Floating L Desk for Music Room

We build a floating desk attached to the wall with brackets for J's music room. The tops use birch butcher block countertops.
Materials and tools used:
Countertops: www.homedepot.com/p/Hardwood-...
20"x13" Brackets: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Stain: www.homedepot.com/p/Varathane...
Water-based Poly: www.homedepot.com/p/Varathane...
Gray Abrasive Pads: www.homedepot.com/p/3M-3-7-8-...
Red Abrasive Pads: www.homedepot.com/p/3M-3-7-8-...
#0000 Steel Wool: www.homedepot.com/p/Homax-4-0...

[@kajsaanderson2215]

good tip on the ziploc to not need to clean brush between coats, I like that idea

[@naz699]

Thank you! I was searching for an easy low cost project like this and want to put this in my loft for the kids.

[@willhoward07]

I saw the Thumbnail and thought “This channel has 500k” then I saw u only had 97 subs and realised I’d found an amazing channel early

[@JWynia]

We're hoping to get back to making videos here in June, so I hope to live up to your enthusiasm.

[@justin_1]

This was absolutely perfect! I plan to do the exact same thing in my home. Thanks for this!

[@dolly_llamas_tea]

This was freaking awesome! Thank you!!

[@josetanaka]

Thanks for sharing. That is not floating desk though. I still learned something out of this. So thank you

[@MattRoszak]

Thanks for sharing, very useful video.

[@lanzsantos_]

Its so beautiful

[@darkangelw8472]

Thanks. Need one as an office desk

[@billburrows7986]

Cool!

[@Yakk36]

Very nice video!

[@EfieldHfield_377]

Thx for sharing. Im considering a similar project but im curious about vibration and using the table. How much vibration is there for typing, general hand writing, and maybe light work say computer repair

[@jakiyasharkey]

Hey great video I am about to build one just like this, what length of screw did you use to attach to the wall? Thanks for the great content

[@NewYears1978]

If you're breaking lag bolts, you need to get better lag bolts lol - or drill a more efficient hole.

[@zulkifli-rani]

Hi, does the table still hold on until now ?

[@ravemerah8406]

Thanks for this video! Am currently working on exactly a floatinf L desk. Your video helped a lot! Did you power drill to screw the table to the bracket?

[@JWynia]

Yes.

[@Heather-fz6xe]

Most sites recommend no more than 5inch overhang from brackets, have you noticed any issues so far? your brackets are only half the length of your desk

[@ntsp00]

No they aren't? At 13:48 you can clearly see the brackets are over 3/4 the depth of the desk with only a 5 or 6 inch overhang.

[@CraigDetailing]

Do you find the shop towels apply the stain cleanly or are little bits of shop towel left behind?

[@obscurityworks5933]

As long as I have the surface properly sanded (to 220 grit), I never have any shop towel bits on the surface.

[@russellbramante4428]

do you worry about wood movement when attaching the brackets to the top? ie. directly screwing into the wood top as opposed to another fastening system?

[@obscurityworks5933]

Maybe if I was putting them somewhere where the humidity and temps swing wildly. My basement is pretty consistent year-round. But, even then, there's a bit of room for movement in the bracket holes. In the 18 months they've been in use (I built another of these), there have been zero issues.

[@russellbramante4428]

@@obscurityworks5933 thank you!! working on a similar project with a live edge walnut slab and L brackets.

[@tiduswrath]

I'm watching in April 2021. How has this desk held up over the last year? any warping?

[@JWynia]

No warping at all. And I put up another one like it (though no L) in the room next door. Both working great.

[@xCaPz]

I really appreciate the detail you went into while explaining this. I'm just not exactly sure what to buy to bolt the brackets into the studs, or how you did that, can someone help me out?

[@obscurityworks5933]

Where I got them on Amazon is linked in the description.

[@michaelbalsamo3752]

@@obscurityworks5933 you didn't link the lag bolts, I'm going to try 1/4" 2 inch lag bolts

[@lillipaigeganstrom]

@@michaelbalsamo3752 did that size work out for you?

[@ryanhynson5679]

Where did you get the metal hangers for the butcher block

[@obscurityworks5933]

Linked in description as brackets

[@israelimaor131]

can I use smaller Brackets cuz the big Interfere with the legs?

[@JWynia]

I'm nearly 2 meters tall (6'4") and these brackets do not hit my knees/legs at all.

[@pareshpatiIinfo]

What is the depth of the table ... ?? Is it 2 feet or more than that ?

[@JWynia]

Yeah, 25 inches is what the product comes as from Home Depot.

[@kennethc9786]

What would you do if your wall was slanted from top to bottom? How would you go about leveling the bracket?

[@Yakk36]

Wooden shims between the brackets and countertop might work

[@zenginellc]

Yeah, wood shims, just be sure to attach them to the desk's underside before securing to brackets.
Maybe have the attaching screws go through them.

[@MissHabana78]

I see the face of a smoking man with sunglases in the wood 🤣

[@senacm09]

I have watched the video a couple of times and I think I can do this. However, I am trying to create a Tiktok affiliate account and it keeps stopping me. Says not enough followers, I have 600.
Do I log out of that account and try to create a totally new one? Or do I post on my regular account and then because of the video I grow my followers?
I truly believe this will work for me!!! Thank you so much! Sirena

[@christophercrawford2736]

Your pilot holes looked way too small for those lag bolts. Could just be the camera but I’m guessing that’s why the lag bolts were breaking.

[@JWynia]

I did use a bigger bit on the brackets the next time. What's weird though is that we had used those same lag bolts in the shop without breaking shortly before we did this project.

[@michaelbalsamo3752]

@@JWynia I think your lag bolts broke because you used stainless and not galvanized lag bolts, I have always found galvanized to not look as good but much stronger, great video thanks so much

[@realworldguroo]

What size lag bolts?

[@tiduswrath]

Did you ever get an answer ? I'm thinking of building this desk.

[@realworldguroo]

@@tiduswrath nope, I built my desk this way though. Def sturdy, I can sit and stands on it. I have an extra I used and can tell you the measurements / describe it.
The length of the bolt is 3 & 1/16” long and the diameter of the head is .5”. The head does not have a Philip or Flathead indention, they have to be ratchet on. Head also says ATC. I think I got it at Home Depot when I got the brackets. If not, then it was Lowe’s. Pain in the butt to figure out.

[@tiduswrath]

@@realworldguroo that's awesome. Thanks so much for the info and for answering extremely quickly.

[@JWynia]

@@realworldguroo I'm sorry I didn't respond sooner. Our earlier videos only got a couple of dozen views, so I wasn't watching the comments as this one picked up 27K views without me noticing. I'm glad you figured things out and yours is working. And, thanks so much for sharing the details with other folks in my absence.

[@ProjektNoiseBox]

Not sure why, 3 weeks in and I can see my brackets bending :/

[@stormwaker]

What weight were they rated for?

[@ProjektNoiseBox]

@@stormwaker I had 8 brackets, each weighted for 100kg load; I ended up buying some extra extendable legs from IKEA & now it’s pretty strong

[@bangrey_]

𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙅𝙤𝙗👍

[@THEGAMEX21]

My how prices have changed

[@kristofer0425]

Exactly my thoughts

[@shaneuniverse4965]

That's not a floating anything. That's just a regular desk. a shelf, technically. faux-floating? I dunno, but I hate seeing people say "floating" when they really mean "shelf with brackets".

[@ekcoupe5059]

way tooo much face time on your intro.