Hi, this time I made a floating entryway shelf for my friend's house.

And here are some thoughts after this project.

I had done waterfall miter joints with a table saw when I made my desk, but in this video, I tried another way to make hidden miter joints with a router. Although it needed time to set up, it worked great. (thanks to the wood whisperer)

When I glued up the miter joints, I used sacrificial blocks for clamping (clamping cauls? blocks?). In the video I saw, they removed the clamping blocks with a chisel and hammer. I followed them and... the block pulled out wood fibers. I had to use my hand saw and then remove the remains with a chisel a little by little. If you use this clamping method on Oak, I do not recommend hammering clamping blocks to remove them.

Instead of buying a mounting bracket, I made it out of plywood with dowels, and it was much sturdier than I thought. I will definitely use the dowel method again when I need to make more floating brackets.

Thank you for watching. See you soon!

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Tools and Products

▸ DW745 10-Inch Compact Job-Site Table Saw
▸ Bosch MRC23EVSK Router
▸ Makita RT0701CX7 Router
▸ WEN 4208 8 in. 5-Speed Drill Press

▸ INCRA Precision T-Rules
▸ OSMO Polyx Hard Wax Oil 3041 Neutral

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