| Blog series by Mark Shymanski | updated 387 days ago | 4 parts | 1184 reads | 15 comments total |
Part 1: I have to change my signature line!
I put up a terrific struggle but Jenn finally convinced me to get a dust collector ;-) Actually I’ve been looking for a while now (thus the tag line) and we finally decided to pick one up. So we picked up a General 10105CFM1 1.5 hp 1100 cfm canister top single stage collector from Wooden Edge here in Brandon. I bought my jointer and planer from them and am very happy with both of these tools so Wooden Edge was the place to go for this purchase. I’ve not powered it up yet ...
Part 2: Ceiling progress
Well Jenn and I spent the best part of Saturday screwing OSB to rafters. It is looking good, and is taking a long time. We did buy two tools to accomplish this a Ryobi circular saw and a Dewalt 3/8 drill. We’ve gotten tired of waiting for cordless drills to recharge, so we went with a corded drill for this. I had forgotten how powerful they are, we were driving screws right through the OSB without thinking becasue we are so used to the battery drills bogging down. A real pleasure t...
Part 3: Progress... sort of
Well not too much has been done on the shop over the last while but I did manage to get into the shop for about thre hours today…uhh yesterday and get all but two fixtures back up on the ceiling. Its starting to get too cold to work in there now so I guess I will have to hold off until spring to get the rest of the ceiling up. Any body up for a ceiling installing bee?
Part 4: The Ceiling is done!
About a week ago my wife surprised me with the offer to hire someone to finish installing the ceiling in my shop…I don’t seem to ever have enough time to get in there and do it and I was finding it difficult to do singlehandedly. Well Jenn hired a fellow two days ago and he expressed an interest in having some of the benches and big tools moved before he started. Jenn and I discussed this over the phone and I said I’d be able to move things around this weekend. Jenn passe...
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