This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.
This comment is for the algorithm. I have nothing to contribute other than I really do appreciate you doing them as they are making this novice woodworker much smarter.
Several years ago I bought a stair tread jig on Amazon that I mostly use for closet shelves and I do a lot of floating shelve like this guy is doing. It has two metal ends that you fit on a 1 X 2. Because of that you can use it on long lengths like 8' maybe longer. I paid about $25 and have done at least a thousand feet of closet shelves with it and probably save $499 dollars over a Woodpeckers that all of these guys need to make them feel special.
Thanks! Fellow adhd person here. I’m just starting out in woodworking. You have made putting in shelving easy and comprehensible. I’m going to give it a try next weekend.
Thanks for making this one. Wish you’d have done it before I poorly made shelves beside our fireplace. At least I can come back to this with a better plan in mind.
I wish I had found this video 5 months ago! It would have saved me a lot of headache and overengineering. I have another set of box shelves to make soon so this is a great help.
Just lay a couple of straight pieces of wood along the outside walls and then pin nail a long piece of wood between them. The stretcher piece should be wide enough such that the side pieces cannot pivot once pin nailed to the top piece.
I was replacing stair treads at home and needed pretty much the same thing. I ended up making one out 4 thin scraps. Two long ones made a slide rule, and two shorter ones made the two articulating arms. Each had a factory edge so I knew at least one side was perfectly straight. Worked so well I saved it. Just so happens I need to install shelves like this now so I can reuse it.
I made one of those wall scriber dohicky things out of 1/4” ply, aluminum sheet, strategically placed elongated screw slots, fender washers and wing nuts. It was disassemble-able for transport/storage and could be used over and over again. It worked so slick I made a smaller version for scribing stair treads that need to fit in between skirt boards on non routed (housed) stair stringers. Also great tip on beveling the edge of the top shelf board to ease installation. Bevel each end of a stair tread by a degree or 2 for the same reason...It will never be seen.
I love floating shelves. I have never really seen how others do it, but it turns out that's pretty much how I do it too in that circumstance. Great job!
Thanks for the inspiring video and user friendly info. I’ve just come across your channel and after staring once more at a nook where I had been planning to pay a carpenter to build some box shelves I have now decided I’ll give it a shot and try and do it myself.
Hey Jason, love your videos they are awesome I am new to woodworking and I have learned so much from your videos and my most favorite videos of yours are the boat build and building a lawn mower into a tank, I love what creative things you make out of wood you really show how Creative you can get with wood If people say rude things on the internet don't listen I love how goofy you are and I think you are awesome 😎
I have made a few of this type of shelf but watched anyway (were on lockdown, what else is there to do?) Just killing time I think to myself when, lo and behold, a tip I have never seen! Putting the chamfer on the end of the board!! Simple, useful tips like this are absolute gold dust.
Been watching a lot of your videos the last few days, building up my courage to start a large bookcase and shelf system in our computer room. Love your videos, you keep it simple, short, but also entertaining at the same time. Keep up the greats work.
Courage. What an apt word to use. I am in the same boat, however my problem is I over engineer everything, "Just in case". With his videos is is a slap and a wakeup call I don't need to. He is the "Dog's danglies" as far as I am concerned. I only have 2 woodwork channels I watch, and he is the main one. His layout and method of work is like me most of the time... simple.
Wow the shelf gauge is cool. Ive always wondered why that wasn't a thing...apparently it is! What I do for a scribe fit is the same concept. I use 1/4 " ply, rip it to 3 or 4 inches wide. set my pieces aganist the walls and hold together with a couple screws at the corners. An additional advantage here is that each wall can be scribed as well if needed.
Hey brother, I don’t normally like or subscribe that much to videos, but yours was great and I’m planning on using your techniques! Great work. I love your content.
Been binge watching your youtube videos these last couple days. Enjoy your builds and your content! Keep up the great work, friend. One of your Canadian viewers.
Super helpful! If you get a chance could you show those of us who didn’t quite understand the method you were talking about without using the shelf gauge? Or maybe a short video on Instagram?
@@nathanfife2890 I believe that process you linked would be great for rafter angles or something larger than 5 or 10 degrees but for a .5 or 1% angle that you would find on a shelf with the drywall being out of square, I'm not sure this method would work.
