The storms last weekend made for a bad day in the shop…


...and the living room where much of the shop ended up.

It’s getting back to normal now, but nobody likes hauling a table saw (even a “portable” one) up the stairs at 1am. At the peak, we had about 6 inches, and I know many people had much much worse, so I won’t complain too much. I don’t think I lost anything important. Some old crap wood didn’t get saved, but that’s about it.
-- -Michael

















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Kent Shepherd
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#1 posted 1155 days ago
I feel your pain. I’ve spent many hours sweeping water out of my shop in the past.
-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong
NBeener
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#2 posted 1155 days ago
Ooooooooh.
Not good.
Best of luck with clean-up.
-- -- Neil
DaddyZ
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#3 posted 1155 days ago
Time to move to a hill / Mountain
wet wood – not good
wet shop – worse
-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one
SnowyRiver
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#4 posted 1155 days ago
Not good…maybe boat building would help :-)
-- Wayne - Plymouth MN
Tim29
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#5 posted 1155 days ago
DOH!!!
-- Tim, Nevada MO
lew
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#6 posted 1155 days ago
Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.
If it makes you feel any better, I once had 48” of water in the basement. Went Scuba diving for what we needed. Since that, the worst has been only 18”. Hang in there.
-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!
mstenner
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#7 posted 1155 days ago
I was prepared for 18” (you see the cabinet on buckets AND crates) although it might have taken out our boiler. 48” would have been BAAAD.
-- -Michael
chewbuddy13
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#8 posted 1155 days ago
I get the same thing every time it rains hard. Luckily my basement floor is concave, so i can just move everything against the walls. Mobile bases on everything!
Toolz
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#9 posted 1155 days ago
Sorry for your troubles. Hope you have flood insurance!
-- Larry "Work like a Captain but Play like a Pirate!"
araldite
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#10 posted 1155 days ago
Man, that’s a pain! That use to happen to me in my second home that I lived in for 18 years. It was terrible; I dreaded it. I was finally able to control it with sump pumps and curtain drains in the last few years I was there. I know what your going through. Hope it dries up quick. Good luck.
-- Failure is the road to success if you learn to learn from your mistakes - Vince, Greenville, SC
charlie48
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#11 posted 1155 days ago
I also feel your pain,hope the clean up goes well.
-- Charlie............Only time will tell if it was time well spent.
DaddyZ
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#12 posted 1155 days ago
Sorry I can’t resist
A bad day in the Shop is still better than the best day at work!!!
Just pops into my head every time I see this title pop up :)
-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one
Greg The Cajun Box Sculptor
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#13 posted 1155 days ago
Your’s ain’t too bad…could be alot worse..I had 12 feet of water in my house and shop that didn’t go down for 3 weeks.
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Zuki
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#14 posted 1155 days ago
ick !!!
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mstenner
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#15 posted 1155 days ago
Greg, I certainly know. There were lots of people around here with many feet of water in finished basements. It was annoying for me, but like I said, I’m not complaining too much. No real damage.
-- -Michael
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