Easy DIY Floating Shelves | The Best Floating Shelf Bracket?
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- Опубликовано: 24 июн 2020
- #DIY #WOODWORKING #FLOATINGSHELVES
In this video I ditch the store bought floating shelves and make a much stronger solution using a cheap strong bracket and an off cut of some scrap wood.
UK LINKS
- Floating shelf bracket amzn.to/2CJ5LiR
- Knotting solution amzn.to/3o1eOy8
- Primer Undercoat amzn.to/3eErDtO
- White wood paint amzn.to/2B1Ovou
- Wood filler amzn.to/3aWpXwE
- DeWalt 10mm masonry drill bit amzn.to/3dsKNkF
US Links
- Floating shelf bracket - amzn.to/37YPced
- Knotting solution (USA equivalent) amzn.to/31eTKM1
- Primer amzn.to/3fS5mIQ
- DeWalt masonry bit (USA equivalent) amzn.to/2Z7ljnY
CANADA LINKS
- Floating shelf bracket - amzn.to/33aqWVP
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Hope you enjoyed this one! Let me know below if you did.
For the more experienced DIYers out there about to tell me I'm an idiot for using a masonry drill bit on a wooden wall, I should have explained that these are installed on a solid brick wall. A brick wall that eats drill bits for breakfast. And yes I'm using a hammer drill, and one that's powered by 230 solid volts of power (+10%/-6% in accordance with UK Power distribution regulations - for all the electricians out there!).
Thank you for the information. To help you, you need to use the right drill bit for the job. The bits you showed were for drilling into concrete. The Dewalt drill bit you purchased is one of the types you should use to drill into sheetrock and wood. Plus get yourself a smaller drill! I have Dewalt 12V and 20V lithium battery drills. I use the 12v every day for work and it would work for your project. If you have a harder wood or metal to drill into, then use the 20V drill. Your hammer drill great for concrete, heavy for wood working.
Your drill speed is too high. Slow down alot and press harder on the drill. Every 15 sec or so release the press a bit , then back on. No more melted tips or bent bits from too much heat.
Hello! Thanks for the video. Did you use the same 10mm drill bit for the holes in the wood? What size is that?
Its a different drill bit as I'm drilling in to a different material and my wall is made of bricks. To get the right hole in the wood I practiced with different sizes on a scrap piece
That's the most useful tip on this thread! a decent sharp bit also helps 👍
I already knew you knew exactly what i was thinking from the first 10 seconds.. Subscribed
Thank you for sharing all that, I'm in the process of adding a counter over my pull out washing machine and I want shelves above it. This will work great! Love your accent too!
THANK YOU for making that super simple to follow😊
Thank you for the detailed illustration. I want to put up a few floating shelves in my home office.
This was absolutely amazing...and I've come here after going through at least 10 other DIY floating shelf videos, all quite good, and this one still compelled me to leave a comment, 'cause its that good!
Thank you! I'm glad you found it useful 👍
Omg I can’t tell you how happy I am to have found this video!!!!! Thank you!!!
Me too
I could watch this guy all day. Great job.
Totally
A very rarely comment on any video I watch, but you were so thoughtful when you included the links you even included the US version of the links. Which is so helpful and amazing and almost unheard of that you did it. I truly appreciate you making my life easier thank you very much, I wish more people could be like you.
Thank you for taking the time to ledge a comment! I'm glad the video helpful!
This is exactly what I needed to know and you made it easy to follow. Thank you for the great video!
Thank you, your video was very helpful especially for a single lady that knows nothing but trys to do everything herself, needless to say I rely on a lot of you tube videos. Loved yours, keep on.
EXACTLY what i needed to see before starting on a couple of these in my kitchen, thank you! Video was crisp, perfect moments of sarcasm, not too long, thanks again!
'Perfect moments of sarcasm' would make a great name for a channel 😂
The video and comments are focused on the hole in the wall but actually the most difficult part is the holes in the wood. You will need a 12mm drill that can go in at least 16cm. This is very deep and you will likely need to buy an extra long drill bit to do it.
