If anyone here is interested in retrogaming-type videos (2600, NES, Genesis), come check out my second channel: czcams.com/channels/iz9BpVfDYKvaNH1PH7Fxjw.html
As an avid woodworker (and gamer), there are many ways to craft and assemble a shelf or cabinet. This is something very near and dear to me because I'm in the same boat and need to make several cabinets to house my growing collection. There is always ikea or Oskar pre-fabbed stuff but I've always felt the custom-made shelf or cabinet or piece of furniture will always be better. Great video! I hope it inspires others to think outside the box.
Only thing I recommend is with the glue, in the future no joke take an acid brush or small paint brush and apply it to the boards before screwing you don't need alot for a secure fit that'll last longer than the screws. For the base just mark out where the shelf will seat and apply the glue, again with a paint brush, and screw it down. The pressure will help the glue set and form to the wood nicely. Overall great work man
Here is a list of my suggestions and advice (echoing some of the other comments below ) for anyone contemplating making his or her own : 1. Don’t buy wood at Home Despot. Sometimes I get lazy and buy their warped, split junk . Always regret it - get thee to a lumber yard. 2. Measure so that shelves accommodate your deepest items - some of my old dvd boxed sets measure almost 6”. 3. If you don’t have a miter saw or chop saw get a circular saw. Get or borrow saw horses. You can also use a double layer of cheap foam panels under the boards- this is cheap (20$) and great for ripping plywood. 4. Get a speed square for precise 90 degree cuts. Measure from these. 5. Pre drill holes using a drill bit with countersink for screws. 6. Use an impact driver over a drill for driving the screws. They are amazing. 7. Paint, stain etc before assembling. 8. Use earthquakes anchors on backside of shelf to secure to wall instead of those fugly base plates.🤮 9. A sawzall is a demolition tool : keep it away from building projects. 10. wear eye protection and respect power tools . 11. Take pride in your creation and show it off
Step #2 should have been to buy, rent, or borrow a sliding compound miter saw. Trim the end of each board to get a clean square cut starting point, then measure and cut. Step #3: (extra bonus step) run the boards that will be on the floor through a planer. Pro tip: Wood Glue needs to be applied (brush or rag) before you screw it together. Wall anchors and L brackets are cheaper and more secure than $45 lift jacks. You can probably get a cheap piece of paneling for the back. Save the duct tape for electrical repairs.
nice job but some advice. As someone who has built many shelves in my lifetime I will say use either a pro paint sprayer or paint the lumber before assembling the shelf. It's so much easier and takes much less time.
Some suggestions to improve your work: 1: Cut multiple boards with your saw at the same time. You needed quite a few boards so It's unlikely you'd be able to cut them all at once, but you could easily cut 2 or 3. Use one of the cut boards as the guide to cut the next group of boards. Now all of them will be the same length. 2: Counter sink your screws. It'll give them a better finish. Even if you don't own a counter sink bit (it looks like a 45 deg cone). You can just use a larger drill bit in the pre drilled hole and just drill in an 1/8" or so. 3: Wood filler. Building lumber is basically garbage. Nothing is straight, nothing is smooth. Fill in as many of the gaps with wood filler (and saw dust) as you can. Then sand the product. You can use wood filler even if you intend to stain the shelf rather than paint. Though it may be slightly noticeable. 4: Wall anchors for shelving units. Only cost a couple dollars max and no one will see them as opposed to the cardboard solution and even more costly jack that you decided to use. 5: Please don't cut towards your hand. When you were cutting the shim I was worried you were going to end up with a new scar. The way you were using the reciprocating saw was also sketchy. It would have been better to mount the boards to a table using clamps and then cutting down though them all at once. But that saw isn't meant to be used to trim the length down. It's meant to cut though the middle of something, not shave off the edge. Still, I'm not trying to be mean, your shelves still like fine. Glad you choose to make your own rather then just buy an Ikea bookshelf.
