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.

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!

Showing your mistakes and your solutions to them are the most valuable parts of instructional videos!

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

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. 💕🙏🏾

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!

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...

These might be the most beautiful shelves I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing that with us Alexandre!

That chamfering and edge finishing work is master touch. Appreciated.

wow! I'm really happy with how cheerful this video is.

How in the world you only have 285K subs?? These are the most dynamic and well thought out woodworking videos I've ever seen.

Initial thoughts when you started drilling: doesn't he want to mark the desired depth or something... Few minutes later: ooh, I see😁

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 difference between a good craftsman and a bad craftsman is a good craftsman knows how to fix his mistakes, nice job

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.

I have absolutely no intention to make these shelves, and yet, I enjoy watching you work. Good job!

I really like that 70° bevel on the edge of the shelf, very effective.

Yes this is the best floating shelf video in the world ty for making it so simple

I love the way you combine modern machinery and super old school techniques when you need to.

aligning 4 rods perfectly spaced, perfectly straight, perfectly in line, with zero mm of tolerance... you mad man.

My cat would flippin' love those shelves.

Awesome shelves, nice work even with an error, I remember when I was like 9 years old, my father hired a carpenter to do the finish work on the stair case. everyday for about a week after school, I would rush into the house and watch this carpenter work, he was an old timer, one day he asked me,, do you know when you can call yourself a carpenter? I said I don't know and re replied. when you can cover up your own mistake and no one knows the difference... BAM, I have always remembered that. He was fascinating to watch work as a kid, everything he did was done by hand, all that fine work on the spindles and railings and the fine tuning, so cool, today, I am a wood worker myself and I still learn new tricks every day. I love it. Thanks for the great project, I love the look of the thinner shelves it's looks so sleek

I will never build those, but Ilove watching skilled craftsmen.

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.

Norwegian krone coming in clutch to make that corner radius!🤙🏻

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.

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.

Wish I lived somewhere I could get perflectly flat pieces of wood.

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

That chamfer makes all the difference in the appearance of your shelves. Excellent!

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!

Would have been interesting to let the rod stick through then grind it to match the wood bevel to add contrast.

They look really great, now I have table saw and drill press envy.

please never stop making videos. one of my favourite channels and I'dont even know how to work with wood.

Long time viewer, first time caller here. Always been a big fan of this channel! I'm planning on taking this project on for my living room and was wondering if you have any thoughts as to max depth and weight for it? I'd be looking to do a shelf that's 12" deep, and want to put a few bookshelf speakers on it. Wondering if you think this would be too much weight for the setup... I love the style of this one with it's thinner shelves, compared to a lot of 2" thick options out there.

14:26 This Old Alexander :-) on you sander. You are just incredibly clever and always upbeat.

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!

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.

I ❤ creative minds & you have a creative mind.

Love how you marked where to drill on the shelves - I personall want to measure as little as possible! lol

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

I've got to give it to you, americans. You make crappy houses/walls, but that makes it so easy to do things like this. Awesome.

Normally it’s impossible we can have that much professional tools and cutting machines. But we still can enjoy your video to watching you make great job 👏

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

excellent project Alex! 👌😉 love the videos

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.

Great level of expertise. Great video.

now he is doing that side to everything lol

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 !

I have seen many floating shelves videos, but these are the best by far.

You are definitely passionate about your work.

awesome shelves! also congrats on the 200k subs :)

The fit of the shelves is great, but not as good as Alexandre's fit. That turtleneck!

Great work. And may I just say, I love how you protect your hair and not your eyes, with those glasses. XD

Your drill jig is BOMB! Worth the price of admission, in itself.

Can we just appreciate the fact he taped his playbutton

One sound dampening panel is falling. Go with care.

Just a side note.When you have thousands of dollars worth of tools you may find that it makes the job easier.Looks great

I have to say bad ass shelves looks awesome nice and clean! You make easy to understand thank you!

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!!

cleanest floating shelf ive ever seen. angled edge there is a fine touch.

nice, i really enjoy that you made a very small mistake and showed it and fixed it.

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 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.

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.

Thanks so much for leaving that error in the video. It gave me so much reassurance that, while I will certainly fail cataclysmically, it's common and fixable with time and ingenuity.

How To Make Super Strong and Thin Floating Shelves: Have a dry wall with wood posts

Fler enn meg som så den norske kronen?

Wow thats great! Even if you dont have all the power tools like table saw, you can still do it. Now thats DIY

Those are simple and elegant master piece

So early that the video was still floating in the draft !

i know i am late but plz can anyone tell me what he program he uses to print 3d stuff plzz

Hereafter Alexandre hit 342K. Amazing work Alex! Looks sleek and clean.

Thank you! I watched this and then made a bedside floating shelf for my wife out of Birdseye Maple.

If only he didn't laugh his way through pretty much every sentence. Once you hear it you can't un-hear it.

Love the hand planed details

This is one of my favorite shares from a maker, inexpensive and easy

Great looking shelves. That extra effort made a big difference

Chamfered corners were the highlight and made this a good job!

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.

I can say your video is clear as sunlight...even a layman will understand your instruction

You've got mad skills. All over the world there are crooked shelves put up by viewers who can't drill as straight as you can.

Akkurat hva jeg var ute etter! Genial løsning!

interesting approach, Good idea with the box to keep the big drill bit straight. You have so many clamps :D and nice save on the wood plugs.

Showing mistakes made and how to fix them is so valuable; thank you!

OMG so difficult, you’re an artist

Fast becoming my favourite channel.

My favorite bit was rounding the corners with a file. I'm always on the lookout for solutions that don't require access to power tools

I'm thinking to decorate my room and You Tube recommend me this. Worth Watching. I like your project.

you raised office space is amazing... but how do you not roll off over the edge in your chair in your enthusiasm and excitement? Love your channel so much.

Awesome... Very nice n elegant design, workmanship, creativity ideas.... Thanks for sharing this video

Just watched your video for the first time and I am in love with your work.

OMG,Alexander,you’re really amazing,thanks a lot for sharing this video😃😀😁

Beautiful Beautiful shelves I just love the chamfer

Wow! What a great great shelf! I really wish you were my neighbor! 💗

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.

I appreciate the mistake because I got to see your fix process, too. Thanks for the video.

I hit subscribe when you pulled out the hand planer