If your shelf is long you will need more than 2 brackets for strength. 1 bracket every 40cm I think.
I just used 2 per shelf, if you use more you should take time to think about how you will keep the shelf level.
Drill the holes in the wall with 10mm masonry drill. Insert plugs and screw in brackets
Put the wood on top of the brackets. Check with a level and adjust brackets to get them straight.
Mark the position of the brackets on the wood so you know where the holes should go along the length of the shelf.
Put a dab of paint on the face of the bracket. Line them up between your marks and press the shelf against it. This is so you know roughly wherr to drill into the wood. If the dot is too close to the top or bottom youll need to adjust the brackets.
Keeping the drill straight over through the depth of the shelf is the really difficult part of the proces. Clamp the wood to the bench. Dont start till you do.
You can drill pilot holes but they only help so much. I got steel plate with a 90 degree angle which had holes pre-drilled in it. I dont know what they are for, maybe welding. I looked for one with a 12mm hole by inserting the drill bit into it and picking the one with the best fit.
Place the plate on top of your shelf (which is clamped to your bench). Line up the hole in the metal with your paint dot showing where the hole should be. If it doesnt line up, adjust by jacking it up with bits of cardboard. Clamp the metal onto the shelf or bench so it doesnt move.
Drill through the hole in the metal plate into the wood. The platr will help you keep the drill straight but it isnt perfect because you are drilling so deep. Keep steady. Dont do it all in one go, pull out the wood shavings as you go. Dont get excited and rush. Have your drill battery charged to full each time.
If you think you are angling up or down you can pause in place and firmly hold the drill where you want to correct. Move it in and out a bit and grind a different angle, then slowly continue.
This activity is not nearly as quick as the video makes out but it ends up with nice shelves.
Good drill bits makes the world of difference, great tips
I was looking for best glass mounting bracket ideas for my diy project. Seen your post and stopped to watch anyways just cause you're cute. ... I now want to build my own floating shelves. lol :D
This is exactly what I was looking for, only I'll be attaching the shelves to wooden studs through plasterboard. Thanks! 👍
Finally....the video I was looking for. This is the most DIY friendly video I have come across till now for making floating shelves. All other videos come up with elaborate brackets which need to be made and then you gotta make the rectangular wooden box that slides over the bracket. It's very elaborate and time consuming. Your solution looks very sturdy and elegant. I know for a fact that these fasteners can hold tremendous amount of weight. In my country, we use these fasteners for lots of things like fixing wash basin to the wall.
I found your video very helpful. I like the fact you can rotate the bolts to correct for slight alignment problems if necessary. I'll try to find that type of bolt near me.
My favorite part of the video was when you discovered your drill bit was bent a bit. Sometimes, you think to yourself that only yourself would have that kind of problem. So it's nice to know things like that can happen to anyone. I'm glad you included it. I want to mount a long shelf to hold some models of old electric powered locomotives from around the world. I don't need nor want the board to be much thicker that 3/4 of an inch so I have to find bolts that don't require a 1/2 hole. I also have to lay a floating vinyl floor in our bathroom so I'll be checking the rest of your site for possible tips. Thanks for the education! Rob
Thanks for the feedback Rob. Glad you found it useful. I haven't seen a smaller bracket for thinner shelves but there are lots of options out there for shelves so I'm sure you'll find something that works 👍
Exactly what I was looking for and I had fun watching! Subscribed
You just saved me $800. Thank you for this awesome video!
I love this chilled out delivery. Informative and easy to watch. I’ll definitely be giving this a try.
He called it a "Wrench"!!! Woooohoooo!!! Bravo!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍
Exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you!!
Great video Neil! Very helpful
I have always stayed away from floating shelves because of the rigidity issues.
I feel like you had one of the best solutions I have seen with the rod bots.
Good work!
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That looks awesome man!
Great video
Thank you just what i was looking for
I like your video you add a little bit of personality to it and a little bit of humor at the same time it's a good tutorial plus I like your accent.
