Organizing progress -- shelves built and mounted

 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. 

This is the first cabinet, completed.

An in-progress shot of the first 4-foot section. 

My neighbor, Brad, helping install the first shelving unit -- just four more to go. Thanks Brad. 

First three units are up. Two more to go. 

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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