DIY Built In Shelves Tutorial Part II

hey guys it's Paul here and today we're gonna finish up the two-part series on the built-in shelves so today we're gonna build the shelves paint them finish them up install the LED lighting and anything you see in this video I'll include in the description box below and so let's get started the first thing we did was we ripped 3/4 inch plywood down on the table saw and the total depth was 11.25 inches to account for the poplar fronts which were also 3/4 inch so all in all 12 inch depth for this bookshelf we use 33 inches for the length of the shelf typically you don't want to go too much further than this using 3/4 inch plywood as you might start seeing some sag the standard height of each of the shelves will vary depending on what you're going for but typically you'll see anywhere from 8 to 18 inches I first started off by marking off the points of where each shelf interval would be so I had three shelves that were 14 inches apart and the bottom shelf at 18 inches after they were marked I used clamp it squares that I found at Rockler these help level out the Shelf and make sure that are square and then I pre drilled a hole countersink tit and then impact drived a two inch wood screw to hold it in place and I also used wood glue as well so each shelf had four total wood screws on it to create some rigidity and strength I added half-inch plywood to the back of the shelf I used wood glue Brad nails and wood screws as you can see in this part of the video I'm adding an extra piece of plywood using liquid nails and wood screws and attaching it to the wall studs the reason why I added these extra pieces of plywood is to account for the thickness of when two shelves are side-by-side the thickness becomes 1.5 inches but the shelf that's next to the wall is only 0.75 inches so I added an extra piece of plywood to make it 1.5 inches as well each of the shelves can be glued together and clamp down and then use wood screws to hold them together then you can attach the shelves to the wall studs with two and a half inch screws create a more professional seamless look it's very important to use caulking on all the edges around the shelving this is where we do the pre wiring for all the LED lighting x' for the shelves you can also notice that the wall that has the extra piece of plywood is also about a half inch shorter than the shelf itself I did this on purpose so that the wiring could be placed behind it next you want to use one by twos to cover all the Front's that show the plywood sheets you can use poplar or one by two pine and then you want to use wood glue and Brad nails to hold it in place [Music] I used a level to attach the poplar fronts as a double track create a better finished product you want to use wood filler or caulking to hide all your Brad nail holes and any edges and seams that may be showing once those are dry you want to sand it down before you paint [Music] for the crown molding and the baseboard we used liquid nails and Brad nails to hold them in place for the crown molding it was three different layers using two different sized baseboards and then crown molding for the very top [Music] you you so before you start painting you can get a paint suit I didn't in this case but I should have you want to make sure you have a ventilation mask on to prevent you from breathing that stuff in tape off all your walls and areas where you don't want to get the paint sprayed on home right sent me there finish max super paint sprayer to try out on this project and I was pretty impressed by it because it's relatively inexpensive and performs very well for a weekend DIY er it is perfect you can easily adjust the spray pattern by just twisting the nozzle on the front let me give you a little overview of what it is so there's three different spray tip colors that they send you there's blue green and red the blue one is for stains and polyurethane the green one is for latex paint chalk type paint milk type paint and the red one is for primer or latex paint I'll leave a link in the description box for the paint sprayer after your first coat of paint generally the plywood will soak up the paint and cause some splintering and so what I like to do is go back and sand it down a little bit you don't have to use 400 grit you know at least 220 grit sand it down real quick and then add a second coat of paint after your paints dry you want to add a protective layer so I used polyurethane this is something I just spray on the countertops you don't really need to spray the sides because no one's going to touch that area but at least the countertops and the shelf tops to install the cabinet pulls I wanted the placement to be exactly the same every time to do this I used scrap plywood to create a template to be used over and over on each cabinet this allowed me to get the same results every time I clamp the template over the cabinet door and drilled holes for the poles I will provide a link in the description box for the cabinet hardware so here is the power supply that powers the LEDs it's a 60 watt and this cable right here goes into the power outlet the standard outlet in the back and then this is the power that goes into the dimmer which is the input here with the negative and positive and then the output is the negative and positive as well with the black wires as the negatives and then I have the red ones as the positives and then I soldered all of the wires together for each of those and then and this controls the power on how bright and dim you want it you can find LED kits that do not require soldiering this is one of the least expensive ways to get LED lights installed it only cost me about $100 I'm no expert in soldiering but what I did here was used as soldiering iron to melt solder wire onto the LED strips to connect electrical wiring to the power supply I'll also leave a link in the description for all the supplies I use after finishing the soldiering and the connections I attached the LED strips to the bottom of the shelf right behind the 1 by 2 poplar fronts the LED strips already had adhesive on the back of them but I used a hot glue gun to further secure them to the bottom of the shelf I also used the hot glue gun on all the electrical connections after soldering was complete then I painted the wiring white so that it blended in better to keep the lighting consistent between all these shelves only one wire powers two shelves so the wire starts here comes out this way comes up and goes over and only powers to a new wire goes up comes over powers to same as those and same as the top ones all rise that's the end of this video I hope you've enjoyed it thanks for watching subscribe follow me on instagram and i still haven't thought of a good slogan yet so I'll leave you with eat your vegetables [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]

Channel: Paul Tran DIY

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Length: 9min 27sec (567 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 20 2018