How to "fasten/glue/afix" shelves to non-gelcoat

[fish raptor]

Originally Posted by Guppy

One way
I laced the interior of the consol with Starboard, pretty much used existing holes,,, t top, cushion snaps and other stuff

This made a good base for Plano compartments and for attaching other stuff..... Stuffs not cheap! Couple hundred a sheet which was enough for the interior and a fillet/chum station...
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I'll take a look for more pictures, can't seem to do more than on at a time from this here iPad ....

Guppy, you got it, THAT's IT !! That is exactly what I had envisioned but not quit so elaborate. I like your idea. But just to reiterate, you had to drill and screw or fasten that shelf to the inside wall ... correct ? Did you build yourself or did you buy it and just fasten. Looks real nice. I was unfamiliar with the product called starboard, is that what your shelf is made out of ? I suppose I could drill and fasten but I would want to use something nice looking. Large polished Stainless Steel carriage bolts would look nice from the outside but would have to make sure that they did not chip gelcoat because of the small surface area that they were grabbing. I will look at that website recomended and see if I can't get some "fastening ideas" that will work. thanks for the pics.

[Guppy]

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Originally Posted by fish raptor

Guppy, you got it, THAT's IT !! That is exactly what I had envisioned but not quit so elaborate. I like your idea. But just to reiterate, you had to drill and screw or fasten that shelf to the inside wall ... correct ?
the inside wall is the starboard I put on the three interior wall,,, the compartments are screwed together and to the wall before the wall was slid into place ,,, glue does not work with starboard,,, or at least I wouldn't trust it,,, not on a boat!
That setup is bearing on the lower pcs not held up by any screws

Did you build yourself
built it

or did you buy it and just fasten. Looks real nice. I was unfamiliar with the product called starboard, is that what your shelf is made out of ?
yes
I suppose I could drill and fasten but I would want to use something nice looking. Large polished Stainless Steel carriage bolts would look nice from the outside but would have to make sure that they did not chip gelcoat because of the small surface area that they were grabbing.
like I said originally , I used existing screw/bolt holes mainly, just two new holes for the starboard side wall board, #10 bolt with finish washers

I will look at that website recomended and see if I can't get some "fastening ideas" that will work. thanks for the pics.

carriage bolts!!! Sub this out 😎😎😎

[fish raptor]

including 3 pics of project area to get a better idea of task at hand.
one pic is of inside wall of cabin area (starboard side)

2nd pic is paper drawing of approximate area to work with.
Top from left to right is 22 1/2"
1/2 way down that wall is 25"
inside wall area is narrower at top than bottom (slight taper)

Height of inside wall is 31"

last picture is of the outside wall starboard side of Center Console where any fasteners will be seen.

You can see from those dimensions that it is going to be impossible to go three wide as Guppy did in his boat. Since 3 of my Plano boxes side to side touching measures 27" it looks like For me 2 plano boxes wide will be the most I could go with. Since storing only 2 boxes is really not much I was wondering if I could go 2 deep which would allow me 4 stored boxes total. I would be happy with that. If I could I don't know whether a divider between the two boxes would be necessary as apposed to just letting the 2 boxes side "touching" ?? plus it would reduce overall "hanging" weight without the divider from front to back, just one divider from side to side.

i take it I should be using this starboard material ? Does it come in different thicknesses ? where to buy ?

One last concern. The project wall that I would be attaching this shelf to does have a very slight taper as the lower console does get narrower from drivers seat to front of windshield so this Starboard "might" not have a perfect flush fit against wall which might lead to problems ...maybe ? wondering if I could be somehow adding support/filler to wall prior to attaching starboard to even out load.
I don't think gap is severe but the more support the better. Wonder if they make some type of H.D. expandable foam that would take up all gaps for better support. The stronger the better.

Most of my Plano boxes are 9" x 14" x 2"