Wall Shelf Recommendation

TT shelves seem the obvious answer but most wall-mounted TT shelves are designed for relatively light tables; Regas, LP12s and the like. Heavier TTs are generally meant to be set on a floor rack. Still, at 15 kg I doubt you'd be stressing the welds on a typical TT wall shelf. The bigger factor might be about the wall you will be anchoring the shelf into. What is your wall constructed of and are you handy at drilling some additional anchor points into the rack to compensate for the additional weight?

HiFi Racks' wall shelf says it will hold up to 90kg...

Of course you could always use Rawl Bolts to anchor the thing.   That's what I resorted to when SWMBO bought some stupid curtain rails  of the the long pole type, which of course had brackets with a mechanically unsound fitting.  When I first put them up, the weight of the curtains levered the top screw (of 2) in each bracket out of the wall, so I threw away the totally inadequate screws and used good old trusty Rawl Bolts.   Indispensable if the wall is made of those cheapo cement bricks, IMO.   Probably not necessary if you have good solid baked bricks or stone to drill into.

For those who don't know, Rawl bolts are those which you put in, and then insert the bolt, tighten it to make the fitting expand, then take the bolt out and put it through the hole of the thing you want to fix.

I've never heard of Rawl bolts .. are they the same idea as Molly bolts ?

Dan.S posted:

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for a good but not crazy expensive wall mounted shelf that would support 15Kg for a long period of time as I need to lift my SU from my daughters' reach. The solutions I found so far only hold up to 10kg. Anybody else out there with a a good suggestion?

Thanks in advance.

The 15kg would not likely stress most shelves, but just make sure it is anchored well, as others say. If your wall is a drywall and stud construction, and the shelf's fixing points aren't spaced correctly for the studs, install a couple of solid horizontal timber pieces that are securely screwed into the studs, and fix your shelf to those using solid screws or bolts. Just don't use toggle bolts (or worse, drywall anchors) alone through the drywall. It just isn't that strong.

If the shelf can be fixed centrally to a stud with toggle bolts at each end, this could work, too. A compromise might be to screw to a single stud and use toggle bolts for the other end of the shelf, but this relies on the shelf being solid and torsionally stiff so the stud can take the main loading. 

Me, I'd build my own shelf. Not hard, and it would be far stronger and prettier than a commercial one. For solid state components like your SU, the acoustic benefits/penalties are not significant (IMO), compared to a TT (or valve gear) which responds much more strongly to vibrations. Put the SU on glass plate suspended on ball-nutters, if you really want to be flash.

John Willmott posted:

I've never heard of Rawl bolts .. are they the same idea as Molly bolts ?

Similar:   Molly Bolts are OK for light/medium loads in brick/block, probably OK for a TT wall shelf.   Rawl Bolts do the same but are much stronger & able to take more load.   

Why not look out for a vintage telephone shelf.  They're usually made from steel and glass and as we know there's no better combination when it comes to sound quality. I found mine at a local charity shop, luckily it looks superb as it matches the rest of my decor perfectly.  No doubt there should be a few on ebay.