The headline speaks for itself.
My goodness building shelving took quite a long time -- a month and change. Seems like every time I thought I was ready to assemble a shelving unit, there was one or two more pieces of lumber to cut.
The shelving units are 14-feet long in total. Two four-foot units and three two-foot units. All two-feet high. they are screwed into the studs and have a ledger board underneath.
Finally, I got them done.
I needed help and fortunately my across-the-street neighbor, Brad came over. Hanging them was a two-person job. I also have a torn rotator cuff. That's slated to be fixed on Nov. 10 and will keep me out of commission for a while. So, I wanted to get this done and out of the way. With these shelves up, I'll reorganize a lot of the stuff in the garage, move a bunch of stuff off the floor and have a more pleasant work space. It's amazing how much stuff goes in to building a model railroad. Too much of it has been acquired in advance. but, it will eventually be used.
One benefit of the shelf project was that I consumed a bunch of sheet and dimensional lumber that had been in the garage. I still have more to use or throw out. Getting it out of the way will be a big advancement.
Here are a few pictures of the process of building and installing the shelves.
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This is the first cabinet, completed. |
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An in-progress shot of the first 4-foot section. |
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| My neighbor, Brad, helping install the first shelving unit -- just four more to go. Thanks Brad. |
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| All the shelving units are in place. Hmm the shop light is in the way. |
Next up --- filling the shelves. That should not be a problem, there's plenty of stuff to put on them. Might need to get a few organizing tubs.
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