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Reacting to Floating Shelf Build

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Rewatching My Old Builds (so embarrassing?

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What happens here

The clip shows Alex assembling a floating shelf from what appears to be 1/2-inch plywood. He applies wood glue to the edges of the plywood pieces before clamping them together. Alex comments humorously on the poor lighting in his first workshop (which was his wife's parking spot in the garage), noting that he likely only had two light bulbs. He specifically points out that he glued everything because he didn't own a brad nailer at the time, indicating a reliance on basic tools and techniques. He also notes his use of voice-over, which he no longer does for such videos.

Goal: Alex reviews a clip from his 'How to Build Floating shelf' video, highlighting his rudimentary tools and techniques from his early days, such as relying heavily on wood glue and clamps due to the lack of a brad nailer.

Tools and materials

  • Bar Clamps
  • Plywood (1/2" thick)
  • Wood Glue

What they say

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let's start this first one this is about 5 years ago how to build a floating shelf oh man first thing that I'm thinking is how grungy the lighting is I had I think maybe two light bulbs in my very first shop or garage where my wife parked her car and uh the it's such an Amber thing it's so zoomed in it's and I'm doing voiceover which is funny I haven't done voiceover in years I'm Glu up this it's funny because I uh everything's getting glued up which some might think oh that's a a really Advanced technique but really and I think I mentioned it in this video that

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