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Shop Expansion #4: Still waiting on electricity!

Blog entry by Les Hastings posted 179 days ago 440 reads 0 times favorited 12 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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Everyone keeps asking about the shop, “Is it done yet?” Nope, I wish! I’ve been waiting on the power company to make up there mind. Now they have finally decided to put a pedastal in the back yard to run the shop off of. Problem is the electric here is buried and it will not stop raining! I was hoping to have it in by Memorial weekend but if the rain doesn’t stop that won’t happen. I can’t really do anything out there until I get the city to sign off on the building and get them out of my hair (if ya know what I mean). So for right now I have this big new building that I can’t really use for anything. Well I do have a chair out in the middle of it that I go sit in some times! ;o)

Soon I hope!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)


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cabinetmaster

7973 posts in 436 days


posted 179 days ago

Yeppers, I know what you mean…............... city can be a pain in the a…........ Hope to see it done soon.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

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a1Jim

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posted 179 days ago

I went through the same problem,but it worked out

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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Handymom

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posted 179 days ago

Hang in there!

-- Karen W., KS.

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woodworm

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posted 179 days ago

A testing time for you and any ambitious woodwoker.
Be patient Les!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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Gary

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posted 179 days ago

Hope it gets done soon for you. I know what you mean about the rain. I’ve had just over 7” in the past 24hrs

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

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Termite

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posted 179 days ago

Hello Les,
I know the combination of excitement and frustration from waiting can be overwhelming. Before you know it you will in your completed shop working and having a blast! I built my dream shop last year and had to deal with a con artist contractor who didn’t finish the job, an electrician who only finished 98% of the work and the extra costs oh having to pay someone else to finish their work. Now that I look back on it while working in my new shop, it ain’t so bad.
You will have your electrical work signed off before you know it and you also will be grinnin from ear to ear.

-- Each and Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. Greg Little

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lightweightladyleftie

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posted 179 days ago

Les,

Thanks for the update. We know what you mean with zoning departments—too many of them are power-hungry egomaniacs—not as concerned about safety as they are about wielding control over others. But you will soon forget about it when you’re making sawdust in it!

-- "But godliness with contentment is great gain." 1 Timothy 6:6

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Critterman

545 posts in 688 days


posted 178 days ago

It never fails, just when you need it to by dry…. Hang in there they’ll get it done eventually, you know how it goes when you need it to rain after you seed the lawn it won’t rain for four months…LOL I hope they get it done soon for you I know you need the space. Let us know when things get going again.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

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ND2ELK

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posted 178 days ago

Hi Les

Hang in there buddy. Things could be worst. I got my shop done and just started buying new equipment for it. Then I had to go in for foot surgery and was told i would be layed up for 6 to 8 weeks. The shop keeps calling to me. End of this month I will start odering more equipment again so it will be here when I am up and running. Looking forward to seeing your finished shop.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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GaryK

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posted 178 days ago

You should live in the sticks where I do. The only permit I had to get was a building permit for $25 and an inspection for the foundation. That’s it.

I did all the electrical myself. Just thew a 100 AMP breaker in the house and ran wires into the shop.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Les Hastings

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posted 178 days ago

I wish I did Gary, I’d be done and using it by now!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

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Critterman

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posted 74 days ago

Hey Les, Haven’t heard anything from you in a while. How’s the new shop extention, using it yet?

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

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