How To Make Super Strong and Thin Floating Shelves
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I'm making super strong and super thin floating shelves out of ash!
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What separates a new woodworker from a pro is how well they hide their mistakes.
I always appreciate when creators leave the mistakes in their videos, how to fix things is nearly as important as how to make things.
This. Instant sub for me.
My thoughts exactly.
I was legitimately thinking "oh yeah look at this guy with a beautiful workshop just effortlessly making perfect stuff" until disaster struck. I'm so happy you kept it in the video proving this doesn't always work out as first thought out to be, but with a creative approach they're always solvable. Et godt stykke håndverk!
Used this technique tonight with the threaded rods. Looked pretty good. Then I went to my bedroom on the other side of the wall and realized I drilled all the way through to the bedroom and the threaded rods were poking out.
Guess I'm installing a floating shelf in the bedroom, too!
😁
This comment literally made me lol.
if that rod is long enough and can install another floating shelves from bedroom too?
How many people can say they not only have floating shelves, but cantilever shelves! Just pretend it was deliberate and show them off to people! 😂
Oh no!!!
Showing your mistakes and your solutions to them are the most valuable parts of instructional videos!
These might be the most beautiful shelves I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing that with us Alexandre!
Seems like architects like Alexandres content :D
@@VIA-studio Hey brother! Happy to see you. And for sure, ALCH is an inspiration 🙌
agreed
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Cringe. The most beautiful shelf 🤢😂 lmao
I love the fact that you actually share your mistakes with us, as well. As a beginner word worker, I feel like it's important to realize that everything rarely goes to plan. I love the improvisation of jigs and tricks to help you get the results that you're after
So fantastic! I love how you use everything from small handtools to super drill press and table saw for this project. Measure twice, cut once! Great video Alexandre, thanks for making it.
The threaded rod idea is amazing for floating shelves! Very strong. You obviously did a good job framing that wall. Anytime I’ve put floating shelves that long on a wall. You could definitely see the waves in the wall due to gaps between the shelf and the wall.
May I just say that.. Man, you are UNDERAPPRECIATED... The amount of time, effort, and hard work you put into every video. Both on and off screen is immense. It's truly wild. Your talent, skill, perfectionism and charisma knows no bounds. Great job as always. Love your videos. 💕🙏🏾
Initial thoughts when you started drilling: doesn't he want to mark the desired depth or something... Few minutes later: ooh, I see😁
Plans sometimes changes during doing something. Finally that is amaizing. Dust collector shelf :-)
I had the same thought 😅
Yeah, a piece of tape on the drillbit wouldn't have been a bad idea
But he clearly did mark the depth on the drill bit (very clearly visible around 9:55), it just seems to me he decided to add the chamfer after all was said and done :D
@@Jirk4 but he changed his mind, becouse of nice look of stool.
My wife has been wanting floating shelves in our kitchen, and I have been trying to come up with the best way to do it. This looks so much easier than what I was planning. Nice and simple! Thanks for the inspiration. Subscribed...
Ikea has these shelves for over 2 decades now
excellent project Alex! 👌😉 love the videos
Omg huge fan
more talk than work my goodness
i have done that before i saw yuor video
My cat would flippin' love those shelves.
Same
And kick all things off xD
@@syXification thats what shelfes are for 😺
Good try talking in third person, Snuffles.
@@mlouryn Busted!❤️
Good tip for making sure you drill each hole in the shelves at precisely the same depth. Measure the desired length on your drill-bit and wind a piece of paper tape around the bit itself at that exact spot. Once you drill up to that spot you simply stop and you know that each hole has the desired depth. Great looking shelves!
I have absolutely no intention to make these shelves, and yet, I enjoy watching you work. Good job!
How in the world you only have 285K subs?? These are the most dynamic and well thought out woodworking videos I've ever seen.
Wish I lived somewhere I could get perflectly flat pieces of wood.
this gonna be top comment in no time
Ha ha, great sense of humor! 😁
Yah, the trees in his area mostly grow perfectly perpendicular, so it's quite easy to pick the stock...
Or you can invest in some thickness planer! I wish I had that one!
I wish I lived somewhere where I could find a perfectly flat wall!
awesome shelves! also congrats on the 200k subs :)
wow! I'm really happy with how cheerful this video is.
I appreciate that you showed your mistakes and way to fix them. It's oftentimes too easy to make a video appear as though everything went perfectly.
The difference between a good craftsman and a bad craftsman is a good craftsman knows how to fix his mistakes, nice job
I really like that 70° bevel on the edge of the shelf, very effective.
The best Dyi floating thin shelve project I’ve seen yet, and i greatly appreciate showing the mistakes and corrections, that was awesome. A TRUE woodworker 👍👍
Keep up the good work. A lot of respect to you.
I've been watching some pretty amazing videos for about 5 hours but this is the first I HAVE to comment on.
You are so meticulous and have such amazing attention to detail. This actually blew me away! This is not just carpentry, it's a work of art. Thanks for sharing!
Would have been interesting to let the rod stick through then grind it to match the wood bevel to add contrast.