I've experienced the same thing with my cheap kit masonary drill bits that are IMPOSSIBLE to get through brick. I went slow, fast, corded, uncorded, hammer setting, standard setting, with cooling, and without.. no difference.
Very helpful to see you go through the same thing and find out that it's the darn drill bit itselt. Will check out the ones you recommend 👍 Thanks for the video!
Great vid, with some simply put, useful tips. I am to DIY, what an ashtray is to a motorbike, so this was very useful. Cheers mate!👍
Yes I liked it alot. Im going to use the metal lag bolts, I never thought they'd be so strong. On your way to Hollywood!
The secret to drilling with concrete drill bits is to use a hammer drill! It's sooo much easier!
Good video btw!
Not only easier but also the correct way. Without sounding like a know it all! Great video
if you really need to make one or two holes and don't want to spend the money, a masonry bit can be used manually by tapping it with a hammer and twisting. Takes a long time but it'll do it, though its up to you to keep things straight
This is so good. No waffle, gold-dust!
This was terrific! Just what I need. Something simple that will last and works!!! Thank you.
Thanks, you've made this look like I might be able to do it.
Love the dad grunts lol
Hi Neil,
I bought this kit followed your methodology, modified it for some corner shelving, with zero experience making floating shelving and just a newbie to DIY ... your video was definitely more appealing than the other designs.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you found it useful!
Thanks for the links!
Bloody brilliant. Love it mate. Keep it up 👍
Thanks Scott 👍👍
Really appreciate you taking the time to link US equivalents. I am trying to find a solution to mounting a floating shelf, and think I just found it. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Good news; I've watched all your videos and loved them. Bad news; I've watched ALL your videos! I hope you make more!
That is good news! I'm glad you liked them. I have good news for you too! I'm nearly finished on my next project and am starting another one which hopefully won't be too far behind it. Ive not yet mastered being able make videos very quickly.. I tend to take on projects that take far too long to complete! But subscribe and hit the bell and I'll hopefully have the next video wrapped up soon!
Neil, in case no one has mentioned it, thank you so much, for including and separating international
ordering links, for the materials. 😁😍
No one else has mentioned it but you're most welcome 😉
Great video, man. Subscribed.
Well done mate. 👍
Amazing Neil thanks ❤
Great tips, fellow Neil!
Thanks fellow Neal!
This was super-useful, thanks Neil. Subbed
Hi Neil, From one DIYer to another I really enjoyed the way you did this video, great info. You have gained a subscriber from me.
Hi Joshua, thanks for the review and subscribing! Hope you enjoy the channel. More video coming soon... promise!
@@NeilLovegrovemaker Awesome, I look forward to it. Keep them coming.
very informative. never heard of those mounting screws
thanks much, i am planning to build my floating shelf, and was thinking of what to use to hold it. now i need to find it locally.. btw i always use dewalt bits, been using them for years. no complaints..
Excelente video estaba buscando un video sobre estos soportes, saludos desde 🇲🇽
Thank you for this!
Nice and easy job.
I think you should make more videos just about you daily life because you are really fun to watch
This is really good, a great video, when you mounted the shelf on the wall, I thought, I wish he had shown, the actual drilled holes on the back of the shelf, before he slides the shelf on to the wall fixings, as I carnt recall seeing that part of the tutorial, but I did learn alot from this, and I didnt, know the tips you gave about the wood knots seepage, which is really good of you to mention that, I liked these fixing you used, this is very interesting, I subscribed and gave it thumbs up, thank you, Laura in uk
Thanks Laura. Glad you found it useful!
You make a good, a great point there.
Thank you, great video
Brill 👌🏽 I now need to detox from (bracket) floating shelves 😁💃🏾🙏🏽
As soon as you said easy, I hit LIKE, lol
thank you, good stuff mate.
Great video. Wish we had solid walls here like you do. All we have is these cheap dry wall/sheet rock walls.
