4 Floating Shelves From Beginner to Expert Level

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In this video I'll show you what it takes to go from DYI to pro level floating shelves
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[@janetwilliams3497]

You obviously know what you're doing. So your hesitation and then burst of joy when the lights worked was sooooo relatable. It's nice that I'm not the only one who holds my breath b4 it all comes together😊

[@MWAWoodworks]

That was my first time ever DIYing LEDs so saying that I knew what I was doing is high praise 😂

[@anthonymorris8891]

Pro tip, if you're going to paint steel pipe clean it with a good degreaser. Whether that be brake parts cleaner, acetone or alcohol. The pipe is oily and super dirty. If you try to paint over that you're gonna have a bad time.

[@MWAWoodworks]

Good tip.I cleaned mine with alcohol.

[@gosonegr]

If the pipe it's not galvanized just take a torch and burn the grease and dust on it, it's quite faster when everything is covered on grease and have been sitting in a dusty warehouse for some time. If the pipe is galvanized don't ever put it in fire, it's really toxic

[@FullyBadDad]

Ok, I am really happy you kept the blooper. OMG that makes it feel all the more relatable :)

[@rdelwic]

Good call on the friction fit for future electronics maintenance. You can be sure it will come in handy.

[@dokim9269]

Impressive workmanship and the tutorials are spot on. Thank you!

[@JamesZ1025]

You saved the best for last! Excellent work! Great attention to detail, that’s what I look for

[@1livingGod]

Love the progression between projects. Great tutorial!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks!

[@djosearth3618]

impressedf he kept that drill bit drywall accident in the final cut. shows hes got humility, likable dude, i just cant figure out why he never answers the door when i show up drunk middle of tyhhe ne nihgt, what major weirdo hehe, jk ;]

[@rajneeshmilarepa6090]

Those kitchen shelves are awesome.

[@lynndevos2278]

Beautiful job on those shelves, nothing like custom work😉

[@johndupl]

awesome video. Thank you very much for taking the time! Also, love seeing the self fist pump when it works. Exactly how I feel when it just works.

[@miguelp4812]

Well done. Lots of great info and your work process is very clean and thought out.

[@hylandfoto]

Looks nice and clean!

[@michaelmasterson7386]

I actually am in talks with the wife on building a new mantel above the fireplace. Perfect timing, I was going to weld together a system like the Sheppard bracket. The link in the comments is broken though and I cannot check out with the item. On a serious note, I believe that what you did cutting out the drywall and mounting the shelves is illegal, at least in the last 2 states I have lived in. The drywall purpose is to add a firewall of sorts to prevent fire accessing the framing of a home quickly. By cutting away the drywall you now have exposed the inner walls to fire. Anyone reading this I would recommend checking with your local building codes to be sure you are not putting your home in danger or setting up code violations that will need to be fixed when you sell. As always, very detailed video! Thanks!

[@pepperman9]

Read my comment above.

[@michaelmasterson7386]

@@pepperman9 I do not see a comment from you other than this one.

[@hdwoodshop]

Fantastic video. Many ideas generated. Thank you.

[@kirkhepburnmiddleagedwhiteguy]

That was a well done presentation. You've taught me everything that I now know about floating shelves. Thanks. Subscribed

[@dominiqueh6287]

Thank you for the tips. First time doing projects and I want to do it right!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Awesome!

[@user-cv6sk2if6q]

Excellent.Thank You for sharing 😊

[@dorafonseca-blount6700]

loved the flowating shelves for the pantry thanks!

[@MWAWoodworks]

👍

[@Mosessousa1]

Halfway through and I like your trick with the screw driver rolling over the 45’s, great trick. Never seen it before. Guess that’s why I enjoy watching this stuff, always learning, thanks!

[@seen48]

Pantry shelves came out amazing!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks 😊

[@rem7751]

I'm loving this video. I've become a real fan of KZbin content providers doing "beginner to expert" videos. Question/comment: I'd like to hear your comments on how you dealt with pantry walls being out square. Did you correct it in the shelf 'ladders'? Or was it not enough to even worry about?

[@MWAWoodworks]

I corrected for a very small amount of "out of square" by cutting the ends of the side shelves where they meet the long shelf to a very slight angle. For me the studs were very square, it was the drywall causing the issue.

[@TheChcam]

Pro tip, just scribe its alot easier than youd think

[@Voltechs]

So clean! I'm fixin to redo my pantry as well. You're such a talented woodworker. I wish I had your skill. I followed your plans for cabinets for my garage and they turned out great, except my drawers are 1/4" too small hahaha, so instead of two 1/4" shims, I have to use 3, which offsets the center.

