These
aged industrial shelf brackets are an innovation of our bestselling bracket
(please see Feedback). They are made by us, a small family run business set
near the idyllic Sherwood Forest area. In a village straddling the River Trent
that can boast a blacksmithing tradition that goes back centuries. In this way,
besides quality across all our product range, we give unmatched reliability and
sincerity. That’s us, now for the industrial shelf brackets:
These wonderfully unique industrial
shelf brackets form part of a new range. As already mentioned, they're based on
one of our bestselling designs but now available with a real aged copper oxide.
To be clear, this is not blue paint or a faux spray on solution. It is authentic
aged copper patina, where through an innovative process we speed up many years
of ageing: giving beautiful blues, greens, reds and intermingling golds.
Onto the aged surface we season the
industrial shelf bracket with a fixing agent that fixes the aged copper patina to
give a glossy hue and a soften feel to the touch. Please note that due to the
nature of the copper shelf bracket ageing process, no one shelf bracket is
going to be exactly the same and variations in hue can and does occur. However,
this unavoidability lends to greater authenticity.
The copper pipe of
the shelf brackets are Ca. 8.5 cm in length and Ca. 8.5 cm in height; added to
this is the cast iron flanges and their hex brass bushings which sit Ca. 2 cm
from the wall/shelf base. This makes the shelf brackets approximately 10 cm in
height and length and perfectly suited for shelves up to 22-24 cm in width. For
shelves with a slightly wider width we recommend a custom cutting, a made to
measure industrial shelf bracket*.
Each industrial shelf bracket has two round cast iron flange
mounts, each with a diameter of Ca. 7 cm. The width of the screw you use should
ideally be 5 mm; the screw length will depend on the wall type the industrial
shelf brackets are going to be fixed to. Personally, and this isn't a
recommendation as wall brick/plaster compositions vary, I like to use 5 x 40 mm
multi-purpose screw along with a 3.5-5 mm (red) raw plug; whose hole has been
made by a 6 mm missionary drill bit.
Decorative hexagonal solid brass bushings bolt the copper piping to the
cast iron flanges. They shall arrive ready mounted and bolted tightly with the
three holes configured in such a way that the industrial shelf brackets can easily
be fitted.
*If
you require a slightly larger or shorter bracket then let us know. There’s a £5
extra charge for custom fabrication for these unique shelf brackets. Just email
us your requirements and we’ll send you a link for custom cutting.
Thank you for looking and please
see our other items for sale. Like for example the last image in the photos
above that depict other design options in this range: from top to bottom shelf
brackets numbered #1 through to #4.