How to Make the Strongest Oak Floating Shelves

How to Make the Strongest Oak Floating Shelves - Cheap, Quick and Easy

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3 ай бұрын

In this video i will show you how to make solid oak floating shelves.This DIY guide will show you the complete process from start to finish. I will show you where you can find the materials, how to build the shelves and how to hang them on the wall. We will cover it all in this video.
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@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Mixing in these everyday diy tasks lately for people of all levels. What else do you guys want me to cover? Cheers

@GameGurus1212 3 ай бұрын

How about putting lights in your shed

@dmdaithim 3 ай бұрын

Maybe scribing skirting to the floor. I have some that needs doing as I can see gaps underneath. A DIY video would be helpful.

@JP_TaVeryMuch 3 ай бұрын

Putting up a shelf: everyone's introduction to DIY, every comedian's go to DIY joke subject and everyone knows how to do it. Yet I still watched it all the way through which must be something to do with your style of presentation, good on you! As for things we'd like to see, how about bathroom lights, in particular Where is the best place to position light fittings over the basin to get the best illumination for shaving your face?!

@PratabAli 3 ай бұрын

Please cover, how to motivate myself to do all the DIY jobs I've been procrastinating on? 😂

@markloughtonUK 3 ай бұрын

How to adjust kitchen cabinet doors (especially corner ones with 2 sets of hinges). Mine don't line up any more 😅

@zemejal 3 ай бұрын

I have installed these shelves and they are so sturdy and give such a nice view to the room. Strongly recommend them. Thank you for the envelop tip to limit mess

@112Haribo 2 ай бұрын

Nicely done. I wouldn’t call this a floating shelf though because the brackets are clearly visible. My idea of a floating shelf is the one where you have these pegs sticking out from the wall that go inside the shelf.

@patburke5740 3 ай бұрын

Great tips in this video for a new homeowner or anyone new to diy, the most important one is to bin the wall plugs that come with the brackets and use fischer plugs.

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

👍👍 happy to help

@macbook9084 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Easy to follow and clear instructions Will definitely follow this guide when i put up some new shelves Thank you!

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@Robo_Jo 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic video, was looking at oak shelving options then your video drops with great advice. Thank you! :)

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@MrMichaelYD 3 ай бұрын

Nice job mate, so helpful!

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it 👍

@VINSCOT5 3 ай бұрын

Very easy way to get the job done. That's why I like to watch every video.

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

@craigbuckley4832 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant video, very helpful and useful. Many thanks 💯👍👍

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@cprog 3 ай бұрын

Great video, Thanks a lot!

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Your welcome 🙏

@apaput140 3 ай бұрын

eres un artista. Gracias

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@AffectionateDriftwood-vr2sf 3 ай бұрын

That is amazing! Those shelves are beutiful! Gunna be using this method for some rooms.... so far pre packed kits never hold and would love solid wood up! Brilliant! Very good video. I am learning loads watching these and I hate drilling but for a women it is amazing advice and how to! Keep it up dude! Be great to see how u hang big box units up on the wall or using something like kallax kit from ikea to divid up a room. That's my next challenge..... haven't a clue yet how, so if u do one be great to watch.

@amazing451 3 ай бұрын

Good video Cameron and nice looking brackets, far better than the ones I was given the first time I was asked to put up floating shelves.👍👍

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍. They are really strong considering the design!

@michaelplays2449 3 ай бұрын

Great video !!!!! thanks

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Doug.... 3 ай бұрын

Liked the tip with the envelope dust catcher 👍👍😁

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

😀 it’s good 👍

@Petertronic 3 ай бұрын

Ultimate Handyman showed that trick many years ago, and I've done it ever since 😉

@Doug.... 3 ай бұрын

@@Petertronic Well you're never too old to learn. 😀

@wemoveforward6413 2 ай бұрын

Great shelving mate. Also that chrysanthemum tattoo is mega

@JustLikeBuildingThings 3 ай бұрын

These look great, I think I'd take it one step further and set these into the wood slightly with the palm router!

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

They do! And that’s a brilliant idea 💡

@cannontrodder 3 ай бұрын

I’d have probably avoided screwing the brackets to the shelve the first time but as you did, if you’d attached them upside down, you could have used the shelve with a level on plus the attached brackets to find the perfect position for the holes for the wall.

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Good point 👍

@maijo2597 3 ай бұрын

The screws holding the brackets to tbe wall must be very well countersunk if they are not to push the shelf out of alignment for the first holes you drilled.

@shanewarnes7339 3 ай бұрын

Great video man.. I so look forward to your videos. Are you ever in Torquay ?

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. I’m afraid I’m not

@Chief81 3 ай бұрын

Fischer plugs are very good fixings.