[@glennchophel342]

Amazing information. Thanks

[@mateuszpawlik5522]

love the outcome! great job!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks 👍

[@jakubtruty9535]

Great video!

[@tdav225]

Great video! Learned a ton as a beginner.

[@mikem8443]

Wow, amazing.

[@ThaBiggestJohn]

Badass! Thanks for the content

[@stuby085]

This video deserves more likes.

[@pablovalenzuela9089]

best video on YT!

[@JmanRx81]

That pantry shelving with the led strips is 🔥🔥🔥

[@Armoris6247]

Great video bro! 👍🏾 That cheer at 16:24 was definitely a chippies cheer though, all the sparkies are looking at eachother wondering what all the noise is about 😂😂

[@ryandubyah2345]

Nicely done video, thank you!!

[@kmurray1981]

Good job man

[@l.glucid9077]

With the right tools, accurate execution of carpentry is possible. Congregations 👍

[@MWAWoodworks]

😀

[@gaylanbishop1641]

Man, you’ve got some really sharp tips in this video! Good job!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks 👍

[@gladlisa1]

i relocated my 5th wheel toy hauler fridge and was looking for easy way to convert that empty space in to a pantry ... thank you this is very helpful and fast to the point . I can even do this with my arthritic hands ... I got an idea of what i neen to do on a 4x4x12 space just by looking at your videos

[@rdelwic]

Thanks for this video. Lots of great ideas.

[@joshlayonworks]

True. How are are U Mr richard

[@dasqueege7903]

Nice work 👌

[@user-bl9um1qw6x]

Now i just need to get a few sets of floating shelf anchors and ill be good to go! I just got a router so this will be a nice project to test it out on

[@Griffinwoodworks]

That’s exactly why I learned how to repair drywall. 😂 Gorgeous shelves man, all 3 sets of them.

[@MWAWoodworks]

Ha! Thanks!

[@sashworth8805]

Wow dude, that was amazing! Got me thinking now...just glad my wife wasn't watching or I'd be out there in the Florida heat trying to build one now 🤣...maybe when the weather down here get cooler. Def bookmarked this video. I'll have to check out the rest of your vids when the wife isn't around...👍👍👍

[@t-mach5504]

Great instructions 👍👍👍👍

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thank you 😊

[@soruyo2266]

That’s why I like the small bits to screw down

[@stephan1906]

Fantastic! Thanks a lot!

[@MWAWoodworks]

You're welcome

[@darksidevenom6]

great video

[@5280Woodworking]

Very awesome. I did something very similar but made the frame with plywood strips for the front and back. The bracket is awesome. I’m going to have to invent a project to use it.

[@MWAWoodworks]

Yep pretty handy!

[@hedgefund996]

Good Educational Content

[@johnsrabe]

13:02 When we renoed our kitchen, the carpenter (my FIL) bolted angle iron to the studs and we put in a floating 1’ deep counter top you could park a truck on. Since we tiled, we could just use plywood for the shelf.

[@SpencleyDesignCo]

great video matt! the ending was one of the best ive ever seen 😂

[@MWAWoodworks]

Hahaha yeah brings a new meaning to "land the plane quickly" 😆 🤣

[@garymiller5937]

Cool projects! Thanks 👍 for sharing your expertise. 😊😊😊

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks for watching!

[@philshock3805]

Awesome! Your "expert level" shelves have given me some ideas to address the ugly painted particle board shelving in my walk-in closets.

[@MWAWoodworks]

Awesome! Love to hear it.

[@reeperx1963]

LOVE IT MAN!! THANKS FOR MAKING THIS

[@iamdjcertified2]

Loved this, do you have plans for this to buy and what kind of panel wood did you use for the shelves in the last one you showed?

[@jaac7027]

Nice!!!

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic, dude! Thanks a lot for all the tips!!! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks 😊

[@farmfitnesspham4913]

Nice as it is

[@rohanc.8402]

Great video! I came into this thinking I’d do the first one you showed, but now I’m curious. Do you think it’d be a good idea to use the pipe fittings you used in the first shelf to make a floating shelf? Maybe using a hole bit on the back of the shelf (as thick as that fitting on the wall)

[@robertbridgen2950]

I thank you for the Idea of moving the drywall

[@MWAWoodworks]

Yep! You're welcome 😁

[@HawkFest]

Excellent, inspiring, thank you! Just a little comment here, regarding the jumper cables for lead strips: if you have an iron with spare 14 or + AWG cables (which can be found in almost any dumped electrical/electronic apparel, for free), you don't need to buy jumper cables, just a cheap 0.8mm to 1mm max Sn+Pb solder wire if you don't already have it (for domestic use, else having an alloy of Pb in your soldering would be illegal). Just make sure that the solder covers the contact rather than being the electrical transfer material in-between the contact, unless you use a wire alloy containing silver (Ag) but it costs more.

