By Dad, how do I?
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How to put up a shelf. (Formerly How to hang a shelf but some people misread it)
The angle of the picture makes my right arm look HUGE (sorry not sorry)! :0)
My arms are proportional in case your wondering. :0)
Some basic tools you will need.;
Stud Finder, Tape Measure, Hammer, Level, Screwdriver or Drill, Pencil.
Supplies;
Shelf, Brackets, 1 1/2″ screws, Sheet rock anchors, 1/2″ screws.
Transcript provided by YouTube:
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okay so today I’m going to show you how
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to hang a shelf I showed you how to use
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a stud finder in my previous video so
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I’m gonna build upon that there’s gonna
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be a few tools that you’re gonna need to
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need along with that stud finder you’ll
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need the stud finder you’ll need a tape
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measure right and eventually I’m gonna
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put together a video that shows some
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basic tools that you always kind of want
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to have them on hand obviously if you’re
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a homeowner compared to just somebody
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that’s living in an apartment still or
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you’re still on the move might not want
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to gather too many tools but once you
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get settled down into a home there’s
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certain things that you just want to
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have around and some where you’ll find
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them you use form all the time
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tape measures 1 stud finder you know
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it’s helpful it’s a little bit of a
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luxury but you do need it if you need to
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find the stud right hammer got to have
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the hammer break we’re gonna be putting
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I’m gonna show you how to use my
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cordless drill but I’m also gonna show
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you in case you don’t have a drill
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you’ll need at least a Phillips head
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screwdriver you’ll need a pencil here’s
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my drill I highly recommend this drill
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it’s a Dewalt you can usually pick them
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up on Black Friday I think for around
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$100 I think it came with two batteries
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and the thing is priceless because I use
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it all the time and the battery is the
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important part it holds a charge because
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if you buy something too cheap you’re
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gonna hate it because it’s you’re gonna
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be fighting it all the times that won’t
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hold a charge ok and this thing came
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with two batteries I’m pretty sure it
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was $99 on Black Friday
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ok and then also you’ll need to have a
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level a level it’s a great thing to have
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around you can just buy a small one like
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this just I think it’s under five bucks
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and it just tells you make sure you’re
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hanging the Shelf level because you
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don’t want it to be wonky right that
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wouldn’t be good and you can just buy a
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small one like this and I’ll show you
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you can use your shelf put this on top
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of your shelf to extend the level so you
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don’t need to buy a big level you can
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just use a shorter one like this and
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then
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use it for long runs still just by
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putting it on some on a board that’s
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longer before we get started please
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remember to check with your landlord to
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make sure that they’re okay with you
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putting holes in the wall some landlords
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might not be this is my house so I can
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put holes wherever I want right but
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please be careful with that don’t just
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start putting holes in a wall and then
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you go to move and you lose your damage
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deposit right so anyway just a little
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warning there so today I’m gonna be
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putting up the shelf with three of these
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brackets okay two on the outside and
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then one in the center the two outside
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ones are gonna hit a stud both of those
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will hit studs and then the center one
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will be I’ll be using sheetrock screws
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so I’ll get a chance to show you which
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sheetrock screws
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I recommend okay I want my shelf to come
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out at fifty four inches high you might
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be able to put yourself wherever you
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want and you don’t care but for me I
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want it to come out at fifty four inches
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high I’ve already predetermined that the
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thickness of the shelf is 3/4 inch okay
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so I need to factor that in if I want to
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top my shelf to be 54 inches I need to
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subtract that 3/4 inches from where I
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want the top of this thing to be right
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so the shelf sits on top of it it comes
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out at 54 ok so right
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pay attention to that I’ve been burned
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on that myself so just giving you a
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little dad vice there ok so let’s get
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started over here I’ve already met I’ve
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already determined where the studs are
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using the stud finder I want it to come
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out it 54 right so I want to go fifty
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three and a quarter so I’m good there
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I’ve already marked my my spot there
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okay so let’s go ahead and put this guy
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up my shelf I’m gonna put my shelf right
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there where I want the top of it to be
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okay that’s gonna be like that and then
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the hole I want to get into I want to
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put a a mark or my hole is gonna be
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right it’s right there okay so that’s my
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hole okay so most sheetrock is a
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half-inch it’s a half-inch thick okay so
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in order to get to that stud I need to
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go through a half-inch sheetrock to get
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to that stud okay so in my mind
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I want to get an inch into that stud so
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I need an inch and a half screw right
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gotta get 1/2 inch in and then an inch
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sunk into the end of the stud so we need
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a half one and a half inch screw okay
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you also got a factor in especially if
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this thing if this part is thick right
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you got a factor in that you got to go
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through that through your sheetrock
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right through that through your
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sheetrock then into the stud okay so
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what I like to do is do pilot holes and
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I’m going to use my drill just to make
