The plan today is to build a shelf on the east wall by the door about two feet from the ceiling.
I had planned on doing this for a long time. There is a lot of stuff, or junk, stacked against the east wall that has to be removed. I need room for the ladder. I watched You Tube videos. There was one that looked easy to do. I watch it three or four times. I would build it on the garage floor and then lift it up and attach it to the studs and the trusses. I would need a lot of help to hold it up and screw it into the trusses. The lumber needed is two eight foot 2x4's ripped in half. I will call these 2x2's or boards. I screwed the first one to the east wall.
To hold the first 2x2 I screwed two blocks into the wall at the right height. I placed the board on the blocks. The screws I used were too long and I could drive them in all the way. I tried to screw them out which was difficult. One I could get out. Using a chisel I split it in half and finally got the block off. Using a large screw driver and vice grips I got them out.
The next one is screwed to the ceiling trusses which are on two foot centers. I did it several times before I got it right. That proved to be more difficult than I thought. I marked the board at two foot centers. I drilled two holes in each end for the screws. One end were straight and the other end was at an angle.
I held it up with the other 2x2 I needed some shorter screws which I thought that I would go to Fillmore to get. I looked for some in the greenhouses and in the garage. I found enough. I drilled the holes in the wrong place. I took it off and dilled new holes. Finally I got it right.
I cut five 2x4' two feet long. These are for the vertical pieces. There is a large piece of plywood by house five that I used for the floor of the shelf. It was covered with snow. I swept off the snow and some mud. It was eight feet long and about three feet wide. I cut off a two foot strip. I then attached the bottom rail. The photo below show the finished shelf.
I finished the tool for cutting narrow strips of wood. The one I made yesterday did work to well. It sets on the fence. I can push a board through the saw with my finger safely away from the blade.
Comments and questions are welcome.
