Fireplace Mantel – Floating Shelf

Nicely done!

-- Mike, an American living in Norway.

Mantle looks good, nice job on the video also.

I do have a question. It looked like a lot of work to make all the blocks, glue them to your boards then clamping them together, then having to clean the spots where the blocks were.

I’m sure you know about taping the joints and folding them, is there a reason why you don’t do it that way?

Mantle looks good, nice job on the video also.

I do have a question. It looked like a lot of work to make all the blocks, glue them to your boards then clamping them together, then having to clean the spots where the blocks were.

I m sure you know about taping the joints and folding them, is there a reason why you don t do it that way?

- jbay

For a joint this big their is a good chance the tape won’t be strong enough to keep the joint pulled tight. On several hundred dollars of walnut and a delivery date to my client I just didn’t want to risk it. I only do the tape on small boxes

-- What I do in and out of the shop at http://www.BrianBenham.com

Fair enough, you got to do what your comfortable with.

I’ve done long joints quite a bit. I usually use 3 rows of 2” wide masking tap. 1 down the middle, 1 off to the side but still covering the seam, 1 off to the other side but still covering the seam.
Always draws the joints together tight. Good cuts help a lot also.

Thanks for the response.

simple plus elegant.

-- Brian - Hazelton, British Columbia

Beautiful work – it matches with wall.

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted

Nice clean looking mantle.good work.

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Here is one I did as said above. I just think its saves a bunch of work.