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things go faster so I’ve already marked
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where I want it I want to put in my
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pilot hole this is where I want it okay
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so I’m good there now we can just grab
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my bracket okay so we’re gonna go ahead
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and put up this bracket here I have a
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two previous screws from where this
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bracket used to be I’m actually moving
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this bracket down and I figure it’s a
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good opportunity to be able to show you
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for this particular video so and that’s
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why I was kind of emphasizing the 54
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inches cuz my wife decided she wants it
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down a little bit lower so we’re just
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moving it down for this particular video
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okay and I had drilled when I said I
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drilled the pilot hole all I did was
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take the screw and put it here and then
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I drilled it okay I didn’t actually pull
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out a drill bit and drill a hole I don’t
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think that’s necessary unless you’re a
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perfectionist you probably could but
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this should be fine okay so then all
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we’re gonna do is we’re gonna put that
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guy in there
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here we go okay and then I got my other
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hole down at the bottom put in our other
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screw there okay nice and solid okay so
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now we’re gonna make sure that the Shelf
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is gonna be leveled okay so if you’ve
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never used a level before you wanna you
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want that bubble to be right in the
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center can you see that I’m using the
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center one this one right here we’re
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paying attention to that okay so then
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you just move here whatever you’re doing
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up and down until that bubble is right
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in the center okay so now I’m gonna use
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I’m going to use my shelf as my level to
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have it come across like this okay put
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this on here right so I’m going to show
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where this bracket is gonna be over here
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right and I already have marked out
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where my stud is so we got that out I
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want this to be right in the center
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right I’m looking at the bubble in the
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center there and it’s sitting on this
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shelf and it needs to come up a little
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bit come up a little bit come right
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there so now my stud is over here I’m
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gonna mark the top right there okay the
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top of my bracket okay so now we’re good
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to go that’s the top of my bracket okay
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now we need to put my bracket up there
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and we’re gonna mark where that hole is
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gonna go okay make sure I got my bracket
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face and right face in the correct way
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right we want the long one coming out
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the short one right it would be easy to
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flip this around right and have it be
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like that on one side don’t want that
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right or it’d be okay if it was like
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that as long as it would it was
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consistent right but
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for this I want the longer one to come
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out so just be careful with that right
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I’m gonna put this up here and I’m gonna
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mark the hole okay go ahead and take my
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mic screw put that here there we go grab
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my bracket make sure I got it facing the
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right way
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okay there we go we’re good on that
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okay now we’re gonna do our center one
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okay our Center bracket where we want
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that to go and basically we’re gonna do
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this we’re gonna use our tape measure
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we’re gonna measure in between so the
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overall is about 40 it’s 48 and a half
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okay
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overall 48 and a half so if we wanted to
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divide that in half
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we’re gonna be at 24 and a quarter okay
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so 24 and a quarter right there okay now
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we can use our shelf again on top of my
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marks I’m gonna move it down but that’s
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okay I can still draw a line right and I
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can see where the mark is for the
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mercury
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there okay again that’s the top of my
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shelf grab my other bracket again make
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sure you got a turn in the right the
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correct way right not like this for this
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particular one we want it like that put
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it up there we want the top of it to be
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right there okay again okay so now I’m
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gonna unveil my amazing sheetrock anchor
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for you I think it was one of my
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subscribers the passenger that asked
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about this and if you don’t know which
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one to pick out this is the best anchor
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that they make okay it’s this this is
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the one you want to use okay there’s a
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lot of hokey ones out there that you
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drill the hole you put it in it’s got a
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spring on it comes up and clamps against
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your sheetrock does just don’t really
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work really well my brother was a
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cabinet maker and he showed me these
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years ago and I’ve never looked back
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these are the best okay but one thing I
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think I think it was the passenger that
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actually said that they she has a
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problem with them breaking I’m wondering
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if this is why cuz when you when you use
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it you don’t want to just come up and
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try to screw it in I’ve seen other
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videos on this too showing it just come
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on up and then just screw it in no cuz
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this tip especially if they’re kind of
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cheaper versions of this that tip will
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break off so what you want to do is you
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want to take it and you want to tap it
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in with your hammer get it started with
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your hammer okay so we’re here
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it’s right at the threads once it’s up
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the threads then you should be good and
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I’m gonna go ahead and use a screwdriver
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for this I would normally use my drill
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but you can force it in with your
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screwdriver okay there you go you’re
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golden it’s just that easy
