How to mount honeycomb shelves
Stunning Hexagon / Honeycomb SHELVES Anyone Can Make!
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hi there i'm nils with learn to diy and
in today's video we're going to be
showing you how to make these hex
shelves or honeycomb shelves
you can really use any sort of lumber
with this in my case i found a good deal
on some walnuts and some ash and they
have nice contrasting colors so i'm
going to use those but you can also use
some standard pine that you purchase at
the hardware store
and oftentimes this is already pretty
smooth and it's cut to size
now speaking of length what you're going
to need for this if you have eight inch
sides on each side of the hexagon
you'll need about 50 inches total 50
inches gives you all the length you need
plus a little extra for the room to make
cuts
now for the cuts on this you're going to
want to cut each of them at an angle of
30 degrees
if you have a miter saw that can tilt to
30 degrees that's the easiest way to do
this
if not you can just slide it to 30
degrees and then you'll cut your boards
standing up
you want to do one or the other now in
my case i've got my fences cleared out
of the way
and i'm ready to make these cuts at 30
degrees you can also do this with a
circular saw but it is a little less
accurate and a little bit more of a pain
to do but
it is an option if you don't have a
miter saw so make your first cut to get
that 30 then flip over the board
and then you're going to measure out
your eight inches and make your mark
put your saw up to it so you know
exactly where that cuts going to be at
eight inches
and then we're going to use a stop block
now if you haven't used these before
it's just a block that stays in one
place the entire time you make the cut
and it's really important that you use
something like this because otherwise
you're going to be getting some sides
that are not all the exact same length
so here you see we have our first cut
and it's got the 30 degrees cut inside
both ends
and now it's basically just a wash rinse
repeat just remember
to flip that board over every time to
get that 30 degree cut
on the inside each time
and you should end up with a pile of six
pieces that are all the same
just like this next up we're going to
sand down each of the sides to make sure
there's no cut marks
and then once you've got those sanded
and the face is sanded you should be
ready to go
now the assembly is definitely the
funnest part of this what you do is you
lay all six pieces
out side by side make sure there's a
good tight fit between each of them
and then you get out some tape you can
use painters tape for this which is what
i'm using here
you don't technically need to run the
whole length of it you can run about two
or three inches on either side of the
joints
rather than doing everything but i found
this to be quicker and easier another
tip is if you want to use packaging tape
the clear stuff
that stuff has a much wider area to grab
onto and it's also really good and
sticky so that works pretty well
the nice thing about using painters tape
is it comes off really easy the next day
so get that on there really nice and
tight then we're going to flip it over
on its back
and get ready to do some gluing you can
kind of see where we're going with this
here so i'm going to place some glue
on each joint including that one on the
end on the bottom left there
and then spread out the glue on each of
the joints and then we're ready to start
rolling this thing up
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i used a little scraper to scrape off
any squeeze out from the glue and then
after that i used a brad nailer with
some inch and a half brads to secure
everything
now that part is not technically
required but you do want to have
something besides just the glue to hold
this in place and the reason is you're
matching end grain to end grain
and those do not tend to hold on very
well just with wood glue
you can let that sit overnight and dry
up and then the next day you come back
take off your tape and you're ready to
start now here's where i ran into some
trouble
you can see this joint right here it's
already starting to get a little bit
loose
what i'm doing is i'm using a nail set
to try to set the brads all the way into
the wood
and watch what happens you can see the
joint that i've got pressed up against
me with each hit it's becoming looser
and looser until you end up with a huge
gap like
this so what i had to do was lay it down
on its side i actually re-strapped it
with a tie-down
with some scrap pieces of wood to not
mar the wood and it was kind of a pain i
basically had to redo it but what i
discovered is actually using the orbital
sander with some 60 or 80 grit sandpaper
will help knock those brads right down
you'll definitely want to clip them
first if there's a bunch hanging out
with some snips
but once you get the bulk of it off then
you can just sand it right down
while i've got the sander going i'm
sanding down all of the joints to make
sure there's no lips from one piece to
the other
next use that sander to get any glue off
and then this next part is completely
optional here but i really like the look
of putting a 45 degree bevel
on the outside of each of these so i set
my router up with a 45 degree pointed
bit
and just ran each of the sides through
for finish i'm using some minwax fast
drying polyurethane
and this is just a clear satin that i'm
using in this case i'll put links to
this and any other products i'm using in
this in the description below
and i'm just putting a fairly heavy coat
on each piece here
and i love the look of putting that
first coat on a piece of walnut like
this it really helps the grain pop
it adds contrast and it just gives it a
nice shine as well
now as per the instructions with this
finish you would want to let it sit for
three to four hours then sand it down
with 220 grit
and then start putting your coats on and
letting each of those dry for 24 to 48
hours
what i ended up doing is just doing one
thick coat and just leaving it at that
after that we brought them all in and
took a look at all the different options
here and you can see there's a million
different layouts you can go with
but in the end we like this one the best
i took the shelves back out to the shop
and used a pre-drill bit with a
countersink
i've got all the pieces clamped together
and i've got this laid out in such a way
that i will only have to drive screws
through the walnut
none of the ash will have any screws in
it and so i went with black screws since
they would kind of hide themselves in
that dark walnut
and they would still hold the whole
structure together pretty securely now
mounting some shelves like this
on the wall can actually be pretty
tricky especially if you want them to be
nice and strong and mounted into the
studs
my wife then held it at the exact height
we wanted to be at
and then we marked the location of the
studs on the actual shelves themselves
i laid the shelves on the floor and on
the back of the shelves marked exactly
where the studs would intersect with
them
both on the top of the shelf and on the
bottom of the shelf so that we would
have two screws
securing the shelves on each stud i then
used a drill bit with a diameter just
larger than the screw heads that i was
going to use
and drilled at a slight upward angle
next i used some painters paper
and laid it out on both the top and the
bottom so that i would know exactly
where the top and the bottom of the
shelves were
when i put this up on the wall and then
using a mechanical pencil
just poked a hole right in the center of
each of the holes that i had drilled
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and then transfer that onto the wall got
it nice and level
and made sure that those holes lined up
with the studs behind there
i double checked with the stud finder
and everything was looking good
at this point i could drive the screws
in and i left them hanging out by about
a half inch
maybe about 15 millimeters now the
moment of truth
and with a little bit of finagling just
to make sure everything popped in just
right
they held on really nicely
and with that these shelves are done
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now if you enjoyed this video you might
want to check out our living room
makeover
using vertical ship lap right here it
was a fun process to redo the whole
living room and give a whole fresh new
look to it
so check that out thanks for watching
and we'll see you next time
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