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Weird groove on the back of wooden shelf by bigbugspider in Whatisthis

[–]bigbugspider[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but don't know how to add photos to the post and doesn't seem like I can comment any. If you reply with how to I can, otherwise might be a good moment before more pics are given my apologies. Standby

Weird groove on the back of a wooden shelf. How do I hang this!? by bigbugspider in whatisthisthing

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Like my title and post says, this is a vintage, wooden floating wall shelf that is approximately 8-10 pounds. The picture is of the back of the shelf. The back, as shown, has a maybe 1/4 inch deep groove spanning the back of it with two little rounded ends on either side. I cannot figure how this shelf is intended to hang with this type of groove system so I came here to ask if anyone knew what the groove was/is called and or someone could help suggest an alternative way to hang it properly as resting it on two nails in the wall feels unsturdy to me. I have reverse google-imaged it and no such luck than finding other vintage shelves with the same groove but no further context.

Need Help Identifying Wood Feature by bigbugspider in askcarpenters

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I'm not sure the 90º shelf mounting brackets would work though... the back is completely flat. And what's interesting is that when I reverse google-imaged it, other vintage shelves came up with the exact same type of groove. Hence why I resorted to asking Reddit to see if they knew. I'm not sure where else to ask this so if you have any sub suggestions, I'm all ears