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I debated on whether to put this in prepping or here, or make another sub called home improvement. I think it is good for homesteading though.

For me, the general goal of home steading has been to become more self sufficient. Along with that comes having the tools and supplies to do so. Sometimes that means things like grain storage and the grinder to grind the grain, or canning supplies, or storing 5 gallons of home made laundry soap at a time... This created a big demand on organization as well as the space to do so.

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Our home is spacious but has little storage existing. The shelving that existed here was poorly installed(no wall anchors and no effort to put into studs). So I removed and replaced in studs where I could and anchored what I couldn't, then added two additional shelves in the studs using a kreg jig, tripling my space. This is also going to be done in the rest of the closets in the house, all of them have at least 3' above the top shelf. The boards were $24 for 8' x 12" x 1" pine. Costs are way up from two years ago, however it's well worth the money to have a place for everything. You could also do two six inch boards or three four inch, if you have access to free/lower cost.

I debated on whether to put this in prepping or here, or make another sub called home improvement. I think it is good for homesteading though. For me, the general goal of home steading has been to become more self sufficient. Along with that comes having the tools and supplies to do so. Sometimes that means things like grain storage and the grinder to grind the grain, or canning supplies, or storing 5 gallons of home made laundry soap at a time... This created a big demand on organization as well as the space to do so. https://pic8.co/sh/lHG20c.jpg Our home is spacious but has little storage existing. The shelving that existed here was poorly installed(no wall anchors and no effort to put into studs). So I removed and replaced in studs where I could and anchored what I couldn't, then added two additional shelves in the studs using a kreg jig, tripling my space. This is also going to be done in the rest of the closets in the house, all of them have at least 3' above the top shelf. The boards were $24 for 8' x 12" x 1" pine. Costs are way up from two years ago, however it's well worth the money to have a place for everything. You could also do two six inch boards or three four inch, if you have access to free/lower cost.

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How much weight do you figure you could put on one of those bad-boys? Been thinking of doing something similar.

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I pushed down on it with all my weight and it didn't move. I currently have a good amount on the wood, but I wouldn't trust wire shelving for much. The kreg is really great bc it goes through the center of the board into the stud. If you thought it might be questionable, just do three supports instead of two, and maybe three screws into each support into the stud.

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those are some mighty clean power tools buddy boy

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Thank you! One of them my dad gave me for Christmas because I was complaining about how my charger died and dewalt went to a new style. The other is about ten years old and I've been borrowing my father in law's charger. Dewalt's new tools, I resentfully admit, are significantly nicer to use. Plus the battery life (and weight, and mass...) is a drastic improvement. I just don't appreciate needing to change because I have so many of the old style, and the adapter supposedly drains the battery out if you don't disconnect each time you finished using it. The reviewers say it is a pain in the ass to remove as well.

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The adapters are ok. It’s only the third party ones which drain the batteries if they stay plugged in. But they are the only ones that will correctly power your lights.

But for real holy clean tools. My 18v impact looks like it’s been through hell, and it has. It won’t die. But it doesn’t get that much use anymore, the 20v brushless is so much nicer.

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My Dad taught me to wipe them down after each use. I didn't get into tools until I was ~27 and asked him to teach me how to care for them. We were kinda poor at the time so when I made the investment to buy them, I took the care of them very seriously. Air blow or vacuum every time there's cutting. Oil regularly blades to keep from rusting. My husband is not as kind to them and I get really upset when they get left out(in the rain!!!!! Twice!!!!!), so he's not allowed to use the new ones. My compound miter saw looks like shit compared to this, though. It had to live on my front porch for a year(the old place had no garage, basement, or even closets to hide it in, and the chickens kept knocking the tarp off. I've cleaned it up fairly well but it certainly doesn't look new anymore).

Thanks for telling me about the adapter. I didn't realize I was looking at a non oem when I read about it, I'm going to have to go back and look again because I could've sworn it was a dewalt adapter.

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Looks really good. Holy crap those boards did go up in price. I'm glad I bought them for building my garden beds in 2019. Even at this price though this shelving is still very inexpensive compared to what you'd pay for commercial shelving which is often crap material too. It's amazing how much space you free up when you start storing things on walls. I like that the way you used the kreg jig you can use the same piece of board to make your brackets.

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Thank you. Yes the kreg has more than paid for itself. I originally bought it to build a house bunk bed for my kids, and I've found so many things to use it on since.

I think wood is only going to continue to sky rocket. I've been keeping a look out for people selling cheap after projects.

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Good post Caltrop