How To Make Super Strong and Thin Floating Shelves with Integrated Light
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The effort you invest to make these customized projects is truly admirable.
I know right!
*Fabulous* video. No garbage music, no random babble to just hear your own voice, no slow-watching you turn screws and LOTS of good, direct information. Subscribed!
Cool trick with the anchors. Also useful when installing rivet nuts in tight spaces, if there is no room to use the proper tool.
man that gold Smeg slaps!
You're a mad 3D printing Scientist. Great work as always!
Fabulous. The most over engineered and perfectly executed building of shelves. A true OCD love affair with doing things right. Love the 21st century craftmanship.
the value of this apartment is skyrocketing!!! Super clean!!
That kitchen sure does look pretty
I had a similar issue with my kitchen wall cabinet lights being a bit cool, so warmed them up with some thin strips of orange lighting gel under the diffuser. Works a treat!
On occasion I have a project that I’m stumped on either bc I can’t imagine a solution myself or inspiration for a look, etc. and you or another woodworker like Michael Alm, Keith Johnson, Bourbon, etc. will magically come up with a solution or inspiration around the same time and I can’t tell you how appreciative I am for the ability that you all can share and are willing to share so much knowledge, problem solving, design ideas, etc. For ie, I’m building a solid hickory vanity and getting close to putting finish on and also need to come up with a simple, fairly thin shelf that’ll also hold hooks for towels below but can’t seem to find a rounded edge or something to die into the wall… well you just helped me to see a bigger radius would look beautiful to do just that so thank you and at some point when I build cabinets for tool storage I will be purchasing your organization bins, etc. I love your integrated cabinet handles with the plastic… looks stunning and clean. Anyways we appreciate your hard work and know it’s not as simple as turning on the camera and magically everything pulls together as it takes hard work, dedication, money, I’m sure a lot of risk in the beginning, etc. to bring all this content to reality so thank you again
It must be a pleasure to wake-up every morning in your hand crafted home!
For anyone that may need to get the shelves off after realizing an "oops" moment, wedges work great. Found that one out after making his shelves for our nook 😬 turned out great afterwards tho!
Even the simplest piece of woodworking you make ends up looking amazing, thanks for being so inspiring
I cannot wait for the kitchens stuff!!
Good job Killer .
Attention to detail was great in this project. Respect.
every thing is perfect
Freaking awesome dude. Absolutely amazing
I absolutely love the idea of 3D printing one-off guides/tools for this....genius.
Nobody does, and explains DIY better!!
Source of inspiration!!! Surprise us with new projects
That’s really awesome, surprised you would not have added blocking in the planning stage to account for this, but I guess with metal studs that might have had its own challenges. I’ve had too many issues with drywall anchors/toggle bolts to fully trust them for this kind of application
Good to see your back to smaller projects.
It's just a little detail but I love how the shelf is aligned with the horizontal bar of the window! It all blends in that way. Beautifully made!!
The way you use 3d printing for jigs etc. Is genius
Sick as usual
WORK combined with LOVE
Absolutely beautiful. Super appreciate all the time you put into designing and printing the 3D parts for your projects!
This is art! My favorite series on youtube by far
juhuuuu... supernice
I’m telling you…I have no engineering smarts and I absolutely LOVE watching how your brain works on how to solve these issues…really inspiring. Thanks!
love to see you happy...I was following your journey to makeover your apartment since the beginning... you are awesome AL...
Magnets are your friend to find metal studs, great video
Unbelievable work! Lucky you built the wall behind so it was nice and square!
The result was awesome! Good for you!! I enjoy your video about your passion for different tries and ideas. Thanks for sharing. Love your experimental spirit:)
Looks great!
One of the best project ever seen. I mean all the apartment renovation is insane. Great job man 🎉
Skilled woodworking, and engineering but also beautiful designs.
I'm a professional carpenter and I'm always making bespoke projects for clients. I absolutely love what you have done here. Attention to detail is fantastic. I wish you could come to my workshop to make me some jigs ha ha. This is the first of your videos I have seen, so I'm looking forward to checking out your channel and your website.
It’s always one of my favorite YT moments seeing one of your new videos popping up on my feed
You could have integrated dust collection into you're drill guide so it wouldn't make such a mess, maybe for the next time.
