
you need to change the drop distance for your mounting screw. One of mine was 1/16" off, but I caught it before I set the screw in place, luckily.

Much less of an issue if you're only mounting one thing. Then they are awesome, and snug the object nice and tight against the wall, so there's less risk of something getting bumped free
by a passing elbow. They're also very inexpensive. :)