Resin for Oak Mantle

[Spuggy]

I have two 90mm thick, 140mm deep oak mantles to fit to either side of chimney breast. Stainless 10mm threaded bars have already been resined into the brickwork and project about 60mm (the nuts are irrelevant and were only there to clear the threads if they got plastered too!).

The plan is to drill out the three holes in the back of each mantle and slot them over the threaded bars.

Can I use normal 'Fisher' type anchor resin, or is there a better alternative for oak timber?

 

[foxhole]

Very short stud for timber mounting , would think it needs 100mm minimum.

 

[Spuggy]

Very short stud for timber mounting , would think it needs 100mm minimum.

At 90mm thick (see above), I'd have 10mm sticking out the front. Somewhere for the kids to hang their Christmas stockings though I suppose!

 

[foxhole]

At 90mm thick (see above), I'd have 10mm sticking out the front. Somewhere for the kids to hang their Christmas stockings though I suppose!

Depth is 90mm then ?
Height 140mm.

 

[Spuggy]

Depth is 90mm then ?
Height 140mm.

No, depth is 140mm as in the OED definition:

'Depth, noun. Dimension or distance as measured downwards from the top'

The thickness is 90mm.

I tried to make the original post simple and brief enough to understand for a simple and brief reply. Please don't make it confusing for everyone because you misread the original post!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Your original post wasn't very clear, should have used height and width. Us in the know use depth for width and height we don't go looking in dictionaries for the OED definition.

 

[Spuggy]

Your original post wasn't very clear, should have used height and width. Us in the know use depth for width and height we don't go looking in dictionaries for the OED definition.

Wasn't very clear? I thought clarity was established in my second post regarding the '100mm' bar advice.

I only asked for advice on resin, but I'm getting an unsolicited lesson in dimensional semantics!

I was just trying to join in.

 

[opps]

I have to admit that I would have said that the depth was 90mm (ie the distance from the front of the shelf to the back).

In your case 60mm studs will be fine.

It the event that your studs are not perfectly level and square to the rear of the shelf, or that the holes drilled into the rear of the shelf are slightly off, it might be advisable to drill a larger fitting hole. Either way it needs to be large enough for the resin to be able to pass down the thread.

It would also be prudent to support the shelf for 30 mins or so whilst the resin sets.

I am only guessing but I would expect that any bolt resin will be fine but you need the holes to be dust free.

Best of luck.

 

[Spuggy]

Thanks Opps.

 

[opps]

I forgot to add... do not apply too much anchor fix, you don't want it splurging out of the back and preventing the shelf sitting flush.

Judging the correct amount... can't help you there, sorry.

 

[sparkymarka]

Be fine ….i made a template with some MDF when I did mine about 10 years an ago ……

 

[Spuggy]

Be fine ….i made a template with some MDF when I did mine about 10 years an ago ……

That looks great, and very similar to how ours is supposed to look when done. Cheers for posting the pic