How to build closet shelves to fit perfectly

Tips for cheap living. Get a dad that has a life time of knowledge that you don’t have to pay for lol

Easiest video of how to do this that I've seen. Kudos

Awesome video

Great learning tool.

Your Dad is a great teacher and seems so sweet! Please pass on my gratitude for his clear explanation.

Your Dad is awesome!

Great teacher. Thank you

Perfecto! Experience is more valuable than gold

A jib saw is the most worst thing that you could use to prevent chipping.

Where can I buy the pencil scribe ? What is it called exactly ?

Thank you for this. Helped me massively 😁

Your Dad should do a whole series of teaching techniques! Very good!

Merci

Thanks very much for this video! I begin installing shelving in a reach-in closet tomorrow this is very useful. I may just connect the scribe with my track and then use the "tube scribing" (caulk ) if there is more than 1/8".

Most helpful video I have found on how to scribe with simple tools and actually gets to the point! Thank you!!!

What about the wall profile on back wall? Did you need to scribe that too or was it pretty flat.

Awesome..i learned something new...thank you so much❤️

thank you!

Why would you use particle board for that?

genius! defo deserves a subscribe!

Good technique

Great instruction on how to get that perfect fit on shelving.

Closet rod to close to board. Also, why isn’t your closet build square to begin with. Also, you will never get a clean cut with a saber saw.

This is the best explaining on how to scribe to fit a shelf between 2 walls. In every video I have seen no one has explained how the shelf needs to be larger and tilted, though it should be common sense it is not and I was having a hard time figuring it out until I saw this video. Subscribed!

Neat, thank you. I so could have used this about a week ago lol. I didn't know "scribing" was a thing until I couldn't figure out how to make it fit nicely.

Nice Video.This is the video I’ve been looking for. Wasn’t sure how to scribe both sides of an opening. And get the width you need. Thanks Again.

Woodglut has very good and accurate plans.

I found great plans on the Stodoys website. I think this is a good solution for everyone.

Perfect video to help
Me with my project. Thank you so much.

FINALLY! I watched a bunch of videos (made by professionals) on how to scribe a shelf. They all showed a close up of the process but they did not show or explain how they put the board against the wall to make the mark. In fact, all the videos showed the board appeared to lay FLAT between the two walls BEFORE the scribe. Which means that the board would have to be short AFTER the cut. Thanks for a showing the complete process.

What if the back wall needs scribed too? The board wont fit in the area to do it first. If you do it last it will move the profile of the scribed sides backwards and mess everything up.

I used Woodprix instructions for this and I already did it :)

Thank you so much. At last a scribing video that actually shows you how to scribe! Please thank your Father for showing us.

Awesome tip.

When you say that the board is 2" longer than the hole, where are you measuring the hole from? The front? the back? Thanks :)

Great tips ad great video. Thank you. Exactly what I needed.

Okay, so that's how you get it to fit. I found this video very helpful.
Thank you

Superb tutorial, Ive struggled to get the concept but this explained it perfectly thanks.

Just Measure the opening and cut the board. 1/16 gap is completely irrelevant and no big deal.
Extremely ocd

I've never considered this before. Good to know...thanks for sharing.

Best scribing explanation really well done

$.89 per foot for firring strips seems a bit excessive.

It's not "a compass"! We dont say divider do we? We say dividers, (plural) because they have two legs. So it's compasses because they also have two legs. "A compass " is used to find direction.

I am really sure you can build it yourself mates. I made it 2 weeks ago thanks to woodprix website.

Pattern scribe with the flat bar method. More accurate for all walls. Place an undersized thin board( 1/4 in luan) flat in place shelf goes rhen use a thin metal bar ( Varied. Lengths. 12 in and 3 in. Will do it) to get the wonky shapes. Scribe your lines on template and then transfer to the real goods via reverse scribe with said bar method. . cut n done.

Ms Penning please thank your father for sharing his knowledge with us who appreciate the skills he has acquired over the years. truly the best scribing video I've seen.

I enjoyed the video and appreciate the workmanship. Unfortunately, drywall walls are often not accurate or square, therefore any wonderfully cut shelf may not be tight to the wall--regardless of the scribing.
I believe that a better approach would be to measure (via tape, to the closest 1/8"), cut, place, fill with paintable chalk and finish paint.
And then get on to to the other unfinished projects.

What about the back wall?