On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:08:04 -0800 (PST), Ed Lowenstein
wrote:

I've done a lot of 3 inch thick shelves whre I could fabricate a cleat
screwed into studs and slip the shelf over the cleat. Now the shelf is
a 7/8 inch thick 5 foot slab of Sapele.. maybe 5 inches deep. Can I
make a cleat or does somebody make one I can use for this
application?? I would think I need metal here. Thanks much

Cutting it a little close for thickness, but some of these might work.
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...=3,43648,43649
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...=3,43648,43649
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...=3,43648,43649
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...=3,43648,43649