Searching For Better Floating Shelf Hardware

In this video, I explore a new hardware type for installing floating selves. Is it more DIY-friendly, is it stronger, do I like it? Is this the best floating shelf hardware out there?

Shelf hardware sourced from Hovr

While this is not a sponsored video, Hovr did provide the bracket for me to test free of charge,

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[plthomas]

Thanks for this video! I have had alot of issues delivering to clients only to have them destroy the project. This is a much better system to deliver to a client self install situation. I'm going to go to this system for all my deliverable projects.

[SawdustmakerLori]

Gorgeous shelf and looks like a great system to hang it! Love the bowties and crack. You always do such beautiful work!

[peterschmid]

Dear b firth. In North America we are restricted to studs location (16inch on center). Still a 18 (46 cm) inch bracket is enough to make a 36 (ca 90 cm) inch long shelf. In Europe it may even be less, since you have solid walls and can have a screw (attachment to the wall) every 3-4 (8 - 10 cm) inches. Hope this helps.

[Ronin_Texas]

Awesome system and even better craftmanship

[jameswalsh]

Have a bunch of live-edge off cuts that would make beautiful "floating" shelves but the real problem is they are usually about 3/4 - 7/8" thick which falls short of the required minimum of 1" for these "concealed" bracket/hardware techniques. I have ripped 1-1 1/2" slices from back side of my pieces to attach onto wall with screw-type attachments and then, in turn, used dowels to attach remaining shelf piece to the wall piece. Works well for weight bearing under, say, 15-20 lbs.

[mew]

I love a touch of shade in woodworking videos😜

[Alexandr.]

Мужик ты мастер, у тебя золотые руки ! Мое уважение к тебе !

[pbear]

Those are by far my favorite drill and driver!

[chornykot]

Man that looks awesome I just wish they had a 1" and 5/8" brackets

[huzi]

This video has convinced me to give this hardware a go since I have a client whose made a request for this exact thing.

Too bad there's not a simple solution for scribing the shelves to the walls.

[krtwood]

On something that long I might make the bracket that goes on the wall 10-12" shorter and give them holes every 2-3" so they just have to find the holes closest to the studs.

[vincentcardinal]

Used this shelf system on two jobs and I thought it was well worth the price

[brendanrefalo]

1/2 inch threaded rod. Mark a level line in the centre of where the shelf would be on the wall. Drill a slightly undersized hole directly into the centre of each stud about 3 inches in. Cut threaded rod to suitable length. Put the threaded rod into the actual chuck of your drill, and drive it directly into the stud. Once all are in you can knock the threaded rod sticking out from the wall left/right or up/down to make sure each is sticking out level/square.

Measure centres of each rod and transfer to back of shelf, drill slightly oversized hole in back of shelf and then slide it onto the rods. Usually the threads grab the shelf enough to use no glue, if needed you can add abit of glue. Works fantastic, super strong

[chippysteve]

Like the t-shirt!
So I guess the main point about these cleats is that ideally the back edge of the shelf should be quite straight and go onto a pretty straight wall as it's much harder to scribe to the wall than with bolts.

[davecurda]

I bought this system after seeing your video and it works great my only complaint is that for the 8 foot long rail it was $150 Canadian dollars ( ouch) without the hardware kit

[GardenerScott]

This is a great idea, Brian. The mount has always been a difficult issue.

[isaacmorales]

Great idea on floating shelve, love the sleek look of the wood shelve but bow ties distract the whole look should of not crack the beautiful natural looking wood.

[AKGatesway]

“And since I’m not a savage” Ha! Loved that truth!

[michael.schuler]

Thank you for this highly detailed tutorial! We are about to install an extensive set of Hovr shelves that will wrap continuously around both inside and outside wall corners. In construction phase, we took extreme care to flatten the walls and also installed continuous horizontal blocking, so we will not be limited to stud locations when mounting the male extrusion to the wall and hopefully will avoid the need for any but the slightest shimming. To keep the face edges of adjoining shelves aligned at corner joints, we plan to use Dominos and therefore will need to slide one shelf laterally to engage the Domino mortise after having mounted the shelves but BEFORE tightening set screws. Longest shelf is about 4'. Should we expect that a few mallet blows should be capable of sliding the shelf sideways, provided that we allow sufficient lateral clearance at the sides of the extrusions and mortises?

BTW, Bondhus screw driver would be useful for tightening the set screws so tightly cramped to the wall.

[nhschreiner]

Great video. Just a note shimming should be done with two shims, one from each side. This prevents twisting of the aluminum wall channel.