[@jdthnt]

Pro tip: listen to this dude lol Forreal tho my man, you are awesome. You’re an amazing communicator and teacher and I’m thankful I came across your channel!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@bskelly]

Very cool ideas. I think I’m going to steal your last idea for my laundry room. Thanks!

[@MWAWoodworks]

I'm going to steal my own idea for my laundry room as well 😆 🤣

[@MASI_forging]

Fantastic work 😃😃

[@MWAWoodworks]

Hey thanks!

[@sellgooddeals-DIY]

Nice!

[@MWAWoodworks]

😁

[@MANJITSINGH-ko2oi]

Beautiful. u r super good wood carpenter.

[@MWAWoodworks]

🙌

[@user-kc4lh4it8q]

I really enjoy watching this video 3 ways to do shelves. Let me tell you I'm bilingual Spanish & English and so far this is by far the best way in my opinion to do box shelves. One question what kind of wood did you use for front shelves boxes? keep it up the good work and nice job.

[@rh9915]

Good Stuff

[@MWAWoodworks]

👍

[@dada3088]

Awesome tutorial! Subscribed to you channel! 👍👍 Thank you for making this video and sharing your woodworking knowledge!! Really enjoyed it and appreciate the jokes on it as well. 😂😂 learned a lot and inspired me to do a small project.(just for beginners and starters like me) as I only hava a jigsaw (for now) yay!! hehe

[@MWAWoodworks]

Awesome thanks! 😃

[@jordansmallwood4605]

Want to do something similar to a deep but narrow closet I have, I’ve been avoiding it because I was dreading the miter corners but looks like they’re not needed. Just 3 rectangles. How’s that friction fit holding up? Just a thought maybe a thin edge band with some magnets for cable accessibility would be better… I did something like that on a spat wall with led in between slats and the magnets make it easy to access the cables.

[@jonny555ive]

Fantastic work man, first time here and i like your style, your a born teacher. You've erned a new subscriber today sir. Glad to be a part of your channel.👍👍 Take care, ~Jonny5🥁

[@vqman]

What LED brand has those extension splices?

[@tulz43]

Thank you for doing this! What type of wood did you use on the first box build for the front face? Your overall thickness is 2.?”? 1.5” for the frame and .5 each top and bottom?

[@Ramruqai]

Hahh, this was amazing. Started out as any ol normal DIY make floating shelves that are not rly floating shelves and then by the end you are totally flexing and showing how floating shelves can go from a simple DIY thing anyone could do to a "ok yeah replicating this takes some serious skills". Good job and consider myself subscribed! :D

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@j0.ZEF-Who]

dude - killing it

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks brother!

[@stussymo]

I would suggest ditching the on/off button and using a motion sensing plug with timer, so the lights automatically come on when you walk into the pantry and auto-turn-off after elapsed time. Great video - I enjoyed seeing the beginner to advance skill & techniques! Thanks.

[@MWAWoodworks]

I considered a motion switch but i didnt know if I would like having the light come on every time I went into the pantry. I think i like having more control over its use.

[@400080vikkash]

You can program them to manual on but auto off @@MWAWoodworks

[@TwilightxKnight13]

Another alternative is to run the switch to the door of the panty so the lights turn on when the doors open and off when they are closed. I did that with our closet doors and my wife loves it. It is especially useful for a panty if you store your groceries in there. Coming home with arms full of grocery bags, it would be nice to just walk in the pantry and set the bags down on the counter without having to stop and turn the switch on with your nose 🙂

[@J01466]

@@TwilightxKnight13 IKR! I did the same for my pantry AND the laundry closet.

[@graysonmc48]

With a box shelve, what the thinnest support bracket you would use for a 8 inch deep shelf?

[@rulowth4815]

damn those cables would drive me crazy great video as always!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Which cables?

[@rulowth4815]

@@MWAWoodworks the wires that hang from the led

[@marcelo403polo2]

​@@rulowth4815 Me too. I always cut dado, so lights are flush on the bottom and all wires are inside shelves.

