Prepare French Cleat

What happens here

Find a scrap piece of plywood (ideally 1/2-inch thick, similar to your shelf material). Adjust your table saw blade to a 45-degree bevel. Carefully rip the scrap piece, allowing the blade to cut it into two pieces, each with a 45-degree angle. These two pieces will be the interlocking halves of your French cleat. One half will attach to the wall, and the other will attach to the shelf, providing a strong and secure hanging mechanism that acts as an anti-tip measure for the floating shelf.

Goal: From a scrap piece of plywood, rip a strip at a 45-degree angle using the table saw to create the two interlocking halves of the French cleat, essential for the anti-tip wall anchoring.