Yes but I think the idea of those shelves is to make them appear to have no support
I thought it looked cool with the wood plugs sticking out...
I wish this had been posted 2 weeks ago, I just put some floating shelves up and was disappointed in the brackets I used. Using threaded rod is genius ill have to use that on my next set of shelves.
I promise you, alignment is the key here. You can screw it up very easy. I don't know your skills, so I wish you good luck 😎
Absolutely my thoughts dude. I just used some 1/2 floating shelf brackets that slide into the wood like this, but they are nowhere near sturdy like the all thread. I wish I would have seen this sooner.
That chamfering and edge finishing work is master touch. Appreciated.
Love the way we got to see the screw up, the fix was just brilliant! The shelves are a work of art......I have a lot to learn.
aligning 4 rods perfectly spaced, perfectly straight, perfectly in line, with zero mm of tolerance... you mad man.
I prefer using a laser for such tasks 😅
I want these for myself! Its just so minimal and so damn clean to look at. I wish I have my own workshop too and I wish I could drill into my apartment's wall. LOL
ive been looking for a shelf mounting solution for a long time. First time ive come across your channel. AWESOME work. Love the positive attitude. KEEP IT UP
Very nice work. I just completed a set of these myself and they look pretty darn good. I will say I truly appreciate you showing the mistake that you made. I make them all the time and it’s actually one of the funnest parts of the builds is trying to find a way to fix a goofy mistake.
Norwegian krone coming in clutch to make that corner radius!🤙🏻
Love how you marked where to drill on the shelves - I personall want to measure as little as possible! lol
Love it! Great shelves. I really like the way you work and tackle a project. I learned a few new things about floating shelves. Please go ahead and create more inspiring projects.
Thanks for showing & not hiding the mistakes that you did. Learning to fix the mistake is something extra. Wonderful shelves, never thought of thinning the shelves with an angled cut.
I'm just proud that I realized he was cutting his chamfer too steep and the rods were gonna poke out before he did it. made me feel smart for once
Alex even when you make a mistake, the end result is always amazing. You're one of those channels that has way fewer viewers than you deserve. Look forward to you getting a lot more subs!
Found this video just in time. Already have the wood and was about to do the same with 3/4 oak. Was thinking of rebar, but I think I like your threaded rod better, plus I have lots of it. Thanks for your video.
watched a ton of these and this is the first one that is clear, complete and inspires absolute confidence using not over the top techniques and with common tools. Super well photographed and the adapt of plan to apply a fix for a minor slip brings the project to a successful conclusion. Well done and thanks.
They look really great, now I have table saw and drill press envy.
sorry about that...
@JIM in my case it's about all workshop :-)
14:26 This Old Alexander :-) on you sander. You are just incredibly clever and always upbeat.
what??
@@jorisvb i think it's a reference to a channel called This Old Tony that always alters text while editing to say subscribe and other Little things and its really fun to look for them in his videos. You should check him out
Beautiful shelves! And an excellent video showing us the build. Thank you!!!
You make it look so easy, great presentation & skills. Out of all the floating shelves I've seen by far this it most beautiful of all of them. Alex thanks for sharing this.
Everything about this video and especially your work and outcome it’s amazing ! You are the very first one I come across that makes such thin (incredibly beautiful) floating shelves !
now he is doing that side to everything lol
That 70° edge looks so good though, can't blame him
That edge is now known as the "Chappel Edge" 😍
Im afraid that somehow it will chop someone head of but woth it anyway
@@ThePropMaker Are you putting a Chappel on that shelf?
@@kiefna9447 @The Next Project This needs to be a thing
This is brilliant, love the little chamfer on the shelves and that small radius. Really makes the shelves look nice and clean.
Wow, these are the best floating shelves I have seen on youtube thus far! Thank you for leaving in the mistakes so that we can learn from that too. I'm in love with these shelves =)
The fit of the shelves is great, but not as good as Alexandre's fit. That turtleneck!
Was thinking the same thing. My man's is rocking that turtleneck. For sure. 🙏🏾
these look great!
.. though i'm usually of the mindset of "if you cant hide it, feature it", so i would have probably filled the holes with dark plugs, to make it look like it was intended :P
Thank you for this outstanding video. Your shelves are beautiful - excellent job! You make it look so easy.
Omg wow your work is freaking amazing! It looks like a lot of thought and time and craftsmanship went into this🔥
Can we just appreciate the fact he taped his playbutton
One sound dampening panel is falling. Go with care.
Even if you are an experienced woodworker, there's so much to learn here. The attention to detail makes this channel worth a sub, so I did. Thx.
The enthusiasm is awesome. I love watching people that genuinely appear to enjoy what they're making a video of. When you put your shelves up and you jump for joy and got excited that they fit and looked so nice, that was pure awesomeness. Keep it up.
You said it man. People like Alex make the best shop teachers
I think that leaving the wood dowels round could have been a fun design feature 😃
Please, if you're going to drill that far through a stud (deeper than 1 1/4) that you check there is absolutely no wiring. Wiring that is run through the middle of the stud doesn't require a smash plate.
