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3-Minute Shelf: Basic Assembly

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How To Build Floating Shelves -3min Vs 3Hrs Vs 3 Days

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What happens here

Begin by acquiring a piece of poplar wood. Use a miter saw to cut the wood to the desired length for your shelf. Once cut, retrieve an orbital sander and sand all sharp edges of the wood to create a smooth, rounded profile. After sanding, apply a coat of Danish oil using a rag or paper towel to protect and finish the wood. Finally, install pre-made L-shaped metal brackets onto the wall using a drill/driver and screws, ensuring they are level. Place the finished wooden shelf onto these brackets for immediate use.

Goal: This step demonstrates a rapid assembly method for a basic floating shelf, involving quick cuts, sanding, and application of finish, followed by installation using simple wall brackets.

Tools and materials

  • Danish Oil
  • Drill/Driver
  • Level
  • Metal L-Brackets
  • Miter Saw
  • Orbital Sander
  • Poplar Wood
  • Rag or Paper Towel
  • Screws

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me do I need to go go go okay go go go so I got a piece of popper from the local hardware store this was already a small piece all right that's nice the sharp edges we need to get rid of that so we're just going to round them over I got a sticker here now we need to seal this to protect it something's flying okay I got Danish oil need a rag so the nice thing with Danish oil I got it tinted so it's not going to turn any kind of amber color mounting is going to take the most time so this part has to be fast go smooth can't forget the end all right so hard work to mount this Amazon I found out there these have these brackets should have had it open already I should have had it but I don't want to cheat I I don't want to get it all prepared all right we got Hardware here so this mounts like that okay uh I got to get this on to the wall we're going to throw it up here all right drill we're going to wait on the anchors here we go here we go throw the first one on it's not going to hold anything cuz we didn't hit stud oh shoot am I upside down crap that's not how they get mounted well we're doing the SL I hate Filip screws all right that's not a stud at all I need a level screws how we doing on time one minute I got one minute left come on on okay you have 10 seconds left 10 seconds hold on okay 10 seconds one last screw okay time what we oh 4 seconds that is a 3 minute floating shell 10 out of 10 I like it a lot to be honest with you it's simple it's easy the hardware is only like 30 bucks on Amazon um but what do you think do you like the color do you like the bracketing I do like the color it's a nice color I would use it get a piece of poppler get these $30 Amazon brackets you can bust these out in 3 minutes booya 3 minutes I can't tell you how happy I am right now that this 3 minute one is done cuz with a 3H hour I can actually catch my breath you do sound like you just ran a marathon I feel like I ran a marathon I really do feel like it this is ridiculous why am I doing this I don't know 3-hour floating shelf let's get started so for the 3-hour

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