A New Shop and a New Mantra
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it again?"
The above is a quote from Coach John Wooden of UCLA. As my family and I have moved into a new house I'll be moving into a new shop. Considering that I have a completely blank slate to work with that quote will hopefully be my new mantra as I venture into creating a new workspace for my woodworking and general hacketry.
Here's how things looked when we moved into the new house at the beginning of September. Bare concrete walls, 4 single bulb light fixtures, and not an outlet to be seen:
As soon as I began spending any time down in the "shop" I quickly realized that it was dark. Real dark, and a bit gloomy to boot. I quickly remedied that with 5 gallons of masonry paint rolled on in 2 coats.
The white paint had helped out some but it was still dark and shadowy. I needed light and lots of it. This is where being a demolition contractor came in mighty handy. We had just started a new project in a care facility and were contracted to demolish some light fixtures. So last week the boys scabbed me 5 T8 light fixtures off the job. I wired them all together in parallel.
This is where I currently sit vaguely 2 months into the new shop project. Up next is gathering the funds and the supplies for a new 100 amp subpanel and all new electrical wiring for wall outlets.
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it again?"
The above is a quote from Coach John Wooden of UCLA. As my family and I have moved into a new house I'll be moving into a new shop. Considering that I have a completely blank slate to work with that quote will hopefully be my new mantra as I venture into creating a new workspace for my woodworking and general hacketry.
Here's how things looked when we moved into the new house at the beginning of September. Bare concrete walls, 4 single bulb light fixtures, and not an outlet to be seen:
As soon as I began spending any time down in the "shop" I quickly realized that it was dark. Real dark, and a bit gloomy to boot. I quickly remedied that with 5 gallons of masonry paint rolled on in 2 coats.
The white paint had helped out some but it was still dark and shadowy. I needed light and lots of it. This is where being a demolition contractor came in mighty handy. We had just started a new project in a care facility and were contracted to demolish some light fixtures. So last week the boys scabbed me 5 T8 light fixtures off the job. I wired them all together in parallel.
This is where I currently sit vaguely 2 months into the new shop project. Up next is gathering the funds and the supplies for a new 100 amp subpanel and all new electrical wiring for wall outlets.