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Upon closer inspection, these cleats are ... wee... they're not 1x2. They're little slices of wood somebody cut for this project. Each end held up by two nails, sometimes one nail. No thanks! Here's another mystery moment: looking up at the corner of the framing of this closet, I see...

Okay, now for the smaller pre-existing shelf unit that greets you as you enter the closet. It was made out of whatever scrap wood was handy. Side panels are about 3/16" lauan panel. I hadn't noticed that until recently. Kinda frightening. There's a 2x4 rectangular frame in the background...

I like your green wall and tool holders! Have you seen Jack Olsen's 12 Gauge Garage thread? He's an American. His garage is legendary. He uses a similar green. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/the-12-gauge-garage.55006/

Oh, it really is big! The early history of the park involved stagecoach travel, which was slow, hard to cover 20 miles in a day, with more hotels inside the park to accomodate that pace. It was a many-day effort to take the stagecoach tour through throughout the interior of the park...

Ha! My best friend's family went on a cross-country road trip when his dad was reassigned to a new job. They crossed the USA, and went through Yellowstone, in dad's new Thunderbird. My friend has told me of his frustration, parents saying "Look at that, kids!" and their struggling to see...

Nice to see a pneumatic brake bleeder turned into a ****- O-Matic! Do you have some tubing stuck into the rubbery end?

Harry Epstein's in Kansas City USA has the 13mm for $4. I suppose shipping is the problem where you're at, but maybe not?

(Looks at Clark's Tools) As Kansas goes, Shawnee looks close to Kansas City! (Shawnee the town, not Shawnee County, which is Topeka, which, as Kansas goes, isn't all that long a drive, either. I have no tool store recommendation for Topeka, just a military aviation museum recommendation.)...

I looked up the USS Shenandoah, just an old habit from a past job. There have, unsurprisingly, been several vessels with that name in U.S. Navy history. This was one of them! Then it crashed in southeastern Ohio and civilians looted the bejeebers out of the wreckage -- so maybe that's where...

NY or SC?

Zipper lube? Is Harbor Freight selling any plastic organizers under the "Piano" or "Akron-Millers"? OK, I checked, their sub-brand is "Storehouse." I think that's pretty mundane. (Or I don't know what trusted brand they're trying to be mistaken for.)

How many spinners do you have? Five? Now you when you're under the hood and using one you can make up your own songs like, "I'll Turn it 'Round" and "Could It Be I'm Turning a Nut?"

(Asked the man with a tractor as his avatar.)

Oh yeah, nice to see that price come down. I think it was a little high from all of the... you know, things lately. I think I paid $63ish about two years ago, and they are very nice.

Other businesses and nuns in the Kansas City area that HJE endorses: https://www.harryepstein.com/pages/backpage?srsltid=AfmBOorNZ2kC7KCMCJBnvEUweT6LC7nbYc6W0yhQg8dA_5PukSx2c4xs Wichita's aviation supply, tool, surplus store: https://www.yardstore.com/ Metal and many things, at a different...

Think of the other stops you could make! We need to make a GJ-guy atlas of the US. Denver, CO: Then there is that pair of crazy surplus stores in Wichita, KS. (One, aviation surplus, the other, anything under the sun.)

Back to the closet-of-shelves project. Actual work is ahead of my posting here. I've previously shown the shelves and the stiffeners I added. Made an excuse that I didn't know what to do at the back edge, because of the difficulties of the previously-built closet and my working from only one...

Jori, I told you my dad was an international jewel thief in confidence!

Now if you're going to put a wire brush in there, you need the kind with the twisted/knotted groupings of wires! Otherwise they fly out too easily. I was surprised at how much I didn't feel it when they stabbed me a most delicate place. Also, HF has leather aprons in the welding department for...

Just a reminder that Knipex makes nail pullers, too! As Knipex goes, they're fairly priced. Many size options.