I drilled and drove steel dowels into the studs and the back of
the board before. Your wood should work well with 3/8 dowel. It
does require a bit of care at installation, but quite effective
when done.

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"Ed Lowenstein" wrote in message
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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