Okay, while the pictures are downloading let me ramble for a bit. Thanks a lot to everyone who has commented, you do not realize the help it has been. Thanks to all of you!!!! The bet is over, my dad conceded, Eric doesn't know it yet, think it is Oct. 3rd when we go eat the steak and let Eric and Tess in on the joke and let them off of the hook on buying supper (or half of it!)
. It is Friday night, fought the rain (the rain won) but got cattle fed, was wet, came in. Otherwise, a few hours here and there, and here is what has gotten accomplished. Tomorrow, Eric is supposed to show up, I have the two beams glued and nailed together, need his help on one end to lift them into place. When we get them in, will go back and find the old picture that will help me explain why I felt the need for two beams. Then with time remaining, I have the small sheets for the sides as well as the insulation cut, so that should go fast. Then hopefully we get the center insulated and sheeted. If so, I am going to get the primer rolled on Sunday. Tomorrow is a short day as we are going to a wild game dinner about forty miles away at an American Legion. The temp has dropped with the rain, we are down to fifty eight degrees from seventy in about an hour. Monday supposed to be a high of sixty. Those deer will go into rut about shotgun season with this temp behavior!
Okay, pictures loaded, here we go, hang on!
Now some of you might find this hard to imagine, but our farm only has 60 amp service. We eventually are going to upgrade, but not yet. Anyway, here is the breaker box I had purchased for the house upgrade. Yeah, I'll get another one for the house. 100 amp, breakers, not those screw in fuses! I will be utilizing the extension cord method for a little while yet. An older gentleman that is a practicing electrician, will hire him to check the box and connect it up. I anticipate mid to end of November for this.
Here is the first beam completed. 2x6 glued to 7/16 OSB. Two needed, two completed. Hope to put them in place tomorrow without incident.
Oh boy, it gets warm in this new shop without the big door open. The fan was running on low, amazing picture, looks like the blades are not moving
don't know how I did that.
In the event I haven't shown this, this is my HF DC. It SUCKS!!!! I am amazed and use it for an overglorified vacumn right now. It is going to be used every time I work in that new shop!!
This is my labor saver in making the beams. I hadn't used this nail gun in a few years since putting my addition on the house. Hooked it up, ran like a charm. It sure has been worth however many dimes I put out for it.
Okay, the little red ramp wasn't getting it watching my dad and a couple other older men I look up to weave and wander. I feared for their safety. So, put this little porch/steps together. Originally gave myself two boards on the top but the bottom step was only one board wide. So, put two other 4x4's under the step and attached another bottom step. Of course then it called for a railing. Put it only on one side. So when carrying in long boards through this door, the board won't get hung on the railing and something in the shop. They are portable but very stable. A lot of oak trees create a lot of oak leaves.
A couple of reasons I wanted a wood wall. First, what is a woodshop without wood wall?
Plus, I have about three or four racks I thought of hanging and they just look better on wood than on a metal wall. Dont'cha think?
The one on the left is a Starke County, Indiana buck, my dad found this morel (sponge mushroom (THE ONLY mushroom!))
Years ago. When their house burnt down, this survived for some reason, it was on the back garage wall. The other deer is a fallow deer rack. Bought it off of a student not having seen it, wanting a rack for pen blanks, couldn't bring myself to cut it up. So here it is.
Besides air movement, this new shop gets dark quick!! So for time being until the ceiling is painted, this pair of lights has to do the job!
And for those interested, the date and time are set correctly on my trail camera so the pictures do tell the true time of day and date. This is a set of toms that have spent the summer. Notice the beard hanging from the neck/chest of the tom to the right.
Al, in the event you are reading, this lone 8 pointer came through after you and I set up the camera. He is a shooter. When my daughter sees him, he will have a mental target on him from her also!!
Well there you have the pictures of the work completed after getting home from driving bus and from getting chores completed. Going to try to button it up this weekend, will get pictures and post when possible. Thanks for coming along, as always, comments, suggestions, critiques always welcomed and generally answered!!!
Til then,
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Mighty fine accomplishment in such a short time, and