Here is a video showing how to scribe a panel to a surface. You would use this to scribe the plywood template to the wall. Place the plywood template against the back wall, then scribe the end against the side wall.. ua-cam.com/video/xtYObtXLcjo/v-deo.html
I found a couple of vids showing how to make your own version of his angle finder tool. ua-cam.com/video/QSogVOmz5O4/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/aL_xOq3h6xY/v-deo.html
Keep em coming Man! Great stuff. I have been doing some of these shelves and your tricks and tips have made me realize that .. I can be faster and more efficient. I was over engineering everything!!!!!! Thanks again.
Awesome shelf build. I'm going to do a shelf set in nook like that but I'm going to add plywood and facing on the sides for a finished book shelf look. I liked the quirkiness of your video. Good job! Subscribed👍
Very helpful. The last time I tried it, though, the walls were not flat. Like yours, the walls were somewhat trapezoidal, but when I got the front and back edges to fit, there was a gap on the sides. I guess they don't make houses like they used to.
I like your videos great explanation I work as a carpenter full time manly exterior but doing a lot more finish built ins and such your videos have helped ...and tried getting one of these shelve gauges but was to late thing is so much better than the ones like it ...great job man!!
I did love this becasue this is exactly what I am trying to do on both sides of my fireplace…with some built in cabinets underneath…. I am very very raw…I have done some things around my house but have always wished it was cleaner…cause I would have gaps etc.. … one thing is that I need even a more step by step version of this…what is the wood you used for the brace…what is that tool that cut those weird holes in the 2 pieces of wood that stuck out in the middle but you have given me soooooo much hope that I can do this!!!… I absolutely love doing DIY projects in my home but don’t want them to look like it hahahaha
I think you could use the jigg more when drilling in the work bench? Drill the first row, use the al to locate the second row, then go back and do the same for the third. Now you can use the 2 holes on the top and the bottom, this way you eliminate the risk of measuring wrong between the rowes.
I would personally have put one of the bearers that you put in to support the quarter inch all the way across the front as well in case there is any movement or sag in the bottom piece of ply to prevent cracking in the paint or just generally seeing the bottom piece of ply below it. I’m the same when I work, but it’s insane the amount of tools we need these days just to put a shelf up lol.
Very timely find for me today. We move next week and there's a couple opportunities to make use of what you've taught me today. Bevelling the panel edges to ease the rotation into place, my how that would have helped over the last several decades...Thanks for sharing!
Came here to watch shelves being made. Left fantasising about this charming tubby little white guy. His words. Absolutely gorgeous. Subscribed 😻
This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.
This comment is for the algorithm. I have nothing to contribute other than I really do appreciate you doing them as they are making this novice woodworker much smarter.
Several years ago I bought a stair tread jig on Amazon that I mostly use for closet shelves and I do a lot of floating shelve like this guy is doing. It has two metal ends that you fit on a 1 X 2. Because of that you can use it on long lengths like 8' maybe longer. I paid about $25 and have done at least a thousand feet of closet shelves with it and probably save $499 dollars over a Woodpeckers that all of these guys need to make them feel special.
Thanks!
Fellow adhd person here. I’m just starting out in woodworking. You have made putting in shelving easy and comprehensible. I’m going to give it a try next weekend.
That bevel trick on the bottom of the shelf to get it flush with the wall was a great tip!
You know how hard it is to be funny AND educational? This channel is incredible and I love it!
You have grown on me like cheap wine! It took a few bottles, now I am a wino of yours. Love you performances.
That bevel on the bottom corner of the shelf tip was brilliant.
Why would anyone give a thumbs down!!? This channel rocks!
Best floating shelf tutorial out there. Thanks
I watch you all the time. I enjoy every one of your videos. Keep them coming.
The job isn't finished until the foreman says it's done! Seriously I enjoy your videos learn quite a bit and the kid makes them fun
Very timely for me. I need a floating box shelf!
Really love your videos. You have a nice narrating voice, and just the right amount of humour, to not seem too goofy. And you’ve got skills too.
So cool, OK, i'm going to attempt to build 5 ! Yes 5
Thanks for explaining why and the pros/cons of options.
I am a big fan of what you do. I am new to woodworking and I watch all the videos of yours that I can!!!
Priceless tips for a simple job that you have to get right the first time round! Great.
Awesome video! Really liked the tip on beveling the bottom of shelf tops.
One time tool looked sweet
Thanks for making this one. Wish you’d have done it before I poorly made shelves beside our fireplace. At least I can come back to this with a better plan in mind.
I wish I had found this video 5 months ago! It would have saved me a lot of headache and overengineering. I have another set of box shelves to make soon so this is a great help.
Any chance you could show how to scribe without the fancy red tool? Thanks!
