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RE: Your question on attaching wooden supports to studs on shelf RR-showing bottom shelf of two:

The store-bought (Lowe's-1992) decorative wooden supports had a recessed metal bracket or hanger on the back near the top for hooking over a screw head. The bracket had a round hole to receive the screwhead with a slot above to slide down on the bracket ( the wood support was recessed enough to allow the screwhead to slide up into the bracket slot)  First, I replaced the short screws holding the bracket to the support with longer ones. Then I ran a 3" screw into the stud leaving only enough of the screw head out to clear the drywall surface to receive the support w/ bracket, tapped down in the bracket slot for a very snug fit. Then I installed the bottom 3" screw into the stud through 2 pre-drilled holes. One shallow hole for the screw head diameter to receive a covering plug and one for the stud screw shank diameter. Hopefully with your magnifying glass the old crude, faded sketch below will show some of the detail:

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My track was all Gargraves flex due to the non-standard curves. For example O-156 on the track nearest the wall at one end of the room. I had to bring the raised elevation of the lower shelf( 7'-6" above floor) wall track down to cabinet shelf level to enable tunneling through the Domestic CEO's pantry which had only an 8' ceiling whereas the room ceiling was 20' at the ridge. 

Photo below shows Clinchfield Challenger with 30 hopper consist on high track of top shelf above kitchen sink. Photos were low quality due to point and shoot camera and reflection from plexiglas safety fence and skylight. 

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