Brass Cabinet Railing

Layout a Brass Cabinet Railing

• Be sure to choose a railing style that your application can accommodate.
• There are 5 additional railing styles: Brass Gallery Rail -- Retro Brass Railing -- Vintage Shelf Rail -- Modern Brass Railing -- Mid-century Modern Rail.
  Installation varies between railing styles. Go to style you want and click on a center, end or corner post to see specific install info.
• Sketch how you want your traditional furniture rail to appear. This is helpful in determining design.

Design a Traditional Furniture Rail to fit your application.

All posts and rod are unfinished solid brass

• All installations should have an end, corner, or wall mount post on either end.
• Number of center posts varies according to overall length. Space posts equally across front.
• Position of posts is subjective. As typical spacing between posts, across front, is approximately 8” – 14” apart. This is a personal preference.
• Formula to Calculate amount of Center Posts:
  1. Divide railing length, by estimated distance between posts.
  2. Subtract 1, this equals the number of center posts.
  3. Add 2 end posts, wall mount posts or corner posts to finish
  4. However, if total number of center-posts is a fraction, then distance between posts will need to be adjusted to equal an even number of posts.
  
• If brass cabinet railing will be straight, without sides, use end posts or wall mount posts, on each end, depending upon application.
• If brass rail has sides, use corner posts and end posts
• Please note if using sides: side-spacing often differs from front-spacing
• Cabinet post-base diameter is 1-1/4”. Place posts a minimum of 3/8” from edge.

• Brass Rod is available in 2 lengths: 36” and 72”
• If rod is not long enough, join two rods together within a post.
• However, f needed, brass rod is easily cut shorter with a hacksaw.
• To calculate length of rod needed: measure length of each straight run:
  If your design is a straight rail, with no sides, it is one run. However if it has multiple sides, such as an open 3 sided shelf, it will have 3 runs.
• Calculate number of rods needed once you know the length of each run. Rods are available in 3' and 6' lengths. Consider that you may have leftover rod from one run to satisfy another run.

Install Railing on Wood Surface: 

Attach brass cabinet railing posts to surface top with wood screws. As a result, these posts cannot be used on glass or stone.

• Layout brass railing
• Cut rods to appropriate lengths
• Loosely assemble rods and posts
  
• Mark screw location and drill necessary pilot holes for brass screws
• Slip rods in place. 
• Insert brass screws through holes in base of posts. Carefully screw them down into pre drilled holes.

When ordering Traditional Furniture Rail please check post-style to make sure they all match. Links for matching posts are on product pages.