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

👍

@Pete.Ty1 3 ай бұрын

👍👍👍. Thank you

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Welcome 👍

@Jack82836 3 ай бұрын

Great video thank you. My question for you would be how do you fit it if the bracket ends up not level? as in, the bit wandered or mismeasured.

@leewalerzak 3 ай бұрын

Wouldn't it be better to put the brackets up then mark the holes for the screws into the oak?

@Mclaneinc 3 ай бұрын

Hey Cameron, love the attention to detail, the envelope trick was just so simple but so handy. The shelves look great, and such a simple yet striking job. Must say, I'd probably not put too heavy a thing on them, wood and cheap screws, but for ornaments and the odd book, perfect. Any tips for laying that ever so popular wood flooring panels. I would like to maybe have that as I'm a ground floor flat, but would beg people who live over others to never have wood flooring panels, it's a noise hell for those below as I know (especially if they have young kids..Grrrr). Paul..

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Hi Paul. Glad you like the video. Check out quickstep flooring, it’s the best I’ve found. See if you can find a video on laying it(I don’t have one, YET).

@snichy 3 ай бұрын

Good tip for the wall plugs - what screws do you recommend?

@welshrambler1893 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video, well done!. I struggled fitting a shelf into a recess where the walls were out of square so one for a future video? Regards Keith

@TheDIYGuy1 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, good idea

@BlockABoots 3 ай бұрын

Great video. Wouldn't it have been easier to mount the brackets on the wall first and then offer up the shelf and mark the holes in the shelf to drill, surely doing it that way round is more fool proof to maker sure everything lines up!??

@DIYLONDON 3 ай бұрын

I really like your explanation, your presentation is really good. I’ve been watching for a while, years actually! Only now subscribed - sorry mate 🙏

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@jim_jim1674 2 ай бұрын

8:34 it is better to fix the upper bracket and shelf first, you will not be blocked by the lower.

@cornwallkid100 3 ай бұрын

Great job .... how about some wall lights 👍👍👍

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Great idea, it’s on the list 😊

@naebadyersel 3 ай бұрын

Looks cracking! I thought you may have routed out a triangle for the bracket to sit flush underneath

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

That’s a good idea!

@naebadyersel 3 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYGuy1 Just an idea is all, don’t mean to be one of those armchair criticisers! I love your videos and your a great inspiration pal! thanks for the videos you provide

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

It’s fine. Constructive feedback is good 👍. Thanks

@TheRobSeale 3 ай бұрын

Would you look to chisel out on the shelf where the plate is to make a more snug fit to the wall?

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

You could do 👍

@lesthiele4921 3 ай бұрын

Those are some very different brackets, I have not seen them here in Australia, my only issue is the do not appear to be deep for the depth of the shelves, what about showing how to do the same thing on a plaster wall,but what ever I have said, this wax a grest video and your 'teaching style' is perfect, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. We’ve a set in another bedroom that have been there about 3 months. Going strong so far under general use, photos and a couple of little plants etc

@AlfsOnYT 3 ай бұрын

Would this work for a L shape corner shelf? Cut the shelf at a 45°and one bracket on each?

@AffectionateDriftwood-vr2sf 2 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on how to change an old telephone internet box to a new one. Would love to see hownthats done. Mine is shot and would like to see how its done.

@ianskipp4836 2 ай бұрын

I got these shelves and brackets. The shelves are nice (although not solid wood). The brackets are a bit naff and didn’t inspire confidence given their stubbiness vs the depth of the shelf. I ended up getting bigger brackets for a more robust shelf.

@fayazrahman2099 3 ай бұрын

May you please do a video on installing and wiring down lights where a room only has plug sockets?

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Leave it with me 😊

@fayazrahman2099 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@darrenmackenzie1892 3 ай бұрын

Tattoo looks cools did you get it re inked?

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Nope all original but there is one cover up on there

@darrenmackenzie1892 3 ай бұрын

Are the shelves the 22mm or 27mm thickness???

@cedarstuff 3 ай бұрын

Nice tutorial. Might have also swapped out the fixings used to attach the shelf to the bracket, for more peace of mind

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Cheers. Yeah you could. I built a set of these for another room that have been going strong for a number of months so hopefully they are ok long term.

@darrenmackenzie1892 3 ай бұрын

Are these shelf's 27mm or 22mm thickness? Also the wicks shelves are 300mm wide which the brackets don't look that long to fully support the shelf?????

@yorica70 3 ай бұрын

To save having to buy a Combination Square, can I just use a ruler and level?

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Sure could 🙌

@hasyourgulaggotplanningper2459 3 ай бұрын

I've got 3 cracking Iroko shelf units that my joiner mate ran up out of some spare kitchen counter tops. Unfortunately, all the walls where I want to put them are stud walls. I have yet to find a reliable way to screw them to the wall that doesn't screw up stud walls and leave me with an ugly hole in the wall that holds nothing, at least 50% of the time. Even toilet roll holders won't stay in place.