[@reedy8585]

the compression strength of the drywall with the wieght spread across it is far greater than just bearing on the studs IMHO you could also drill a hole in the drywall and spray in some expanding foam to improve it's ability to spread and carry the load

[@dougbidwell5467]

Another great video. Most roll their eyes, but I always chuckle about the stud finder joke😂

[@MWAWoodworks]

I'm obligated to do it, RIGHT!?

[@angelcontreras1781]

Original video with it's mistakes makes it worth it watching 😅

[@MWAWoodworks]

I thought that was such a bone head move it HAD to be included 😅

[@billloveless6869]

A question. How far into the shelf should the support rods go into the shelf? Thanks

[@billsmith9249]

lol, when you have not 1, but 2 types of wood glue in hand pumps, you know this guy is for cerealz!!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Glue flex 💪

[@richpatterson]

What are the dimensions of the hardwood you've used as the front piece for the advanced technique?

[@jenifferpanko9499]

So if you plan to use the shelves in an open kitchen but load them with heavier dishes which method would you recommend?

[@abelcanahui3459]

Hello, what wood did you use for your box shelves? It looks like 3/4in maple plywood and what did you use for your edges? was it a 2x6 cut in half? thanks.

[@northwiebesick7136]

Could you take this process and transfer it to a countertop? Been thinking about how to build a floating wall mounted desktop... also, if it helps, I'd be starting from open air framing in our barn...

[@EelcoWind]

A true expert would recess the LED strips ;) Nice sequence, good concept for a video!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Ha! Cant recess them into 1/2 ply very well tho 😁

[@brucemontgomery6853]

I was wondering why the long bit-and pre-drilling - good video

[@MrRmalimata]

Hi there Is it possible to make something like a 48x14 floating shelf ?

[@jgabrysch]

Great tutorial! In the last example, could you build the frames out of pine instead of hardwood?

[@MWAWoodworks]

I would not. The hardwood is much stronger and ridgid than pine.

[@mitchg3401]

Awesome project! Thank you! Where would i purchase the light tracks with plastic covers?

[@MWAWoodworks]

Links are in the description

[@robbie6625]

I'd be curious to see you do a review of the HOVR bracket system. They claim to be the strongest method of making a floating shelf

[@MWAWoodworks]

Possible future video!

[@robbie6625]

@@MWAWoodworks I'm getting ready to use them on some floating shelves in my bathroom. I ended up choosing them over this method because I needed to make an inside mitered corner for the shelving. And I couldn't think of a way to do it without one of the pieces being able to slide.

[@72151]

Looks great 👍

[@brianhawkins184]

Love the video. Quick question. One the last one going through the Sheetrock and directly to studs, what’s the longest you could go like that?

[@MWAWoodworks]

No idea. My shelves are 11.5" and I dont see me needing anything much deeper to test this out.

[@jimsheehan8083]

@@MWAWoodworks I am going to try 15.5", but it's not this exact same configuration, so we shall see.

[@SpicedRumFLHXSE]

Question for you…. Battery operated Brad nailer or compressor air supplied one, and why?

[@miroslavm2553]

I have several IKEA made floating shelves and they are identical as the second one you showed it here. But they are much cheaper and, yes I had to drill my own holes.

[@MWAWoodworks]

Yuck

[@luffyonepiece2210]

I really enjoy watching this video 3 ways to do shelves. Let me tell you I'm bilingual Spanish & English and so far this is by far the best way in my opinion to do box shelves. One question what kind of wood did you use for front shelves boxes? keep it up 👍 the good work and nice job.

[@MWAWoodworks]

I used maple and poplar.

[@luffyonepiece2210]

Great thanks 🙏

[@LpVolleyBaller08]

Great video! For the last one where you cut into the drywall, how do you handle those cut up edges? I’m assuming you wouldn’t caulk that unless the shelves are painted. What do you do for stained shelves like these?

[@MWAWoodworks]

Hidden behind the shelf

[@LpVolleyBaller08]

Ah ok, so the box butts up against the drywall and only the frame reaches the studs? That makes sense - thanks!

[@user-bf9nv7ld7q]

What a great video! Could a sensor switch be used for the leds? I would forget where the switch is....

[@MWAWoodworks]

I didn't google it but I'm sure someone makes a motion sensor that is compatible with LEDs!

[@yasioo69]

That looks clean except those hideous led profiles, you should use recessed ones and hide all wires. Beside that job well done. Cheers bro :)

[@MWAWoodworks]

You never see the LEDs unless you're a small child 😂 all you see is the wonderful light.