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In March, I helped my stepdad Ernie install shelves in his work area in
the garage.  We first measured the walls with a measuring tape and wrote
down what we needed: A ladder, several long boards, a short board to
help hold one of the long boards, brackets to hold the boards on the
walls, screws to attach the brackets to the walls and the boards to the
brackets, a drill to drill holes for the screws and screw the screws
into the holes, a saw to cut the boards, a level to make certain that
the shelves are horizontal, a stud finder to find studs to put the
screws in, and pencils to mark the stud locations, where to drill holes,
and cut boards.  We got the brackets, screws, and some 8 foot by 11 inch
boards at Hibert Lumber, and found the rest of the wood already in
stock.  We used 6 boards and 8 brackets.

We propped up some sheets on garbage cans, using a straight edge and a
pencil to mark where to cut them.  I held the sheets steady as ERnie cut
them with a n electrically powered circular saw.

We started at the Northwest end of the work area.  We first marked where
to drill the holes for the bracket screws, drilled said holes, held the
brackets to the wall, and screwed in the screws.  He did some screws and
I did some screws.  We then put an 8 foot by 11 inch board on the
brackets, drilled holes in the boards, and screwed in those screws.  We
put the shelf high enough so that we can open the lid of the two tool
chests we have there.

We then went around to the northeast wall to repeat the process.  We put
one 8 foot by 11 inch board above the laundry room door.  One end is
supported by a short end board.  The other is supported by two boards
(totaling 19 inches wide) on two brackets we put over the door of the
room which contains our water softener.

On the Southwest wall, we repeated the process to install two 8 foot by
11 inch boards on 4 brackets.  

Under Ernie's bench, we installed a 7 foot long sheet on 4 concrete
blocks and a long plank.  We had to cut two notches in the sheet to
accommodate the benches support beams, and had to find studs to hold the
screws for the support plank.  I found the studs with the stud finder
and drew pencil lines to show where to drill holes for the screws.  We
then used the level to verify that the support plank was horizontal, and
attached it with screws.

Afterwards, Ernie showed me how to use the Shop Vac to vacuum up the
sawdust.  
We then loaded up the shelves with tools and stuff.