You've read my mind! I recall some older video on your channel, talking about shelving (complete with, "your mamma" references!), but I couldn't find them, now. I'm about to embark on creating custom shelving for at least some of my games, as the "media shelves" aren't working out that well... Perfect timing, thank you! :)
Paint the cardboard before nailing it (unless you think the paper will crack after using the hammer) and use sawdust mixed with glue to hide corners and screw holes.
I got sheets of foam board for 25cents at Michaels on sale and wrapped them in fabric I got on a roll for a dollar (50 yards) at restore. Then tacked it on the back for my kids games. I also painted all the boards and glued them before nailing.
Instead of wedging things between the ceiling and shelf unit, attach one of those flat rope between the wall and shelf unit or an L-bracket; most Ikea shelves are sold with such items. It looks much cleaner.
If your shelves are going to be pushed up against a wall, there is a way to prevent tipping without using a foot. You can use shims beneath the front of the bookshelf to cause it to tip backwards slightly and then anchor the bookshelves to a stud in the wall. Generally, I think a foot is better, but in a tight space a person might stub a bare toe on a bookshelf foot. Just a thought.
Good work tbh, only criticism don’t use cardboard.. it attracts moisture and will lead to mould issues, and L brackets for safety just in case of kids and earth quakes
Very cool tutorial. I like how the cardboard painted actually kind of looks like wood cause of the imperfections and lines in the cardboard, fo wood lol Those jacks are pretty cool never knew something like that existed.
Tip 1 to get all the boards same length have the saw blade slightly bigger that the the wood have second plank underneath and it will mark each board then repeat for next board also You can countersink the screw heads and makes it like look a pro put them in
Someone mentioned the wall anchors and l-brackets. The brackets come with most bookcases but the anchors do not...at least with IKEA. I have used screws from Lowes that require no predrilling...tan in color. I imagine Menards, Home Depot, etc. would have them as well...not sure they are better, but easier. You could also put a piece of molding on the top to hide the jacks/spacers.
Love the video! My shelves are always changing. I haven’t done the measurements but my ceiling is around 8ft high and my shelves go all the way to the top. I have (4) 2x4’s on each side of the tv with (18)1” thick 48” wide planks going across. I’m gonna alter the shelving slightly so all my games will sit a few inches lower.
I think an easier and cheaper way is to attach 2x4s to your studs with L brackets then run 1x2s across them, the wall is basically the back of the shelf. There's videos on youtube on how to make them. I made shelves for my entire video game collection, about 2500 games, for less than $20
Now translating to the metric system. Edit: Only joking, the video is very informative and helpful. You just need to take your own measurements for your application.
The best way to deal with twisty boards is to use a tabletop planer (may also be called a thicknesser, espcailly here in Britain). It's like a planing tool, but instea dof running the blade over the wood you put the wood through a fixed blade. This can be set to the thickness desired and can produce perfectly flat surfaces. They're expensive to buy, but just look for a local carpeter or furniture maker, and see if they will do it for you. Probably won;t charge much.
Forget the Phillips head screws, they are junk and easy to strip out. Use Torx screws instead, easy to find at any hardware store here in the states or use Robertson screws in Canada. Either is way better than Phillips head screws. Also use exterior screws, they are painted and wont rust.
Don't know how feasible this is, but maybe you could gradually reduce the depth of the shelf with its height (results in a very slight trapezoidal profile if viewing from the side.) For example the lower shelves would be deeper for the Xbox cases and the higher shelves would be shallower for the n64 carts so you don't need a board. At the same time, this would allow you to tighten the gap between each shelf since the game cases would protrude at their top and remain flush at the bottom.
I'd like to build shelves similar to that, but I want to get put a door on the front of the cabinet with plastic glass. I'll use a lock and key as well. I want to keeps the games dust free and locked up.
The wood in big DIY stores is often poor quality, and stored badly. I always source mine from a local timber store. And they are happy to cut the stuff to size as well, a tabeltaop saw gives precise and perfectly square cuts. It saves so much hassle.
That's one of two intake vents behind the shelf that go straight into the space behind the wall. The lower one isn't blocked, and the shelf is going to be moved anyway. I've neutralized the bots. Thanks.
