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Floating shelves were always wobbly for me, but French cleats fixed that.

I used hidden brackets before and they never held up well. Switched to a French cleat setup and it's rock solid now, lmao. How do you guys handle shelf supports?
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the_finley
What about mixing methods for weird loads? I had a bookshelf where the cleat took the shear but a single discreet bracket at the very back stopped any forward tilt from heavy binders. Sometimes the best fix isn't one system but using a cleat for the main strength and a tiny bit of extra help hidden somewhere for a specific kind of wobble.
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linda_rivera4
Heavy binders? That sounds like a nightmare!
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rivera.sam
That 'extra help' idea SAVED my friend's wobbly shelf with a secret brace in the back.
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