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okay so now let’s go ahead and put our
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other put our outer bracket up okay
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and I I like to use I use sheetrock
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screws like this for a lot of things and
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those will work fine and this actually
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they actually because they got a nice
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coarse thread and they hold really well
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just by themselves okay but I think some
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of these will actually fit right in
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there and work these these sheetrock
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screws though do come with with a
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sheetrock screw a screw or a screw that
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goes inside it and I actually meant for
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them so it’s probably best to go ahead
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and use them okay so we got our bracket
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up there again you see you got that now
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you just want to make sure that that’s
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level okay so we’re basically doing the
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same thing again so for now we’re
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looking at the top we’re looking at the
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top on this particular level and it’s
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got a level like that right so we’re
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good here right so we don’t want it to
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be like that we want to make sure that
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it’s level so you go like this okay
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looks level than me
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I’m gonna go ahead and I’m gonna mark
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that hole okay now just swing it out of
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the way right same thing again we’re
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gonna use our sheetrock screw take it up
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here get it lined up on our hole okay
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and then tap it in okay I’m topping it
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in just to that point right I get it up
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to where the threads are just sitting
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against the sheetrock okay okay now this
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is how easy it is with a drill okay
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there we go now we turn it back down and
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then we got our screw that we’re gonna
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put in put that here
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okay we’re golden there we’ve just got
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to do the same thing with these other
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with the other two outer ones right so
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we’re gonna go ahead and I need my level
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stick it on the side make sure that it’s
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level okay good mark my hole got the
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level out may as well do the other one
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hopefully you can see this mark the hole
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okay there we go and then these I’m
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going right into a stud right right into
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a stud so I don’t need to do any of that
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with the sheetrock screw
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okay that was just the tip that fell out
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sometimes it doesn’t stay inside this
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this extender because it don’t normally
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use the extender what I needed to that
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particular bracket I’ll show you how to
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use one of these drills up and close in
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the next two or three videos I’ll strip
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of them I’ll make a video on just this
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drill okay so there we go
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you got our shelf we put it on top of
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there our level it’s a thing of beauty
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all we got to do now is if I want it
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centered right I would just measure my
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outside brackets this is I know this is
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in the center these two so I just want
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to measure if I wanted it centered on
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these brackets or if I want it between
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the space on my wall you know wherever I
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want it I’m gonna take out my tape
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measure and measure the distance right
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for figure out so the overall distance
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is five feet four feet right 48 inches
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so we basically went six inch overhang
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on either side right because it’s 12 if
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it’s sixty inches minus 48 inches is 12
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inches and then we want six inches on
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this side six inches on this side make
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12 right so basically I’m not too
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worried about it but that’s that’s six
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inches and you can kind of go back and
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forth right to make sure you got a
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little bit because it’s not exact but
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there we go and then this particular one
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I want to screw some screws up into the
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bottom of the shelf okay just to keep it
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stable we can go like that
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and then make sure you’re using shorter
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screws for this because I only got 3/4
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here right if I use those same screws in
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their inch and a half I’m gonna come
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right up through that shelf and you
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don’t want that right so I think that’s
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about it you understand if there’s any
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thing I left out I don’t think there is
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but hopefully this was helpful all right
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one last thing I want to show you show
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you if you were gonna hang a picture let
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me show you how to do that let me cut
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away and then I’ll I’ll come right back
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and show you how to do that okay since a
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picture is kind of light for the most
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part if it’s not all that heavy you
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don’t have to go to all this trouble
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with a sheetrock screw you could
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probably you could probably get away
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with with something like this or if it’s
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really light you know you could you
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could just put a nail in right into the
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wall but you I think one mistake people
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make is just putting that just go ahead
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and hammering away and sticking up that
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that a picture but you know if you want
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it the better way to do it is put it at
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it at an angle just go like this put in
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here and put it down at an angle I might
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have to get it started while this flat
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let’s just pretend you didn’t hit a stud
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but if you think about that think
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logically that thing is down in there
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this way so it’s the picture is hanging
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on it it’s kind of holding it in if you
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put this in straight then it’s get the
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pictures gonna be kind of tugging down
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on the nail right so if you want it
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tugging down then it’s actually driving
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it down into the sheetrock hopefully
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that makes sense alright thank you again
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and see you next time
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