Reply to "What did you do on your layout today?"

Mark Boyce posted:

While you were working on that, I was putting in the 6 remaining brackets on the wall that will hold the stationary shelf part of my layout

I decided to break down and buy two 1x4s to cut up for the stringers.  That is the first would I have purchased for this project.  It is cold outside, so I decided for these few small cuts to do them inside instead of putting the horses on the patio.  Here is my poor man's table saw.  Worked quite well.   

Here they are attached and waiting for something to be mounted on top.  Lunch time.

Mark;

You bought wood??? Well, that explains the two feet of snow on my deck   

But seriously, looks like you are making some good progress - congrats. Are you planning on having some outbound support for the shelf or are the brackets strong enough to support the weight of the finished layout (not to suggest that ANY layout is ever finished)???