Light & a Few Tools

Congratulations on the shop – excellent progress!

Happy Thanksgiving!

David

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Mama’s got some new tools! Yummy!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

That new Bosch saw looks like something outta that movie “tranformers”. Bet it cuts good!
Happy Thanksgiving!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Hey girl!
Things are lookin’ good.
I just saw that your not too far from us; I’m down the road a ways between Gainesville and Ocala.
Y’all ever get out this way, give a shout.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Gary

-- Gary, Florida

looks like my shop . . . before it got cluttered

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

That is one space-age looking saw. I really like your work bench can I have one please? LOL It’s comin’ along.

-- Thos. Angle

I know how excited you are and I am real happy for you.
Go get em Calgirl! It’s your turn!

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

That is sooo exciting !!! Way to go. You are living out the dream for MANY of us.

-- Making sawdust is what I do best

Drapes? Did she say DRAPES?

Next we’ll hear about the dust ruffle around the workbench.

And the walls will be pink and chartreuse and mauve and ecru.

Ya’ll notice that she’s got teal colors already? Don’t see no Delta gray or DeWalt Yellow. ;>)

On a serious note, the floors do look smooth. Were you able to put a finish on it?

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Sawdust,
How come not one ‘Jock has said anything about me going out on the corner to earn a little money? What, you don’t like mauve? You don’t have a ruffle around your bench? How crude!

I do like a little splash of color here and there as you will see as the shop progresses. The floors are smooooth, the cement guys used that motorized trowel thingy to make it nice for me. No finish as yet….all the pro’s say to wait at least 30 days, and 60 is better. Given our humid weather, I think I’ll wait 90.

After I get the drill press into the shop tomorrow, I’ve got to start some serious building of shop furniture. Guess I’ll start with an assembly table….then about 12 wall cabinets, then a workbench….gee, this must be heaven!

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

Gary,
Gosh, I’ve been here two years now and have never been south OR west! I went to Georgia once when I took a wrong turn and got lost. I finally figured out that I was going the wrong way when I crossed the state line! I’ve done a little beach metal detecting (found a men’s diamond ring) on the beaches around these parts…mostly Huguenot, and Atlantic Beach. I have no (none, zilch) sense of direction so I tend not to wander far from home unless I have a guide with me. I got a GPS thingy to get here from California and did not get lost once until I got to Jacksonville….couldn’t find the house! Yes, maybe we’ll meet along the way.

Happy Thanksgiving.

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

THINGS ARE STARTIN TO ROCK NOW !!

Woot! You have tools in place, so now you officially have a shop! What a thrill for you!

-- The days are long and the years are short...

Cal,
Fernindina’s pretty but let’s face it—most beaches are.
I lived in Atlantic Beach for years. Until you see some of the State’s older, authentic places like Appalachicola, Sopchoppy, Micanopy, Cross Creek, Quincy, Lake Wales and the like, you haven’t really seen Florida.
Next time we do a BBQ, Bubbasville or Igitfest (WW gatherings) at my place, I’ll send you an invite.
I’ll give you directions that’ll get y’all here ‘n back.
Cheers,
Gary

-- Gary, Florida

Good Start to a fine looking shop. I waited about 45 days before I put down an epoxy paint on the floor. The kind that you sprinkle the paint chips on while it’s wet. Very satisfied with it. I waited the 45 days without moving anything into the shop. That was the longest 45 days of the entire building process. I think it was harder than setting the trusses. Not having to move anything did make the floor very easy to paint though. Keep on keep-in on. Your making amazing progress.

-- Dan, West Virginia, http://www.danpleskaCreations.com

Calgirl, we never commented on you going to the corner to pay for your shop – cause we all know that whatever it takes to get tools in the shop is perfectly fine – but curtains in the shop????? that’s a whole nother story :-))

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Jeeze, if I stood on the corner, it would be doomsday before I got my first screwdriver! lol!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Dadoo, what a Freudian slip. I’m sure she was talking about selling newspapers.

Ooops. Had to come back. That little quip reminded me of a pretty girl in our English class. Blonde, of course. The subject was personification. So, she got up in front of the class and says: “I’m a screw. My father is a screwdriver. And every night he screws me into the wall.” Her wide-eyed innocent look told us all she had no idea what she had just said. We, on the other hand, could not stay in our seats.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Nice Work shop , but its doesnt look like mine i step over pieces of wood in floor and its a dangerous place to drop a cigarette. but i do know where everthing is

-- Robert, mountainwoodcarving@netzero.net

Lost track of your shop project, so it’s nice to catch up with your progress. Sounds like you have some new toys, just in time for Christmas. Enjoy your new shop and the new tools.

Dalec