Day two went well, working all day and feeling it in the morning.
It’s actually kind of sad, as it proves I don’t have a very physically demanding life. I don’t think I should be this sore, but I’m not complaining – after two full days of using circular saws, miter saws, nail guns, etc. etc., I didn’t bleed once.
I did, however, make a few bad cuts… I forgot to measure twice.

Here’s the days lumber with the last completed piece from Day 1.

I totally mismeasured this, so it ended up being longer than planned. I must have measured from the wall instead of from the shelf that it would join to make a corner.
This just means it extends all the way to the wall and I’ll have some hard-to-get-at shelf area. I always have stuff I need to keep, but don’t actually need to access, so I’ll put that stuff there.

The room, first piece moved in. I stuck the camera up in a corner to get this photo. It’s a small room (thus the need to make use of as much of the space as I can).

Moving parts in to asseble everything in the room.One of the requirements for the desk was it couldn’t be fastened to the floor and few, if any, wall anchors.

A rare sight! Me in my lone baseball cap. I’ve had this drill for 12 years now. Only had to buy a new battery last year.

The piece on the right will be moved out (so the sides of the two shelves meet to form a corner), and shelves installed on the bottom half, and the shelves rearranged on the top half.

The center piece was installed to begin connecting the left and right parts. There’s still shelving I need to install above this center desktop, and a number of adjustments.
At the end of the day I’d set my office computer up, and luckily it had a decent connection through our WiFi. I really didn’t want to run ethernet cables through the attic, or really do anything else to get a connection right now.

Day 3 will have to come some other day, it’s raining and sleeting today, and I had to get back to my straight job.

I’m pretty satisfied with the project so far, and for running on instinct and very few carpentry skills, I think I’ve done a fine job. I’ve got a few ideas for finishing the project, and I’ve still got to figure out the mail order station.
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