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Building a Dream - my 1st real workshop

Blog series by Yettiman updated 485 days ago 2 parts 459 reads 11 comments total

Part 1: Building the shell

611 days ago by Yettiman | 10 comments »

The time had come after five years of night classes (2 hours once a week) to get my first workshop.. A few dinners out with the wife, plus the promise of unlimited furnture, to her exacting (well I can at least promise) requirements, and I had the budget $6,000 (£3,000) to include everything Building, Tools & Setup costs. I negociated with a local farmer for permission to have my Workroom next to some stables, my own land being too small. The land was a little damp After w...

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Part 2: The Walls & Roof

485 days ago by Yettiman | 1 comment »

It’s been a while since I last updated the blog, but I ran out of time to sort out & upload the photos.Those of you who saw my last blog, will know that the ground gets a ‘little’ wet during bad weather.After the foundation went down, it was time to start on the base, because of the constant risk of flooding, I went for a raised base. A good dollop of muck, 18 concrete blocks and 5 6×3 later and I had at last started. It was beginning to feel ‘real’. Up till then i...

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