Eagle Project

My eagle project is the culmination of all the time I spent in scouting during middle and high school. I decided to build shelving units for a local charity that found themselves short on space. The project was challenging due to both logistical and design-related challenges. After many iterations, I came up with a design that both had enough strength and provided enough space.

The photo on the left shows me applying the final finishing touches of paint after construction was done.

Designing the shelf wasn't easy - I had to balance physical strength, storage capacity, difficulty of construction, and aesthetics. It didn't help that I didn't know CAD at the time. I ended up making a 1:1 3D model in SketchUp using the bricks on the wall of the room as reference, and it was good enough to guide everyone through the building process, and the final product met my goals pretty well.

The finished shelf is pictured to the left. The reason the it's confined to such a limited space is because cars have to park in the garage. Because we wanted maximum space, the bottom corner of the shelf clears the hood of the parked cars by just a few inches by my design. The paint was a last-minute decision to give the shelf some protection from the elements and also make it look nicer. In total, over 100 hours were spent on the project between planning, building, and other logistical tasks.