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#1 ·
All the pieces are gathered...

The wife wants a shelving unit erected in the carport to store all the crap that finds itself hanging around the carport and the backyard. So I went to the local home goods store and purchased the necessary lumber which includes 3 sheets of 3/4" Mahogany ply (cut in half lengthwise), 5 - 8' Spruce 2×4s, and 5 - 8' Spruce 1×12s.

Here it all is stacked up in the carport, just waiting to be installed this weekend. Stand by…

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#2 ·
All the pieces are gathered...

The wife wants a shelving unit erected in the carport to store all the crap that finds itself hanging around the carport and the backyard. So I went to the local home goods store and purchased the necessary lumber which includes 3 sheets of 3/4" Mahogany ply (cut in half lengthwise), 5 - 8' Spruce 2×4s, and 5 - 8' Spruce 1×12s.

Here it all is stacked up in the carport, just waiting to be installed this weekend. Stand by…

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A man of his word!
Now whats in the brown bag?
 

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#3 ·
All the pieces are gathered...

The wife wants a shelving unit erected in the carport to store all the crap that finds itself hanging around the carport and the backyard. So I went to the local home goods store and purchased the necessary lumber which includes 3 sheets of 3/4" Mahogany ply (cut in half lengthwise), 5 - 8' Spruce 2×4s, and 5 - 8' Spruce 1×12s.

Here it all is stacked up in the carport, just waiting to be installed this weekend. Stand by…

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A man of his word!
Now whats in the brown bag?

- robscastle
Boy, you don't miss a trick, do you? That is cement. My stepson is laying a floor in a storage space beneath the house. Too much work for me. Hahahaha!!!
 

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#4 ·
All the pieces are gathered...

The wife wants a shelving unit erected in the carport to store all the crap that finds itself hanging around the carport and the backyard. So I went to the local home goods store and purchased the necessary lumber which includes 3 sheets of 3/4" Mahogany ply (cut in half lengthwise), 5 - 8' Spruce 2×4s, and 5 - 8' Spruce 1×12s.

Here it all is stacked up in the carport, just waiting to be installed this weekend. Stand by…

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OK I am happy now I thought it was something to do with the shelving after seeing all the paint and finishing materials next to the timber!
 

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#5 ·
Shelf Mounts Up

So put up the Shelf Mounts yesterday. The 2" by 4" shelf mounts are anchoured to the wall with tapcon screws directly into the concrete wall. The three shorter mounts on the right will go above a cabinet to house things we don't want to go "walkies", at the base of the shelving. However what looked really good in the design drawing, now looks a little small in reality. I'm gonna have a think on this, consult the wife, and maybe have to take those three mounts down and cut them shorter to make a bigger cabinet. Stay tuned…

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UPDATE: The wife said the size was fine, as she didn't really know what was going in there anyway. So no need to redesign at this point.
 

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Shelf Mounts Up

So put up the Shelf Mounts yesterday. The 2" by 4" shelf mounts are anchoured to the wall with tapcon screws directly into the concrete wall. The three shorter mounts on the right will go above a cabinet to house things we don't want to go "walkies", at the base of the shelving. However what looked really good in the design drawing, now looks a little small in reality. I'm gonna have a think on this, consult the wife, and maybe have to take those three mounts down and cut them shorter to make a bigger cabinet. Stay tuned…

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UPDATE: The wife said the size was fine, as she didn't really know what was going in there anyway. So no need to redesign at this point.
OK I have selected 107.5
and, ...IMHO the bigger the better.
 

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Shelf Support time...

Yesterday it was time to make the shelf supports. There are 22 of them, measuring 23" long, 3.5" wide at the back, tapering to 1" at the front. Because there were 22, this was a perfect job for a jig. I first cut 24, 3.5" by 23" supports out of 2, 1" by 12" by 8' spruce boards. I then built a jig to splay the support at the necessary angle to the saw blade.

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Then I placed the support into the jig which also serves as a sled for the saw.

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Then I simply pushed the sled/jig through the saw.

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And Voila!, one completed shelf support.

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Then I just did that 21 more times, and I now have 22 shelf supports ready to be painted and installed. I think the next part of the project is the painting of everything made up till now. Stay tuned…
 

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#11 ·
Shelf Support time...

Yesterday it was time to make the shelf supports. There are 22 of them, measuring 23" long, 3.5" wide at the back, tapering to 1" at the front. Because there were 22, this was a perfect job for a jig. I first cut 24, 3.5" by 23" supports out of 2, 1" by 12" by 8' spruce boards. I then built a jig to splay the support at the necessary angle to the saw blade.

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Then I placed the support into the jig which also serves as a sled for the saw.

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Then I simply pushed the sled/jig through the saw.

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And Voila!, one completed shelf support.

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Then I just did that 21 more times, and I now have 22 shelf supports ready to be painted and installed. I think the next part of the project is the painting of everything made up till now. Stay tuned…
Wow Les thats some shelf support I must say, what are you going to do with them? maybe heaps of chin ups?
The little off cuts look like they would be almost good enough!
 

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#13 ·
I could use some support...

So my son painted one side of all the supports, so they could be mounted with the painted side up against the painted upright. Today I began installing the shelf supports. Having measured the shelf locations to miss lights and wall receptacles and provide a variety of heights, I carefully placed the first set of supports on the rightmost upright.

Then using two levels, I added other supports, making sure they were level so the shelves will be level left to right as well as front to back. Here's a shot of the start of the process.

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Hopefully I'll get all the supports installed today. Stay tuned.
 

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#14 ·
Thank you for your support...

Got all the supports attached that were possible. Only four left to do, but they need to wait until the cabinet is installed and the final height is determined. The last shelf will go flush with the top of the cabinet, and that will determine the height of the last four supports. So for now, this part of the build is done.

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My son will paint the supports in place, and I will begin working on the shelves themselves. Stay tuned…
 

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