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Hmm. Would it be worth opening up the wall and fixing some studs in place to screw to?

@mathewgallimore1484 3 ай бұрын

The brackets look a little too short to prevent cantilever force pulling down the shelf.

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

We’ve a set in another bedroom that have been there about 3 months. Going strong so far under general use, photos and a couple of little plants etc

@maciej9280 3 ай бұрын

would be even nicer to add a step an recess the brackets into the shelf ;)

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

A fair few of you guys have said that. Wish I had of added it now haha

@zedred8075 3 ай бұрын

Tip: stop glancing to your right, checking yourself on the camera? It’s a bit distracting once you notice it. But very helpful video, great content!

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip 👍

@garethdavies7951 3 ай бұрын

Floating should be float a cheap Amazon bracket will pull out and take very little load. I make them by using an orger bit and drilling through the oak in 3 places. Then run the oak down a skill saw cutting of a 50mm piece I attached the 50mm piece to the wall with concrete screws I then use a dowel to size of orger bit and attach both pieces of oak. This allows for no bracket showing and a very high load ratting

@worstuserever 3 ай бұрын

They look nice, but not true floating shelves as the brackets are visible. I bought some inexpensive rod type floating brackets from Amazon, can also make your own. Strangely, they had a choice of black or white and I bought white because they were cheaper - they're going to be concealed! I would also rebate into the back for a flush fit, although then you discover how wonky our walls are in the UK. For anyone building up to their first DIY jobs, you won't need an SDS drill unless you're making very wide and / or deep holes in hard masonry, hammer action on a normal drill is fine for most holes in masonry.

@keithr1814 3 ай бұрын

Nice job, however a proper floating shelf has no visible means of support.

@johnadams1976 3 ай бұрын

This was my thought too!

@jonstout9236 3 ай бұрын

I think the wall fixing isn't the issue here... those cheap chinesium screws into the shelf itself will fail first.

@J4MB0 3 ай бұрын

I agree. All the weight is pulling against the threads of those rubbish screws. In this I stance I wouldn't mind going nut and bolt straight through the shelves. Considering you can see the brackets, seeing the bolt heads isn't too bad.

@robertsmart7484 3 ай бұрын

In any case the acid in the oak timber will eat away at the steel screws and rust them- shoul always use brass or stainless steel screws in oak.

@tonymarkey6525 3 ай бұрын

Nice shelves but Gotta be honest to me a floating shelf is one where you can’t see the brackets. If you can see the brackets it ain’t floating.

@LT212-24 2 ай бұрын

10% of people have found this useful, the other 90% just want to moan about whether it’s a floating shelf or not. It’s a shelf, Does it actually matter how it’s fixed to the wall?

@TheDIYGuy1 2 ай бұрын

Hah you can’t please everyone. The brackets are floating shelf brackets so I’d say it’s pretty floaty 😆👍

@jim_jim1674 2 ай бұрын

I do not trust a bracket like this with two short screws fixed underneath. You put something in the far end it creates very strong levering force. A C shaped bracket will be much better.

@johnashford5895 3 ай бұрын

Not really a floating shelf if you can see the bracket, sorry.

@johnadams1976 3 ай бұрын

This

@reedy8585 3 ай бұрын

The whole point of a floating shelf is that you can't see the brackets, It's in the name.

@BandiMasha 3 ай бұрын

Full toolbox! Yeah right. Who has a full toolbox that only weighs 10kg! 😂😂😂

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

😂😂 ok ok it was about half full

@UpsideDownFork 3 ай бұрын

Come on. We want a proper endurance test. Weigh.what you put on there. If they can't take at least 20kg for a sustained period then they ain't worth it. Try using them as a bookshelf and see where that gets you.

@andystephenson7102 3 ай бұрын

Shelf on the floor I would imagine! I wouldn't trust those brackets one bit, cheap Chinese rubbish

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

We’ve a set in another bedroom that have been there about 3 months. Going strong so far under general use, photos and a couple of little plants etc

@normangraham1882 3 ай бұрын

The whole point is not to have brackets.

@irenekelly2489 2 ай бұрын

I was thinking that to. The brackets should not be visible.

@dharmaphile 3 ай бұрын

Thank you - a very helpful video. I'm new to DIY but learning as I fix my house. For other video ideas: I'd like to know how to put up a curtain pole and blinds. Also how do you know what type of screws/fixings to use? And how do you choose the size of screw/wall plug/drill bit? Another job I have to do is sealing around a sink and toilet base. and how to fix where a bit of ceramic tile edging is missing from the bath - is there a way to fix it without buying a whole pack of trim?

@TheDIYGuy1 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful. Thanks for your suggestions