Make invisible bookends with Jack Heath, author of THE TRUTH APP

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11 жыл бұрын

Award-winning author Jack Heath explains how to tastefully prevent books from falling on your head, using only paper, scissors and adhesive tape. (Use card instead of paper if you need a stronger bookend. Or, if you have books that are super heavy, I recommend vibranium.)
Filmed by Venetia Major, music written and recorded by Jack Heath

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@EmmaMorgan09 4 жыл бұрын

I was like “it’s not gonna work... it’s too Flimsy..” oh ... it worked! Genius!

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Ha! Glad it exceeded expectations :)

@decalsover9000 8 жыл бұрын

this guy seems like such a legend, I laughed multiple times during this video

@JackHeathWriter 6 жыл бұрын

You're too kind!

@rengstaff 5 жыл бұрын

I came here after searching for "invisible bookends" to buy. Can't get more invisible than this, and I don't have to buy anything. This is really clever! THANK YOU! (Doggie so cute)

@niceleedone 2 жыл бұрын

You've got to be kidding?!!! No way?!!! Subbing just because you've saved me a whole heap of green paper so I can use the white paper, I already have!!! Thank you 🤗

@heidiwempen5239 7 жыл бұрын

Works amazingly! Now I can turn any flat surface into a bookshelf, and believe me, I need this ability!

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, sounds like I'm a bad influence

@MB-zg1sk 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This was super smart and quick. I spent a few mins walking around the house looking for something small and heavy to use as a bookend, but then thought to google diy options. Yours came up and in a couple of minutes my books were in perfect order! I have crafting materials so I used cardstock instead of copy paper to make a bit more sturdy. 🙏🏼

@kolab5620 4 жыл бұрын

I was just about to look up book ends online and this video got suggested. Thank you!

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@tarekchahattou 8 ай бұрын

I strongly didn't think this was going to work, but wow it's perfect, thank you!

@iamstoned4life 10 жыл бұрын

Genius! Thank you so much. I'll use cardboard to make it indestructible.

@JackHeathWriter 6 жыл бұрын

Mind blown. To the stationary store!

@kassava_rae 2 жыл бұрын

THIS MADE ME LAUGH

@Makeitmonika 3 жыл бұрын

Even less than 15 secconds into the video and I already knew I love him! His personality is amazing.

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Aw, that's super nice of you :)

@kateburgess1 5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!! Just found this video. My uneven decorative books have been driving me nuts for years. This worked perfectly.

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, very happy to help

@morganshofner2727 9 жыл бұрын

This is the best and easiest tutorial I've ever come across! I LOVE this! For shorter paperback books I just cut the computer paper in half, then went along with the tutorial as usual. That way I don't see the paper sticking out for smaller books. Thank you for sharing this!!!

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

If they're short books you don't plan on reading again, you could be even lazier and just sticky tape them to each other!

@missdaliesh 9 жыл бұрын

Wow! Love this! Total life saver. Thanks a million.

@JackHeathWriter 9 жыл бұрын

Danielle Strong-robinson No worries! Glad I could help.

@snowyss7061 3 жыл бұрын

dude i love you still after 8 years your video is goated, thank you a lot

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

*bows*

@aradismalll 11 жыл бұрын

Simply amazing! The easiest bookend idea ever. How creative is that!

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@emilynguyen683 7 ай бұрын

This worked out perfectly for me, thanks so much!

@jigokuu3851 2 жыл бұрын

Simple and brilliant. Just what I needed, thank you! 😍

@JackHeathWriter 2 жыл бұрын

You are totally welcome!

@samcraftstoo7616 7 жыл бұрын

WOW that is so simple and it works. Great idea. 👍👍👍👏👏👏

@JackHeathWriter 6 жыл бұрын

Why, thank you!

@a11933 2 жыл бұрын

YOURE AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND!!!❤️❤️❤️

@Plasros 7 жыл бұрын

Works flawlessly! Thanks!

@laineylamgiomy8554 3 жыл бұрын

Omg it works I’m struggling with my manga collection thank you

@stephaniewaldie3831 2 жыл бұрын

so helpful! these help make my shelves look perfect!

@ppkenterprise Ай бұрын

Just cancelled a £12.99 order on this. Card is better but brilliant DIY hack 👏👏👏 You’re a star

@annelph4746 Жыл бұрын

Omg that’s freakin’ BRILLS!!! NOW DO ONE FOR DVDS! i luv u 🫠

@jinbotak2069 6 жыл бұрын

Wow..didnt thought it was so easy, and functional. Great job man!!

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers, Jin! :)

@jennyzeng3832 9 жыл бұрын

GENIUS! Worked perfectly for me!

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! That's great news, Jenny

@deanawilliams4409 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant. Great idea. Thanks for sharing.