I have 3-4x more CD's as you and a big problem, i don't know what to do. I need 3 rooms for that 🤔I've done something similar to you before, but the problem is dust, I'm thinking of doing something similar to yours again, but with a glass door, so that dust doesn't get inside, I'd just have to make more small shelves, how could be opened and closed normally. Now I have another additional problem, I'm slowly switching to 4k. I used to have over 4,000 VHS video tapes, when I switched to DVD, I threw them all in the trash, I just collected all those DVDs, and then Blu-Ray came out, I just about collected it all, and now it's out and 4k. I invested so much money in that shit, I must have given a good three-room apartment and a good car for those things, and I don't even know how much I'll give in the future. This is a very expensive hobby and I advise anyone who is thinking about something like this to stop immediately. Because the problem is that once you get hooked, you can't stop, because always and always something new comes out, and you just pay and pay, it never ends. The problem is when you have over 50-100 CDs, then you want more and more, I don't listen to half of them, but I have to have them for the sake of a crappy collection.
I would never recommend using straight up construction lumber for shelving. It'll never be straight and flat. But if you have a planer and a jointer you can mill anything square and flat.
Or........buy an Oskar shelf from Amazon.🤣🤣 All joking aside, very informative. Would be great as a hobby. Just not sure your saving much money if any after cost of materials and labor.
I'll have a look at the Oskar shelves. The thing about these I made is that they utilize the whole wall space and I was able to make the shelf spacing exactly the way I need it to be.
Love the idea but it pained me to see you not use the proper tools to cut the wood. I guess if it is all you have than that is all you have. You could use deck screws instead with the star or hex head and those won't strip
BRO...I'm like cringing watching you try and get all of the boards even length. next time please just put a table in front of a miter saw and measure and put down and fix a stop block at the end of the board on the table end, then any board that you put up against the stop block will be the same distance from that block to the saw blade, then you just chop the board. you will end up with perfectly even boards and a clean cut on the end. go at least two saw blade widths shorter than your shortest board, and chop one end, then flip and chop the other for perfect cuts on both sides.
If anyone here is interested in retrogaming-type videos (2600, NES, Genesis), come check out my second channel: czcams.com/channels/iz9BpVfDYKvaNH1PH7Fxjw.html
As an avid woodworker (and gamer), there are many ways to craft and assemble a shelf or cabinet. This is something very near and dear to me because I'm in the same boat and need to make several cabinets to house my growing collection. There is always ikea or Oskar pre-fabbed stuff but I've always felt the custom-made shelf or cabinet or piece of furniture will always be better. Great video! I hope it inspires others to think outside the box.
Only thing I recommend is with the glue, in the future no joke take an acid brush or small paint brush and apply it to the boards before screwing you don't need alot for a secure fit that'll last longer than the screws. For the base just mark out where the shelf will seat and apply the glue, again with a paint brush, and screw it down. The pressure will help the glue set and form to the wood nicely. Overall great work man
Here is a list of my suggestions and advice (echoing some of the other comments below ) for anyone contemplating making his or her own :
1. Don’t buy wood at Home Despot. Sometimes I get lazy and buy their warped, split junk . Always regret it - get thee to a lumber yard.
2. Measure so that shelves accommodate your deepest items - some of my old dvd boxed sets measure almost 6”.
3. If you don’t have a miter saw or chop saw get a circular saw. Get or borrow saw horses. You can also use a double layer of cheap foam panels under the boards- this is cheap (20$) and great for ripping plywood.
4. Get a speed square for precise 90 degree cuts. Measure from these.
5. Pre drill holes using a drill bit with countersink for screws.
6. Use an impact driver over a drill for driving the screws. They are amazing.
7. Paint, stain etc before assembling.
8. Use earthquakes anchors on backside of shelf to secure to wall instead of those fugly base plates.🤮
9. A sawzall is a demolition tool : keep it away from building projects.
10. wear eye protection and respect power tools .