Just lay a couple of straight pieces of wood along the outside walls and then pin nail a long piece of wood between them. The stretcher piece should be wide enough such that the side pieces cannot pivot once pin nailed to the top piece.
I was replacing stair treads at home and needed pretty much the same thing. I ended up making one out 4 thin scraps. Two long ones made a slide rule, and two shorter ones made the two articulating arms. Each had a factory edge so I knew at least one side was perfectly straight. Worked so well I saved it. Just so happens I need to install shelves like this now so I can reuse it.
A fat washer and a pen. Roll the washer along the wall with your pen in the middle.
Glad I could help, two years later,
Love your ways of showing how to make floating shelves. Love the way you do your videos because they are not monotone and slow. 2 Thumbs up!!
Dude! You are a natural!
Thank you for doing your video's lots of tips and knowledge for a beginner like me. Keep the video's coming
Would love to see you do a video like this for some of your cabinetry!
I made one of those wall scriber dohicky things out of 1/4” ply, aluminum sheet, strategically placed elongated screw slots, fender washers and wing nuts. It was disassemble-able for transport/storage and could be used over and over again. It worked so slick I made a smaller version for scribing stair treads that need to fit in between skirt boards on non routed (housed) stair stringers. Also great tip on beveling the edge of the top shelf board to ease installation. Bevel each end of a stair tread by a degree or 2 for the same reason...It will never be seen.
I love floating shelves. I have never really seen how others do it, but it turns out that's pretty much how I do it too in that circumstance. Great job!
I have enjoyed your videos, they are easy to understand step by step. Thank you.
Thanks for the inspiring video and user friendly info. I’ve just come across your channel and after staring once more at a nook where I had been planning to pay a carpenter to build some box shelves I have now decided I’ll give it a shot and try and do it myself.
your a great teacher
Great one mate. Beautiful snug fit too!
Hey Jason, love your videos they are awesome I am new to woodworking and I have learned so much from your videos and my most favorite videos of yours are the boat build and building a lawn mower into a tank, I love what creative things you make out of wood you really show how Creative you can get with wood
If people say rude things on the internet don't listen I love how goofy you are and I think you are awesome 😎
Awesome work Jason! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Beautiful. You've got a knack for these videos. Keep em coming!
Fabulous video. Thanks so much.
I have made a few of this type of shelf but watched anyway (were on lockdown, what else is there to do?) Just killing time I think to myself when, lo and behold, a tip I have never seen! Putting the chamfer on the end of the board!! Simple, useful tips like this are absolute gold dust.
Very clearly explained and demonstrated. Thank you.
I dig these practical, I can do this at home projects; along with shop setup projects. Helps me foresee my own shop in a couple years.
I'm planning on making a bookcase using just this method. Think I'm buying a pocket hole jig soon
Feel like I’ve been waiting years for another build video from you....thank god...welcome back brother
Thanks Jason. I feel ready to tackle this myself now. I'll add it to the wifes project list...
Amazing how much I learned about such a simple project
Awesome tips! Keep creating these videos!
Been watching a lot of your videos the last few days, building up my courage to start a large bookcase and shelf system in our computer room. Love your videos, you keep it simple, short, but also entertaining at the same time. Keep up the greats work.
Courage. What an apt word to use. I am in the same boat, however my problem is I over engineer everything, "Just in case". With his videos is is a slap and a wakeup call I don't need to. He is the "Dog's danglies" as far as I am concerned. I only have 2 woodwork channels I watch, and he is the main one. His layout and method of work is like me most of the time... simple.
Excellent work
nice job, I will be doing this in my pantry.
Fantastic thanks!
Good tips. That woodpecker gauge would be super helpful for builtin install stuff
Wow the shelf gauge is cool. Ive always wondered why that wasn't a thing...apparently it is! What I do for a scribe fit is the same concept. I use 1/4 " ply, rip it to 3 or 4 inches wide. set my pieces aganist the walls and hold together with a couple screws at the corners. An additional advantage here is that each wall can be scribed as well if needed.
Your videos have really helped me in my wood working game. Thanks man.
Well done 👍
Awesome! Great job! Thank you very much!
Great video, over in the UK I did mine in MDF but only because the width to fill was considerably less so they were strong enough.
Nice work.
This video was so packed with helpful tips... I feel like I learned quite a bit! Thanks J.
Hey brother, I don’t normally like or subscribe that much to videos, but yours was great and I’m planning on using your techniques! Great work. I love your content.
Very good video, super informative.
Something rude!
Love watching your videos, ran into them while making a vanity mirror for my wife. Thanks for all the tips and tricks you provide
Great job, good video. Need more
wow! that was the most entertaining shelf building video I have seen. you're a great teacher. thank you!