Just dont want anyone to make a grave mistake from using this method without checking.
Beautiful shelves though!!
Or plumbing lines too!!
I love the way you combine modern machinery and super old school techniques when you need to.
I will never build those, but Ilove watching skilled craftsmen.
STOP! You need to move your fence to the other side of the blade when making cuts like that. You're risking a nasty kickback by trapping the offcut between the blade and your sacrificial fence.
The saw is european style sliding table saw. On the left side is the sliding mechanism and you can not switch the fence to the left. Safest way to do this kind of bevel is to run in through a shaper. - tilting mechanism helps but dedicated cutter will do the same job.
@@anttilatvala8879 Or having the bottom of the sacrificial fence high enough for the off-cut to be bellow it. Then the off-cut is betwen the blade and air, safe.
Fler enn meg som så den norske kronen?
Wow! Super nice job, man! How have I not noticed this awesome channel before. Fan and subscriber from now on!
i must say, i have always been a big fan of floating shelves and have watched some videos on youtube. this by far is the best one. genious of using a heavy duty threads i have never tought of it.another great idea in a bag for me when i work on my closet...thank you.
i know i am late but plz can anyone tell me what he program he uses to print 3d stuff plzz
For design he's mentioned Fusion 360 in the past. I've not see him mention which slicer he uses, but for my own printer I just use the one the printer manufacturer recommended (Cura).
@@epiendless1128 thank you very much. 😀😀
"The rods are a little bit too long, so we have to screw ALL of them out and ...."
Eastern Europeans: "hold my beer"
And by hold my beer I mean: one bottle in the left hand and one angle grinder in the right hand. Like every Sunday morning.
I thought the same. A few simple cuts, that's it!
@@maxhouseman3129 Except you end up with fine metal dust in your "office" :)
@@Macatho that's for sure 🤣
Great instructive video! I especially appreciate how you repaired the unplanned mistake with the holes. I learned a LOT. Thanks.
You are amazing, Alexandre. Thank you for giving us those great ideas.
If only he didn't laugh his way through pretty much every sentence. Once you hear it you can't un-hear it.
Yes. It was pretty cringe.
@@ai_zj its every video haha
How To Make Super Strong and Thin Floating Shelves: Have a dry wall with wood posts
I mean, nothings stopping you from doing this in brick
I think that a pretty common thing to have...
@@jeroenritmeester73 Have you ever tried drilling a perfectly straight hole into brick? Let alone one that is at least 10cm deep?
@@alexander53 Not in europe. We often have metal posts in drywalls or brick and concrete walls.
Chamfered corners were the highlight and made this a good job!
The shelves look great-the shallow chamfer gives it a very sleek look. I've only seen wooden dowels used to attach the shelf to the wall, which worried me because I didn't know if they could support very much weight. I'll follow your lead and use metal instead. Thank you for sharing!
So early that the video was still floating in the draft !
Amazing shelves, great idea with the all thread, never thought of that!
This was a great training video. I’ve been looking for just this information. Thank you. Be Well and Journey... Richie.
Skills, old and new. A beautiful table saw AND a hand plane for a picture perfect finish. A perfect combination. Honestly, I wasn't sure how you were going to rectify the hole issue, but, it worked out very nicely. Well done!
Great video! Appreciate you showing your mistakes and solutions to them as well! Came out beautiful!
200k subs....here's another one. I really enjoyed watching this video. It was just interesting to see how you made the floating shelves but also your upbeat attitude and spirit was impressive, too!
I kept waiting for the *router* to come out for those chamfered edges. Great result doing it by hand!
The use of the wood jig while drilling through the wall is definitely worth using.. love that idea..and the shelf design is also quite pretty good,.
This project turned out fantastic! Good job rolling with the punches with the plugs!
This is by far the best floating shelf design i have seen. The chamfer was a nice touch. You got a new sub!
Love it! I have been looking for a hack for minimal wall shelves for months!
Thank You for taking the time to create and share this wonderful video ❤️
Man, I am in the progress of doing open shelves using two by fours and that’s hard enough. With the thickness of the shelves, this is nuts. It turned out really well!
Dude, that's looks amazing.
Thank you for sharing.
Love your video Alexandre.
Thanks for sharing.
Love these shelves so much, I really want to attempt to make some! Subscribed 🔥
Great ideas! I actually did exactly this for a project about 5yrs ago. Works great!
Really like your channel and the work you do. Thank you for making these videos!
Yes this is the best floating shelf video in the world ty for making it so simple
Wow! Those are so awesome. I really enjoyed your quick fix and learned a lot from this video.
You made it look so easy! Very nice and useful tips here. Thanks!
Beautiful job!! Love that chamfer you put on the shelves 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Awesome job, they look so fantastic!!
These vids are so satisfying and give off tested one day build vibes. Love em
I love this video..Thank you for sharing Mr.Alex!
Love the hand planed details
As a professional fabricator, more than 20 years, I have learned that a craftsman is not someone who never makes mistakes, but someone who knows how to fix them.
I wished I have the necessary tools for such a project. Looks fantastic!