That's insane. It literally just took me over an hour to build, with my wife. I built furniture commercially for 8 years too. The plastic corner were so stiff that the glass wouldn't slide into it. That was what took the longest. Not to mention, none of my glass pieces had a 1 on it so I had to guess which was the back and which was the door.
Just picked up 4 of these today. They are still in box figured I would watch a lot of videos before attempting to assemble. Honestly best video I have found so far.
How did you do? Two of mine are gathering dust because I'm struggling getting the glass panels in. Some tend to pop out of bounds even though the size and direction is correct.
For anybody else having issues with the side glass panels, make sure the back panel is really centred otherwise the side ones won’t go in properly. That was the issue I had anyways for my second side panel.
I appreciate that you showed us in real-time and talked through the process! A lot of videos just do an 8-10min time lapse with annoying contemporary-elevator-pop-jingle music. Y'all rock. Thanks Angie, and thank you both for taking the time to produce a quality video!! 11/10
I just purchased two of these for plants. My husband and I watched another channel and it took 2 hours to put the 1st one together. We were griping at each other and the door still doesn't close properly. Then, tonight I found you (YES!!) While the hubs was away, I watched you build yours and then I restarted it and you & I built my 2nd one together. IT IS PERFECTION!!!! Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you. One of the best assembling videos out there! Every step was well explained and I really liked the attention you gave to all the details, just great. I’ll try to assemble my Detolf this week.
I'm so embarrassed. I had already built one six months ago and now I'm barely able to figure out how to build a second unit. This video helped so much. I only watched it three times. Tomorrow I will get it done!
Before watching your video took wife and I about 2 hours to put together was so nervous about breaking the glass but your method makes it much easier than the instructions Do you find that the shelf sits better on carpet without the bottom feet installed? Great video!
ok thank you for CLEARLY showing us the plastic side hinge direction! subtle but very important. That's what kept holding me up, wondering why the thing wouldn't go together! Thanks!!!
I never saw one up close or seen how they were built. Not much to them. No wonder I hear how fragile there are. Great job! Detolf Queen!! A new shirt idea?
Mine has been sitting in the middle of my living room for a week now. Everyone said I needed another person, but you give me confidence to just do the damn thing by myself.
Angie, you are the detolf MASTER!! Your video inspired me to assemble my first detolf by myself. I never would have tried to without you. Thank you so much for this amazing video!
I got really upset and mad at myself for buying this when I found out they recommend two people to assemble this, but thank you so much for showing me how to do this by myself.
Haha! I literally built my first one of these last weekend to begin to display my own Wrestling Collection. Inspired by this channel and others like it, and have started to create my own grand plans for a Wrestling Figure Extravaganza! I could have done with this kind of tutorial, as it took me FOREVER!! Great content gang! Cheers Kyle :)
When I put the top on it never lines up in the grooves very well , there’s always a bit of adjusting involved. I’ve only done five so far so practice makes perfect I guess. Also they only have the white ones in Australia at the moment, hope that changes as mine are the black brown type
Great video..I have built 15 Detolfs and 4 Jsyk Jala;'s..still not on the same level as the pro here..this is a great walk threw for 1st timers..those Plastic glass holders can be tricky..so comment "Best wife ever"so is there more than 1 LOL..If I found my wife in my Statue room or Star Wars lounge..I would be shocked..great stuff.
Kyle and Angie, This was the most informative step by step video on setting up my four Detlofs. Thank you from the bottom of this MOTU collectors heart ❤❤❤
Wow! This video was a life saver! After trying to put one together and having problems with fitting the glass into the wooden grooves and thinking we had a faulty product...took out a food break and watched this video. Went back, took apart what we had done and within half and hour had the whole thing together really easily!!! Getting the plastic edging on properly and centering the back piece of glass were key! Thank you so much 😊
Just FYI the new ones come with plastic bumpers on both sides of the glass. I thought they were supposed to come off. But they stay on. Maybe it’s a fix for the glass spontaneously breaking?
Just made one. 3 more to go. I had a very hard time getting the plastic strips that hold the glass together, on to the side panels. Found that going from the bottom up was better, but still very hard. And yes, I was, and will be, doing it on my own.
I couldn’t tell, do you remove the edge protectors from the glass panels? I cannot get the glass into the L shaped plastic strips on the back panel with these on. ???
First one took me 3 hours. first mistake was I thought it was a good idea to remove the stickers on the glass sides. I contemplated taking the remaining two back. Also, how does your glass go into the plastic spines so easily? That's the most difficult part for me. Also one of the top screws will not catch even though it looks like I have enough room for the bolts to make it through to the top wooden shelf.
Thanks for making this video. I built my first one today and just followed right along. I wasn't nearly as fast as you lol but eventually when I get a 2nd, it will no doubt be a piece of cake. They honestly look far more intimidating than they really are.
