Easier Install 3D Printed Shelf Bracket

This is another approach to your standard shelf bracket. Instead of having the bracket extend at 90 degrees from the wall, angle it 20 degrees to the side. Makes it so much easier to screw the wall screws in, usually they're the hard ones to drive in when your screw driver is at an angle.

Conventional shelf brackets are probably designed so that they are easy to manufacture, but with 3D printing we can challenge these old ways and create shelf brackets like this.

The shelves in the pictures are 140mm deep. 

The bracket is 54mm high and extends 122mm from the wall.

Download the STL files for your 3D printer from Printables: https://www.printables.com/model/974940-easier-install-shelf-bracket

For each bracket:

1. 2 Countersunk screws to attach to the wall
2. 2 Countersunk screws to attach to the shelf

This is a simple build.

Download the STL files for the brackets from https://www.printables.com/model/974940-easier-install-shelf-bracket

3D print them using the settings and instructions on Printables.

https://www.printables.com/model/974940-easier-install-shelf-bracket

Install the brackets onto your wall using a spirit level to check the brackets are vertical and level.

I installed onto a very uneven cement rendered wall so screwed 2 wooden uprights onto the wall first to even out the surface. It also allows you to easily change the height of the shelves without having to drill more holes into the wall.

The shelves are very sturdy and supports everything I want to put on the shelf but cannot recommend the maximum load it can take as it depends on which 3D printer used, the material it's printed with, slicer settings used, etc