What a beautiful project And great to see you back in your shop!
I love the use of the 3d printed jigs. Very clever
incredible! and very well planned. Congrats!
I’ve really enjoyed the few videos of yours I’ve watched so far. I’m probably not getting into 3d printing (light exposure in the past, but I’m just not much on computers), but I’m subscribing anyway. I like your ingenuity and your presentation is clean, concise, and very watchable. Keep up the great work, sir! Looking to build the older chamfered shelf soon for under my bedroom tv. Thanks for the inspiration and clever instruction.
Custom jigs sure are helpful
I love watching the problem solving processes. Also the shelf looks amazing 😍
Im impressed😮 again and again and again...
When everything is finished I will need a tour of the whole house and this complete series in one video
"But we don't like to make it easy for ourselves." Same.
Your enthusiasm is incredible, thank you for the great content.
It looks so cool! And I keep getting amazed at your engineering skills just looking at all of the tools you are making!
Nicely thought through, with a very clean, elegant look!
Dude that's one beautiful shelf, I especially appreciate the effort gone into the curve with the lighting strip..... I also love using threaded rod for floating shelves....
This video gave the inspiration I needed for a much simpler jig to drill out the centres of acrylic tubes to the correct diameter perfectly straight thank you!
Very cool! I especially appreciate the applied technology of using 3D printed jigs on-demand to assist with precision hand-tool work. Fantastic job!
An easy trick to bend metal, especially when the wall are thin is to full the pipe on the profile with weather, and put it in the freezer, when the ice is created start to bend and boom.
So well executed. Bravo!
This was super legit. Amazing. I am such a sucker for solid white oak.
This is an awesome concept! Great job Alexandre!
I'm loving this trick, I'm definitely going to do it at my place. Thanks for the inspiration !
What a beautiful project
I like how you show how you work through problems! Great video!
Another stroke of beautifully executed craftsmanship and skill Mr Chappel. 🙌
cool project again alex. Love the clean lines it has and the light is good colour for the kitchen. I have and use your 3D printed storage boxes in my workshop, so am looking forward to seeing what new designs you have added.
I like how 3D print the jigs, awesome idea.
Super clean look. I love it.
I like the LED strip & the curved shape. I made shelves with compound curves by hand in the 80s, I'd forgotten all about it.
I am impressed...really..great work
Nice thin floating shelf 2.0. I just moved to a new house and really want to give these thing floating shelves a try. Your 3D files seem like they will be very handy. Thank you.
Super cool!
Wow, providing the tools for free! I'm printing these today. I want to make some of these for my workshop, strong enough to hold my hand-held power tools. Thank you so much for the files! I did see your first video on the floating shelves, and this just takes it up a lot! Well done!
Excellent 👌
That looks amazing.
I love all of your project, you are the best 👍
First time seeing your page!. I love it!. I love innovations!.
you are a professional brother.
i always learn so much watching your videos. thank you.
Gotta love the effort! Very inspiring, Alexandre👌
Freaking Beautiful
Dude I never thought about printing guides for Flush Cut Router bits. That is a great idea!
Very nice
Brilliant as usual!
Beautiful wood and very modern project. Well done 😊
Always impressed with your work!
you rock
Absolutely stunning work
Lots of information with a lot of joy and great professionalism Thank you so much for all that amount of information
That's a true masterpiece!
Very cool concept, nice to see how you made it happen. Thanks!
Love molly bolts. I mounted a huge heavy TV on a wall. They are amazingly strong. Make sure you get that special tool to expand them though.
At least one of my youtubers doesn't end up with crappy looking half assed solutions, because it would make a easier video. I really like the extra mile you've gone there. Congrats to this absolute unit of a shelve board. Perfect execution. Also, you're english has improved a lot, since you uploaded the dust extractor videos - which was the reason I subscribed a long time ago. Back then it was a chore to listen to you, nowadays it's a joy.
Job well done! Looks great! 🪵🔨
Amazing work.
Aaaaand here is a new subscriber!
pure genius
Great job, Al !
Wow what an amount of work, but what an amazing result!
I love your attention to detail!
As usual (but never gets old) you have another great video. I always can't wait until the next one.