Me and my neighbor took us 3 hours to build that thing that thing is not easy you are a miracle woman how the heck you did it is beyond me took us 3 hours the two of us to get this thing together
Is the bottom magnet very strong? Because mine I have to pull a little hard to get it open. And it shakes the case a little bit. Also I think Mine opens the opposite way
Really nice to see Angie, the brains behind the brawn, showing us how to assemble this type of display unit. But where was the shouting and swearing, that always seems to accompany my unit builds? 😁
I can't get my door to fully close, the bottom touches the magnet but the top doesn't come close. I've loosened the top part and it hasn't changed anything, I've tried to loosen the hinges too and it still doesn't close idk what else to do
Make sure all the small black plastic pieces are down all the way metal clasps you put on the glass door make sure those are pushed all the way up or down depending top or bottom of door Sometimes ours are tied at the bottom and you kind of have to lift the door a little bit and push in
@@KylePeterson1980 the black plastic pieces are kinda loose compared to what I've seen on here, a lot of people have to apply force and mine kinda just fall in, the metal part on the bottom is pushed as far as it can go because it'll get caught by the wood if it's lowered, just weird everything's leveled, I've taken it apart 3 times and its still the same. I think it has to be returned :(
@@danborowik6617 I just ended up returning it, it sucked because the new one had a 6 inch scratch so I wasted my time by having to get a 3rd but no problems with it
Any chance your Detolf expert/wife/better half Angie can help answer a question? Once installed the top door will not line up and hit the magnet unlike the bottom magnet. Glass door won't sit flush. How on earth do I adjust this?
@@KylePeterson1980 top peg is in as far as I can get it and the top shelf sits inside the slots for the glass on all sides. I can take the top wood and torque/twist it counterclockwise and it will snap the door shut. But when I let go, it pops back open.
amzn.to/3qEMq61 I highly recommend this one if I had to do it all over again I would use these. Puck lights you can really grab anyone from pretty much every place that sells lights
I set up 5 detolfs in a row last week as fast as I could all by myself. It took me about 5 days to recover, but mind you I have been working from home since March 2020 and I have been getting very little exercise. LOL. Angie is a Detolf star!!!! Keep it up the great videos!
All the other videos assembling it are all different and too fast to comprehend. This one is in real time and shows every step attentively. Realized I got so much wrong with such simple looking steps. Appreciate it!
Hi nice to meet your wife I will be getting married Feb 12 2022. At moment got old bookcase for my 50 plus figs had just 10 old Hasbro this time last year. Pics on my insta and you tube.
Kyle you and your wife seems like really kind people in my book I think you both are awesome really awesome people I just want to do a big hello and a big shout-out to both of you much love and respect
I can’t get my door to close properly. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. Only the bottom half closes with the magnet. The top part sticks out a bit and won’t hold on the magnet.
Hey I aint one for Wrestlers but I searched this subject and you made building these shelves so easy on me. Even the heads up about "If these this have issues screwing in then its not in all the way" Made me double check a corner that wouldnt screw in all the way making me think its just cause poor quality. Nope youre right. Just needed to be pushed in even more. So thank you :D
This video will help me with assembling after purchasing my first detolf glass cases soon. I am excited to see what my batman cups and other stuff will look like in it!
After building over 12 gundam suits the instructions for this unit was a breeze. I DO love your idea for the weather stripping to keep dust out or down at least. Awesome video thanks.
The recent models are made different now and much much harder to put together. I've put together almost 50 pieces of furniture in the last 20 years and this has to be the hardest one I ever did. Taking almost 2 hours and needing a 2nd person to help. The older Detolfs were much easier (like in this video) and also half the price. New ones are cheaply made and twice the price.
@KylePeterson1980 The metal H-ladder frames are very thin and mostly come bent in the box, so you need to straighten those out best you can. Metal screws that tighten on the ladder frame are cheaply threaded or improperly threaded leaving it difficult to tighten or fully tighten. Plastic feet don't fit over the screws anymore leaving all 4 feet at uneven heights. Glass is thinner, so to make up for the gaps in the upper and lower wood panels glass slots they give you plastic spacers to fit in there. Stickers very difficult to remove. Some glass panels showing imperfections (scratches) out of the box. The vertical plastic pieces that hold the 3 panels of glass together is a super rigid translucent plastic made too tight and next to impossible to fit into the glass. I have plastic stress marks on all my panels from popping the glass into those pieces. This was the hardest part of the install. Holes for the magnet pieces in the wood are about a millimeter smaller. Doors are super difficult to align now. Either hits the top or bottom panels or don't fully reach both top and bottom panels correctly. Glass much easier to break from over tightening (google this for some horror stories) I addressed these issues with Ikea and they offered for me to return the 3 Detolfs I already put together. lol. I actually took apart my old Detolf and put it back together just to make sure I wasn't going crazy not remembering how difficult it was to put it together. The old was was super easy to assemble, very much like you did in the video.
Does it matter if the stickers are at the bottom? For some reason my brother and I can't align the glass right. It doesn't seem to fit in those grooves at the bottom and it's always uneven at the top
I am having trouble getting the top screws in. I have the glass lined up in the slots but can only get one screw in. Any tips on how to get them to screw in. I been trying so long and afraid to really man handle the glass in fear of breaking it.
She says Two things either you didn’t do the screws all the way tight at the bottom or when you put the glass in the plastic clips you didn’t put the glass all the way to the bottom so you may have to adjust the panels lower