@rogformer 7 жыл бұрын

Needed to double up the paper but omg is this awesome. Thank you!

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

No worries, Roger!

9 жыл бұрын

I HAVE to try this ASAP! Thanks!

@controlpluszed 10 жыл бұрын

was looking for something like this just the other night... cheers!

@KassiahFaul 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Lifesaver!

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Any time, Kassiah! :)

@epacrisimp 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you - so simple and yet so clever. Best of all really, really cheap!!!

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a bit cheap myself, hence the discovery!

@metakognicija 10 жыл бұрын

this is brilliant, thanks!

@kakashiishot8819 2 жыл бұрын

Omg this works so well thank you!!!!!

@sweetsmurfmkkv 10 жыл бұрын

thank you so, so, so, so, so much!

@JackHeathWriter 6 жыл бұрын

No worries at all!

@scottc5783 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@GeeCeeNYC Жыл бұрын

You are a genius!

@vinee3653 3 жыл бұрын

U r a legend brother

@mrshastri 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

@technician4you182 2 жыл бұрын

this worked for me, thanks. :)

@StevenCroft04 7 жыл бұрын

This is great!

@carabrown6515 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Saved my 40 bucks

@eric22567 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, this really helped me out

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

No worries, Eric!

@SandraKomarcic 8 жыл бұрын

wow! THANK YOU!!!

@JackHeathWriter 6 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome

@autumnm.1458 4 жыл бұрын

Wanted bookends but can’t leave due to quarantine 😅 this is much better THANKS!

@tinemalvarado 5 жыл бұрын

You just saved me from spending!!! Never knew paper could be so handy!

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Papercraft is the absolute limit of my DIY skills

@itsjayyie 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I was looking up diy bookends and everything was so expensive until I came along to this although I've figured it doesn't work for fat and tall university text books oh well

@hawhayebia 6 жыл бұрын

Alpaca try using thicker paper like card stock or something maybe it'd work

@christinahossain6506 Ай бұрын

Jazakallah so much. You helped me upcycle instead of buying it. Why waste money when you can make

@catrinemariaolesen9901 9 жыл бұрын

This is GREAT! I have the exact same bookshelves, and I have the same problem :D

@JackHeathWriter 9 жыл бұрын

Catrine Maria Olesen Thanks! Happy to be of assistance. :)

@noziphotshabalala5018 2 жыл бұрын

Trusted the process and wasn’t disappointed! Thank you ❤️

@LxRv 10 жыл бұрын

Sweet idea. Also, props for the Robert Rankin!

@JackHeathWriter 6 жыл бұрын

I was so hooked on those as a teen

@smizit 4 жыл бұрын

when i did mine i put the second piece of tape on the other side so its now triply sturdy?!🤨😂

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Nice one! Good idea.

@khalidarebadj7490 4 жыл бұрын

OMG ! This video just solved my number 1 life problem .

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I wish my problems were so easily stickytaped away!

@Patrick-jj5nh 11 ай бұрын

still a great hack 10 years later, but I found normal printer paper didnt work, but luckily i had slightly stronger card and that was perfect.

@wawagege683 4 жыл бұрын

Genius 👍

@munchi778 10 жыл бұрын

That's so cool

@Izzy-ov2bp 8 жыл бұрын

tried it out. worked and is awesome...even though its two yrs later...thnks! :)

@Izzy-ov2bp 8 жыл бұрын

+izzy presley oh and your dog is gorgeous hahaha

@codyclarke 2 жыл бұрын

I learned how to do this like 8 years ago, and now I'm back learning how to do it again haha

@Toopa88 4 жыл бұрын

Way better than all these stupid solutions that cost money, look ugly and take a lot of space.

@teodorab4815 4 жыл бұрын

legendary

@borejack5679 4 жыл бұрын

You're a legend dude. Can you make my wife invisible?

@BernaBleeker 10 жыл бұрын

Cute dog!

@burgurs 9 жыл бұрын

I need an idea for encylopedias??? Any ideas

@ThePopy70it 11 жыл бұрын

Very cool :)

@kboyd9325 9 жыл бұрын

If you have trouble with books USE THIS VIDEO! Thank you!

@infiresbangtan7694 2 жыл бұрын

IDK what but mine did not work.. the books kept falling. Maybe this works only for light books..

@smizit 4 жыл бұрын

your dog is so cute

@tacos_are_life_and_im_tras7091 5 жыл бұрын

😔I have a book shelf over my bed It almost took my eye out 😂😂

@BronxFinest2481 10 жыл бұрын

You're fucking AWESOME! THANKS for this!

@echoz3557 8 жыл бұрын

thanks. now all i have to do is find some paper

@sketchbook_worm 4 жыл бұрын

use the paper from your bills

@HelenBettyAnn 6 жыл бұрын

Haha, Loved this!