11. Take pride in your creation and show it off
Step #2 should have been to buy, rent, or borrow a sliding compound miter saw. Trim the end of each board to get a clean square cut starting point, then measure and cut. Step #3: (extra bonus step) run the boards that will be on the floor through a planer. Pro tip: Wood Glue needs to be applied (brush or rag) before you screw it together. Wall anchors and L brackets are cheaper and more secure than $45 lift jacks. You can probably get a cheap piece of paneling for the back. Save the duct tape for electrical repairs.
nice job but some advice. As someone who has built many shelves in my lifetime I will say use either a pro paint sprayer or paint the lumber before assembling the shelf. It's so much easier and takes much less time.
Some suggestions to improve your work:
1: Cut multiple boards with your saw at the same time. You needed quite a few boards so It's unlikely you'd be able to cut them all at once, but you could easily cut 2 or 3. Use one of the cut boards as the guide to cut the next group of boards. Now all of them will be the same length.
2: Counter sink your screws. It'll give them a better finish. Even if you don't own a counter sink bit (it looks like a 45 deg cone). You can just use a larger drill bit in the pre drilled hole and just drill in an 1/8" or so.
3: Wood filler. Building lumber is basically garbage. Nothing is straight, nothing is smooth. Fill in as many of the gaps with wood filler (and saw dust) as you can. Then sand the product. You can use wood filler even if you intend to stain the shelf rather than paint. Though it may be slightly noticeable.
4: Wall anchors for shelving units. Only cost a couple dollars max and no one will see them as opposed to the cardboard solution and even more costly jack that you decided to use.
5: Please don't cut towards your hand. When you were cutting the shim I was worried you were going to end up with a new scar. The way you were using the reciprocating saw was also sketchy. It would have been better to mount the boards to a table using clamps and then cutting down though them all at once. But that saw isn't meant to be used to trim the length down. It's meant to cut though the middle of something, not shave off the edge.
Still, I'm not trying to be mean, your shelves still like fine. Glad you choose to make your own rather then just buy an Ikea bookshelf.
You've read my mind! I recall some older video on your channel, talking about shelving (complete with, "your mamma" references!), but I couldn't find them, now. I'm about to embark on creating custom shelving for at least some of my games, as the "media shelves" aren't working out that well... Perfect timing, thank you! :)
Paint the cardboard before nailing it (unless you think the paper will crack after using the hammer) and use sawdust mixed with glue to hide corners and screw holes.
I got sheets of foam board for 25cents at Michaels on sale and wrapped them in fabric I got on a roll for a dollar (50 yards) at restore. Then tacked it on the back for my kids games. I also painted all the boards and glued them before nailing.
Instead of wedging things between the ceiling and shelf unit, attach one of those flat rope between the wall and shelf unit or an L-bracket; most Ikea shelves are sold with such items. It looks much cleaner.
The Contra III music got me hype 🤘🏻
Thanks for sharing.
Contra 3 music RIGHT from the jump?!
That’s an automatic Like!
If your shelves are going to be pushed up against a wall, there is a way to prevent tipping without using a foot. You can use shims beneath the front of the bookshelf to cause it to tip backwards slightly and then anchor the bookshelves to a stud in the wall. Generally, I think a foot is better, but in a tight space a person might stub a bare toe on a bookshelf foot. Just a thought.
Good work tbh, only criticism don’t use cardboard.. it attracts moisture and will lead to mould issues, and L brackets for safety just in case of kids and earth quakes
Very cool tutorial. I like how the cardboard painted actually kind of looks like wood cause of the imperfections and lines in the cardboard, fo wood lol Those jacks are pretty cool never knew something like that existed.
Tip 1 to get all the boards same length have the saw blade slightly bigger that the the wood have second plank underneath and it will mark each board then repeat for next board also
You can countersink the screw heads and makes it like look a pro put them in
Someone mentioned the wall anchors and l-brackets. The brackets come with most bookcases but the anchors do not...at least with IKEA. I have used screws from Lowes that require no predrilling...tan in color. I imagine Menards, Home Depot, etc. would have them as well...not sure they are better, but easier. You could also put a piece of molding on the top to hide the jacks/spacers.