It's a really standard and normal way to build houses not cheap at all. You'll just have to find studs in the wall. So when you drill your holes in the wood and wall they should be 16 inches apart to catch to studs
I'm looking to source some live wood (wavey front) and was thinking they'd look great floated, so really useful to see what you used and how it turned out, thanks. After struggling with a masonry drill drilling into engineering bricks up the side of an alcove I invested in an SDS drill - the right tool if you're finding even new bits don't make much impression.
Whoa! Narely knots!
"It cannot be that easy, can it?" - and then he goes and shows an intricate process for which any regular person would need to buy 10 different things, resins, paints, etc not to mention the tools :)
Its a good video, and you explain it really well. The process itself also is not "hard" so "easy" is accurate description of this, but the thing that I found most informative at this point is that there is a strud to buy off amazon...
Then I will get a shelf ready bought from somewhere like B&Q :)
You have my like, sir!
The tools he has are literally basic DIY tools anyway? So if you're looking to do any sort of DIY you should have them as a bare minimum
Brilliant video buddy , great job you should do more videos 👍🏻
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed. In an ideal world I'd be making videos every week but it takes a lot of time. It's deffo a goal and comments like yours makes me want to get there sooner 👍
@@NeilLovegrovemaker I'm literally putting one up now but it won't slot all the way in , it makes a sound as if the bolt bit of the screws is hitting something in side the shelf hole?🤔
Have you tried pushing s lose bracket in the hole to make sure the hole is deep enough?
@@NeilLovegrovemaker managed to get it on all the way 🙂👍🏻 I tightened the screws more so that they sunk into the wall further and then finally after lots of adjusting the shelf touched the wall! Thanks again though awesome video , editing and explanation with resin etc and the knots taught me loads! 😀
Subscribed ! Thank You !🙏
That knot filler though. Ill have to check that out for sure. Hope it works outdoors
Good content good sir 👏🏼👍🏼
Nice video. Consider these points
1. You bought pre-made shelves "off the shelf".... Hmm.
2. In most cases, it is more important that a shelf LOOK level rather than actually BE level. If the ceiling, floor, or other major nearby horizontal lines are not truly level, a level shelf will look out-of-level because it isn't parallel to them. In this case it is better to stand off at a distance and have a helper position the shelf so it looks level and mark the position.
3. When using a masonry bit it helps greatly to have a squirt bottle at hand to squirt water into the hole. This cools the bit, softens the masonry, and keeps down dust.
Perfect timing. I was thinking if I could do this with a floating vanity that I’ll be doing
had the same problems with those rotted spots. what I did was gouged those rotted spots, and I mixed glue with some sawdust and applied it to the gouged spots then sanded the wood even
Loved it. Plus, you’re adorable.
Awesome
Funny seeing literally the same Shelf Supports ( including the Washer 🤣 ) that were delivered and used with my custom shelves being used in a RUclips Video.
Fun, Short, Fun, Informative, Fun :)
Great video. Can anyone recommend good fixings to use on a brick wall that has dot and dab plasterboard for this sort of project? I tried the Corefix heavy duty dot and dab wall fixings for my floating shelves. The shelves are very solid but they still wobble a little up and down, which is a bit annoying. Would these fixings in the video be any good in dot and dab walls?
Hi Neil, just happened to come across your videos yesterday and they are brilliant I’m gutted there aren’t more! During the lockdown I have been trying to find the “DIY” within myself, something I have never really done before. For my 26 my misses was wanting to get me a decent drill just for things around the house but I don’t know of any that are good for a beginner, any suggestions would be brilliant! Once again, great videos!
Hi Chris. Thanks for the feedback. I wish there were more videos too. Unfortunately with a day job and young family I still haven't mastered how to make a video in less than a few months. The process is getting faster though so stick around and hopefully I'll get them down to the weekly rate they people are demanding!
With your drill it really depends on what you want to use it for. Read reviews before you buy and you should get a feel for if it's right for you.