@JackHeathWriter 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Helen!

@pipersacco7726 9 жыл бұрын

holy crap :o

@ThomasGiles 11 жыл бұрын

Cool. Or you could use a regular book-end and do the same thing with the last book. Pretty good idea for a cheap book-end, though ^^

@JackHeathWriter 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm not made of money

@_EDDE_ 3 жыл бұрын

👍Two of the same books. "What? I like to read in stereo." Hahaha 😂

@mannylopez2388 3 жыл бұрын

genius

@lakeside1168 8 жыл бұрын

Time to see if this works for dungeons and dragons books

@lakeside1168 8 жыл бұрын

Doesn't work for dnd books, thanks though

@aidalenebocar7575 8 жыл бұрын

cool this is a must try haha!

@RossMacdonaldBass 10 жыл бұрын

This is the only advertisement I've ever willingly watched on KZfaq!

@paperglueglitter1033 3 ай бұрын

Question is the such thing as non-sticky tape?😂

@darthbader6991 10 ай бұрын

This is fucking brilliant thank u so much

@Nancy-rk9zp 8 жыл бұрын

do you have a similar idea for a DVD/blu-ray shelf? I can't do this with a DVD/blu-ray case...or can I? ideas?

@JackHeathWriter 6 жыл бұрын

I recommend doing exactly the same thing, but sticky-taping a DVD case you don't care much about to the outside to hide the paper

@AlbertOcampoRules 10 жыл бұрын

CLEVER.

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

LUCKY. It was such a fluke that I stumbled across this!

@aztech6 2 ай бұрын

thanks man. its 2k24

@xiaoleiyue9355 3 жыл бұрын

smart！

@jmay2341 10 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh

@trailmix1970 9 жыл бұрын

kool

@JackHeathWriter 9 жыл бұрын

Tanya Tate Thanks!

@rosehep3301 9 жыл бұрын

It didn't work for me. I tried using some 140lb watercolor paper and duct tape for strength. This bibliophile prefers all the bindings to line up about an inch from the shelf edge. This trick only works if you push them all the way back to the wall, leaving the bindings sticking out randomly.

@JackHeathWriter 9 жыл бұрын

Rose Heptig Yeah, I'm a bit of a slob!

@rosehep3301 9 жыл бұрын

Jack Heath Aw, I wouldn't say that... Slobs wouldn't care if their books were all over the floor!

@catpaws1913 8 жыл бұрын

omg. watercolor papers are freaking ex 😂

@brendalg4 4 жыл бұрын

I wondered how this could possibly work because I used to work at a library. But we keep all of the books "faced" on the shelf like you talked about

@HeroDiablo 3 жыл бұрын

i fucking love you

@JackHeathWriter 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you're too kind!

@dealusion 2 жыл бұрын

There is absolutely no way this works, what? Edit: It freaking worked

@OzNic79 6 жыл бұрын

This didn't even work why did you think it would because paper isn't strong enough to hold books

@JackHeathWriter 6 жыл бұрын

Good point. May I suggest using bricks instead? Or you could simply superglue your books to the shelf! #lifehack

@lipasketch Жыл бұрын

Now this is a hack!

@hollyway540 2 жыл бұрын

Most kiwi video ever recorded

@andreevanguilder1734 8 жыл бұрын

I made it myself thanks to woodprix website.

@FOBmariach 11 жыл бұрын

Dude, you look like Sherlock.

@AlexandraPreis 10 жыл бұрын

Gotta love a man who gets upset about non-alphabetical bookshelving, because this is important! BUT the shelves themselves drive me crazy. Not the same length, not at the same height ... smh.

@JackHeathWriter 10 жыл бұрын

There's another shelf just out of frame on the right which is the same length and height as the one on the left - meaning that the two outer shelves operate as bookends for the inner shelf. Trust me, I've got it all figured out. ;) (Although, I did put them up before I figured out that you could just use paper.)

@AlexandraPreis 10 жыл бұрын

Jack Heath That actually eases my worry about the different heights! :D

@tracep.9900 10 жыл бұрын

Or you can not be cheap, and get decorative bookends, that look good, or use the "Floating bookshelf" if you want the minimalist look.

@JackHeathWriter 9 жыл бұрын

Quinn Roux Unfortunately "not cheap" isn't an option for most writers. But we do love paper!

@saminatinwala5946 3 жыл бұрын

That's the easiest bookend I saw.

@musicjunkie7278 2 жыл бұрын

Wooo wow nd here I'm about to waste 700 bucks for no damn reason 😒

@benzflynn 4 жыл бұрын

Useless, Jack. Not 10% strong enough for well-stuffed shelves. Too much balancing needed: most people want something that they can just slap a book against.