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There may come a time when you decide to build a large bookcase like this, or maybe you go to a
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store and buy one. Here's the problem. When you load bookcases with books, they're very narrow
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and they can become top-heavy, and if you're not careful, they can tip over. Someone could
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get injured very easily. The key is to attach the bookcase to the wall. A couple of options
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You can use a screw or a nail and drive it through the back, but that kind of looks tacky. I don't
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like to do it that way. I like to use a L bracket that actually hides behind the bookcase
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and you don't even see it. How do you do it? Go ahead and draw a little thin pencil line
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where the bookcase touches the wall. I'm talking about the top of the bookcase
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This is your reference mark. Move the bookcase out of the way
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Go ahead and install the L bracket so that the bottom of the top of the L bracket
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is flush with the pencil line. This allows you to slide the bookcase back into position
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and the top of the L-bracket just touches the top of the bookcase
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At that point, take a hammer and a nail, drive a little hole through the center of the holes in the top of the L-bracket
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That allows you to put a screw into the L-bracket that secures the bookcase to the wall
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Believe me, it keeps the bookcase nice and tight. Oh, yeah, that thing's not going anywhere
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Another quick tip. Remember, the screw that you use to go through the top of the bookcase into the L-bracket
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has got to be pretty short. We don't want it to show through the wood. Do all those things and you're going to have a nice safe bookcase in your home
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