I'd recommend getting one with "hammer" function so you can also use it for drilling into walls. Also look for one with 2 batteries so you can always keep a spare charged - nothing worse than going to use it and it being flat. If it's battery the higher the voltage generally means the more power. Mines an 18v DeWalt. I've had it 10 years now and it's still going strong. Hope that helps
@@NeilLovegrovemaker It does mate thanks! My misses dad is an upholsterer and has been for a long time now and we are going to be moving in with each other soon (me and the misses, not her dad) and I would like to try and gain a useful skill that I know you can have loads of fun with.
You’re f$&!ing awesome 👏
I could watch him all day long too. Neil you are so cute!
😘
Please do not comment on RUclips videos.
Not creepy at all.
Another option is to use a oil or alcohol based primer prior to painting to to prevent the wood from staining through.
I love yours
what is the size of the pre hole drill on the wood . It is a very informative video
very good
lol! I remember the day I first learned what a "spanner' was. 🤣
Great video. This gives me hope that Maybe I really can pull this project off by myself?
Question: do I need to insert the brackets into the wall studs?
This was a brick wall so I didn't have studs. But yes I'd aim for the studs if that's what your walls have
So nearly 10k 👍👍👍
Nearly there!
Hi , Fantastic video show. Do yo think that could be use in Hollow concrete block wall? The wood that I have got is Carob so is quite heavy. Thank you for your time
Thats a tricky one. I wouldn't like to say one way or the other.
If they are weak you can always add more for extra stability but then again if the wall blocks are hollow there wont be much for the bracket to hold on to so it may not work.
Exactly what I was looking for!!! YES!
My ex boyfriend was boasting about making shelve this way in other people's kitchens and I want to put one or two up in my living room now that he is out of town. But I was having trouble locating the hardware he had described. Unfortunately for me, your link show prices in pounds and I am in the US.
There are US links in the description too! Scroll down further 👍
Nice work! And I mean both the shelves and the video+editing itself.
I immediately watched al your other video's to. Really nice quality projects and videos.
Shame the camera focus seems to be a bit off though in this last video.
Will you be posting more in the future?
Thanks Antoine! Ah that bloody focus! I only noticed after filming it all and was so annoyed with it.. I then actually spiralled off on a tangent and took some online courses about filming properly!!!
Yes there are more videos coming. I really can't make them as fast as the mainstream youtubers can (yet) but I'm always working on something. Stay tuned and hopefully I'll release my next project soon!
Great tutorial. I've found an impact drill works best in concrete.
Don't you mean a hammer drill? An Impact Driver is a small version of a drill for driving screws and bolts but not useful for drilling, a hammer drill is a drill that also reciprocates the drill back and forth as it spins (like a jackhammer).
I've found the very best way to fix a floating shelf that will be rock solid is to use 12mm threaded rod and fix in the wall with resin, making the hole in the wall 16mm. Just support it for 15 mins. The down side is that it's permanent but most shelves are. I've done many like that and they hold any weight.
My favourite moment might by the watering can 🤭
You're the first one to comment on it!
Great video. If I would like to remove my floater shelf and I would like to install ones using the same bracket however I want them same length however going out instead of 6.7 inches I would like one that is 10 inches how do you remove them without breaking the wall and just get a new one that would be custom made exactly 6.7 inches by 10 inches. I now have 16 inches length. I would get same length however coming out 10 inches instead of 6.7 so I can fit bowls etc
👍Thank you
that wood has beautiful knots and grains !!!! omg ya painted them lol... good vid though !!!
What did you insert into the hole after the rawlplug, and how does the spanner work if there isn't any thread on the bolt?
If your anchors are into brick these shelve will never fail.
(Buy some spray shellack like Zinzer to seal 100% and stop knots or marker ink from ever bleeding through under ANY top coat you choose (water,thinner ,lacquer,whatever)
Knots are ok. I would have left them. Looks more rustic... and natural. :)
Thanks for this great vid since I neither have the patience, the space the tools nor the skills!
Awesome - short, simple and informative. How thick was the shelf that you used? I have 38mm ones, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to drill them without splitting the wood.
Mine were around the same size. Practicing on an offcut can be helpful
Does look easy'
What size drill bit you use for the hole in the wall and the wood ?