How Do You Build Heavy Duty Wood Shelves?
If you are thinking about building shelves to give yourself more storage space, you may be concerned about the shelves being able to hole the weight of what you need to store. Fortunately, there are plenty of varieties of lumber with large thicknesses that will make the shelves able to hold items of massive weight. These shelf units are easy to build and can be done in an afternoon Build a frame with the 8-foot-long pieces of 2-by-12 and two of the pieces of 3-foot 2-by-12. The longer pieces of wood will be the sides with the shorter pieces for the top and bottom. The top piece should be even with the top edges of the sides and the bottom piece should be offset in the frame 1-inch from the bottom of the sides. Square the frame using the carpenter’s square and level. Once all pieces are square and level, screw the frame together. Measure 1-foot up from the top of the bottom shelf in the interior of the shelf unit and make a mark. This is the bottom of the next shelf. Place another piece