Awesome Video! Keep it going.
Great video. Thanks!
Been binge watching your youtube videos these last couple days. Enjoy your builds and your content! Keep up the great work, friend. One of your Canadian viewers.
Really good!!!
Thanks for the amazingly detailed tutorial. Superb craftsmanship as always
Cool and simple. Nice 👍🏻
I was looking forward to the finishing process. Im also a chubby white guy that finishes. Thanks for the video
Super helpful!
If you get a chance could you show those of us who didn’t quite understand the method you were talking about without using the shelf gauge? Or maybe a short video on Instagram?
I think this is the process he was talking about ua-cam.com/video/EyVL2ByubVw/v-deo.html
@@nathanfife2890 they make one of those gauges for stair treads.
@@nathanfife2890 I believe that process you linked would be great for rafter angles or something larger than 5 or 10 degrees but for a .5 or 1% angle that you would find on a shelf with the drywall being out of square, I'm not sure this method would work.
Here is a video showing how to scribe a panel to a surface. You would use this to scribe the plywood template to the wall. Place the plywood template against the back wall, then scribe the end against the side wall..
ua-cam.com/video/xtYObtXLcjo/v-deo.html
I found a couple of vids showing how to make your own version of his angle finder tool.
ua-cam.com/video/QSogVOmz5O4/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/aL_xOq3h6xY/v-deo.html
Great video
Love the videos
thanks.... got some good ideas
Keep em coming Man! Great stuff. I have been doing some of these shelves and your tricks and tips have made me realize that .. I can be faster and more efficient. I was over engineering everything!!!!!! Thanks again.
Awesome shelf build. I'm going to do a shelf set in nook like that but I'm going to add plywood and facing on the sides for a finished book shelf look. I liked the quirkiness of your video. Good job!
Subscribed👍
That shelf gauge thing is basically just a massive version of a stair-tread gauge. There are some good DIY plans out there to build one.
Very helpful man. Your videos or helpful and funny. Great job
Really glad I found this one.
Very helpful. The last time I tried it, though, the walls were not flat. Like yours, the walls were somewhat trapezoidal, but when I got the front and back edges to fit, there was a gap on the sides. I guess they don't make houses like they used to.
Thanks for your informative videos!
super duper helpful! love it dude!
I like your videos great explanation I work as a carpenter full time manly exterior but doing a lot more finish built ins and such your videos have helped ...and tried getting one of these shelve gauges but was to late thing is so much better than the ones like it ...great job man!!
your videos are fun.
Great job Jason. Hope to see you at the Meetup in Tigard.
I did love this becasue this is exactly what I am trying to do on both sides of my fireplace…with some built in cabinets underneath…. I am very very raw…I have done some things around my house but have always wished it was cleaner…cause I would have gaps etc.. … one thing is that I need even a more step by step version of this…what is the wood you used for the brace…what is that tool that cut those weird holes in the 2 pieces of wood that stuck out in the middle but you have given me soooooo much hope that I can do this!!!… I absolutely love doing DIY projects in my home but don’t want them to look like it hahahaha
Fun to Watch!!! Great Information!!!
I think you could use the jigg more when drilling in the work bench? Drill the first row, use the al to locate the second row, then go back and do the same for the third. Now you can use the 2 holes on the top and the bottom, this way you eliminate the risk of measuring wrong between the rowes.
Loved this!! Such an easy to understand explanation and demonstration! This project is definitely going on my list! Thanks!
Great video. Would be cool to see you go through a floating shelf that isn't boxed in by walls.
Thanks for the great tips. I used them for putting in shelves in my kitchen pantry. Perfect fit.
I would personally have put one of the bearers that you put in to support the quarter inch all the way across the front as well in case there is any movement or sag in the bottom piece of ply to prevent cracking in the paint or just generally seeing the bottom piece of ply below it.
I’m the same when I work, but it’s insane the amount of tools we need these days just to put a shelf up lol.
Good info brother
good pro tips thanks
You sure make it look easy. Btw you got me hooked on Rubio monocoat (other video). That stuff is awesome! 😎
Wow-what a great channel !!!!
Super helpful! Quick question - what sort of adjustments would you make if you were doing this kind of shelf in a wider space, like almost 6 feet?
Excellent skill, thank you for the video.
Very timely find for me today. We move next week and there's a couple opportunities to make use of what you've taught me today. Bevelling the panel edges to ease the rotation into place, my how that would have helped over the last several decades...Thanks for sharing!
Great stuff,