Love the video! My shelves are always changing. I haven’t done the measurements but my ceiling is around 8ft high and my shelves go all the way to the top. I have (4) 2x4’s on each side of the tv with (18)1” thick 48” wide planks going across. I’m gonna alter the shelving slightly so all my games will sit a few inches lower.
You and I have very different definitions of "EASY"
this cost me thousands, maybe you should include the 88inch tv i bought to use the box as the backing to the shelving 🤣
I think an easier and cheaper way is to attach 2x4s to your studs with L brackets then run 1x2s across them, the wall is basically the back of the shelf. There's videos on youtube on how to make them. I made shelves for my entire video game collection, about 2500 games, for less than $20
Yeah. This works well but they don't move easily. Really inexpensive. I did it for some of my stuff.
Honestly awesome work. I bet you had fun making these and honestly they look great. Great job
Happy New Year to you man. I've learned so much from you. This is another banger video.
Thats just so awesome, I want to do something similar, also for my star wars figures
love the OST from Kolibri around 5 minutes 😉
A little recommendation.. use a impact. They have a clutch that prevents stripping screws.
What a fantastic job you did!!! :))
Before I put screws in, I drill a hole first. Then the screw goes in easier. The hole has to be slightly narrower than the screw so it's a tight fit.
Now translating to the metric system.
Edit: Only joking, the video is very informative and helpful. You just need to take your own measurements for your application.
Is super cool :) ..maybe some kind of protection (plexi doors) to keep the games dust free (especially if you have carboard boxes)
Great job!
Good idea. Looking for a smaller idea.
Maybe make the shelfs adjustable.
GOOD VIDEO
Thanks for the idea
Peace ✌
Great video thanks for the tutorial.
The best way to deal with twisty boards is to use a tabletop planer (may also be called a thicknesser, espcailly here in Britain). It's like a planing tool, but instea dof running the blade over the wood you put the wood through a fixed blade. This can be set to the thickness desired and can produce perfectly flat surfaces. They're expensive to buy, but just look for a local carpeter or furniture maker, and see if they will do it for you. Probably won;t charge much.
use a robertson screw
I was going to suggest that too!
Amazing how Americans can put men on the moon but can’t accept that Phillips screws are ridiculously inefficient lol
I would paint the cardboard first then nail it to the back when your almost finished. Everything looked very nice my opinion.
5 1/2 " Deep 😮😂😂
Kids, this is why you don't skip woodshop to smoke weed and play hacky sack in the parking lot of the 7/11.
Forget the Phillips head screws, they are junk and easy to strip out. Use Torx screws instead, easy to find at any hardware store here in the states or use Robertson screws in Canada. Either is way better than Phillips head screws. Also use exterior screws, they are painted and wont rust.
Don't know how feasible this is, but maybe you could gradually reduce the depth of the shelf with its height (results in a very slight trapezoidal profile if viewing from the side.) For example the lower shelves would be deeper for the Xbox cases and the higher shelves would be shallower for the n64 carts so you don't need a board. At the same time, this would allow you to tighten the gap between each shelf since the game cases would protrude at their top and remain flush at the bottom.
You should use an L bracket to secure the top
How long did it take from start to finish
One or two weeks
My friend's wife is a shop teacher so she just had her students make us shelves for school projects lmao
I would paint the back card bord first before nailing it on much easier too paint
I'd like to build shelves similar to that, but I want to get put a door on the front of the cabinet with plastic glass. I'll use a lock and key as well. I want to keeps the games dust free and locked up.
The wood in big DIY stores is often poor quality, and stored badly. I always source mine from a local timber store. And they are happy to cut the stuff to size as well, a tabeltaop saw gives precise and perfectly square cuts. It saves so much hassle.
I was going to like the video but didn't want to change it from 420
resourceful! id be more afraid of paint rubbing off on carts and such how about clear vynal wrap ? hah
Probably a good idea. The paint is sticky.
