A shelf that grows with you, that always meets your personal living needs: This is the SelberMachen module shelf. Hanging freely on the wall, it looks like a design object and can be equipped with shelves or boxes again and again.
Achieve a lot with few parts – that is the principle of the modular system- and system designs, that before 40 years ago at Germany's most important design school in Ulm. We applied this principle and the result is a piece of furniture with a system - this modular shelf.
At first glance, that sounds very technical, but good system furniture always has a simple one, but thoughtful core. In this case it is a plate with slots, which is hung on the wall as a support. Into these slots – only limited by the size of the disk – the box modules or the shelves can be hung in as desired using aluminum brackets.
But not only the construction with the seemingly floating modules makes this design interesting, also the almost unlimited expandability. Do you then need one more book shelf or an additional box module, only the supporting wall has to be big enough. And surely you can think of an additional component to this system. About a cupboard, a showcase or a CD folder? So fresh to work: Design your own modules to hook up.
The most important thing is the 2-component adhesive.
When gluing the aluminum brackets to the plastic-coated chipboard, the following must be observed: First, roughen the surface of the chipboard with sandpaper, grit 80, an (picture 11). The sanding dust must then be thoroughly removed. It is best to use a fine hair brush for this, and do not touch the surface (Fettfinger!).
Now the aluminum surface is also freed from any grease with acetone and a cloth. Is the glue applied?, the two parts must remain fixed for around twelve hours at a room temperature of around 20°C. This is the only way for the adhesive to achieve its full strength, and according to the manufacturer it is included 1 kg i qcm. Then you can put something on the shelves.
1 Um die Trägerplatte später stabil an der Wand befestigen zu können, first, use a 30mm drill bit to insert two wall hangers into the back.
2 Fixieren Sie die 4 mm thick strips of plywood with glue and small nails on the backing board.
3 Jetzt montieren Sie die Frontblenden probeweise, to check, if everything fits.
4 Wenn alles perfekt sitzt, you can put the back panel in front- and finish. The already pre-painted front panels can be replaced with 3×20-mm Spax screws are mounted on it.
5 Die versenkten Schrauben werden mit Karosseriespachtel glatt gespachtelt und mit 120er-Schleifpapier geschliffen.
6 Nun bekommt die Trägerplatte ihren Anstrich.
7 Die Regalborde werden aus bereits vorgefertigten Brettern aus dem Baumarkt hergestellt. Saw off the support brackets from these boards with an electric jigsaw.
8 Alle Schnittkanten, which will not be glued later, receive a bracket lipping.
9 Die Stützkonsolen an der Unterseite der Regale mit Holzdübeln und Leim befestigen.
10 Nun werden die Aluminiumwinkel, which will later hold the shelves and boxes on the support wall, sawed off. A cutting aid, which is quickly screwed together from a squared timber and a piece of leftover wood, makes the sawing work much easier.
11 Damit der Zwei-Komponenten-Kleber auch wirklich sicher klebt, the surface of the chipboard in the area of gluing must be sandpapered with the same grit 80 be roughened.
12 Die Aluwinkel werden mit dem Zwei-Kompo-nenten-Kleber auf die Borde geklebt. To achieve the required dimensional accuracy, you put a bar in the thickness of the front panel on the edge of the floor (12 mm).
13 Ebenfalls aus Regalborden sind die Kästen gebaut. They are also dowelled and glued.