Does having a course from middle school count as experience in lumber?
yes
I too took wood shop in middle school, it was fun building things. Now I just buy them completely built 😆
I too had shop class in middle school. I occasionally watch woodworkers on CZcams and sometimes on PBS. I'm still not that good at making cuts.
@@HowToX i get wood cuts so much and splinters
i wish i had this ability, i can't even assemble ikea furniture correctly
make me one
Thanks for the video
1. You blocked that vent 😮
2. Why do you have weird bots spamming the comment😲
That's one of two intake vents behind the shelf that go straight into the space behind the wall. The lower one isn't blocked, and the shelf is going to be moved anyway. I've neutralized the bots. Thanks.
I have 3-4x more CD's as you and a big problem, i don't know what to do. I need 3 rooms for that 🤔I've done something similar to you before, but the problem is dust, I'm thinking of doing something similar to yours again, but with a glass door, so that dust doesn't get inside, I'd just have to make more small shelves, how could be opened and closed normally. Now I have another additional problem, I'm slowly switching to 4k. I used to have over 4,000 VHS video tapes, when I switched to DVD, I threw them all in the trash, I just collected all those DVDs, and then Blu-Ray came out, I just about collected it all, and now it's out and 4k.
I invested so much money in that shit, I must have given a good three-room apartment and a good car for those things, and I don't even know how much I'll give in the future. This is a very expensive hobby and I advise anyone who is thinking about something like this to stop immediately. Because the problem is that once you get hooked, you can't stop, because always and always something new comes out, and you just pay and pay, it never ends. The problem is when you have over 50-100 CDs, then you want more and more, I don't listen to half of them, but I have to have them for the sake of a crappy collection.
I would never recommend using straight up construction lumber for shelving. It'll never be straight and flat. But if you have a planer and a jointer you can mill anything square and flat.
You killed it though. Your shelving looks great
Thanks for commenting. This is intentionally a cheap and easy project; great for people who don't have much equipment or woodworking skills.
I agree
In my opinion, GamingTheSystems is a deeply flawed individual. Please respect my opinion.
I will not dispute that.
maybe chamfer the or radius the edges of the shelves with a router?
Most people don't have routers though, including me
@0:50 that's what she said
I can't do it leprosy took my hands 😪
Or........buy an Oskar shelf from Amazon.🤣🤣
All joking aside, very informative. Would be great as a hobby. Just not sure your saving much money if any after cost of materials and labor.
I'll have a look at the Oskar shelves. The thing about these I made is that they utilize the whole wall space and I was able to make the shelf spacing exactly the way I need it to be.
@@HowToX Makes sense. A lot of the shelving out there is crap also.
Hey, think I could get your gamer tag? Maybe play some COD.
Love the idea but it pained me to see you not use the proper tools to cut the wood. I guess if it is all you have than that is all you have. You could use deck screws instead with the star or hex head and those won't strip
Holy shit just get a circular saw
No need. I'm satisfied with the shelves.
@@HowToX the shelf’s are fine. I’m just trying to save you from cutting your damn arm off with a reciprocating saw.
@@dragonballinvestments115think he making video call do not do what I do :)
No screwing my mom joke, I was really hoping there would be one in the video.
You must have watched the old version of this video. I had to take that one down. LOL.
"step 1 buy wood" *hardware stores / lumber pricing in 2021... maybe ill just watch and learn instead... lolol
The latest is that those prices are coming down fast.
I will pay you $1500 to do this for me😂😂😭 for 4 shelves 😂😭
BRO...I'm like cringing watching you try and get all of the boards even length. next time please just put a table in front of a miter saw and measure and put down and fix a stop block at the end of the board on the table end, then any board that you put up against the stop block will be the same distance from that block to the saw blade, then you just chop the board. you will end up with perfectly even boards and a clean cut on the end. go at least two saw blade widths shorter than your shortest board, and chop one end, then flip and chop the other for perfect cuts on both sides.
Thanks for the suggestion. The problem is, I don't have a miter saw.
what a disaster.
Tree killer BOO HISS 👎