The American Craftsman WorkShop #1: Home Again (JOY!)

I believe it was Dorothy who said, “There’s no place like home”

-- Working at Woodworking http://www.VillageLaneFurniture.com

Dorothy was more right than she knew.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

I don’t mind hanging drywall, but I hate taping corners. More of an art than a science. Drywall really brightens-up a shop more than you’d think.

-- You're a unique and special person, just like everyone else.

There’s no place like home. (who said that?):)

-- Peace in Wood ~ http://www.etsy.com/shop/DustyNewt

Todd, the shop is coming together. I am sure that you are happy to be in your space again. This is your small corner of the world. I assume that once the drywall is up and painted then you will be starting on some shop cabinetry? After all this is a new shop and it sure beats shoveling snow.

By the way keep the snow up there. I haven’t had to shovel my driveways in at least 3 years and I am not a bit sorry.

thanks for the post.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Welcome home, pardner! You deserve to be there. I’m sure you won’t have time to finish the shop before you have to go to work. Glad to hear from you.

-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon

Nothing like drywalling in the winter. Welcome back.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Sheetrock, tape, and mud are some of the least expensive materials but are among the toughest to master to the level of profitable proficiency.

I will do small jobs myself but I hire out the bigger jobs and overhead jobs for sure.

I hung the lid in my shop but I paid someone to tape and finish out the mud on it. My sheetrock jobs are tight and tapers love following after I hang the rock.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

I just returned from almost a week in California so I appreciate being home too.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

Welcome back! You will never regret finishing your walls!

-- Williamsport, MD

I certainly have regretted NOT finishing the walls to begin with.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

Done something similar with our bathroom before Christmas. I know what dry wall & tiling is all about. Those panel lifters make life much easier. What would we do without modern technology Todd.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

and how comfortable is “your own bed” ? :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Hello Todd;
—-glad to see and hear your happy with joy, at being back in your own workspace!

Okay, everyone else is looking inside your shop….while I’m dreaming in that first photo up there. What a beautiful piece of country you reside in. I can tell you I don’t know anything about the Yellowstone River, but that will change shortly since I’m going too Dr. Google and will find out more. Your photo there has got me dreaming of water….white water and canoes//kayaking, which is coming my way soon. I guess I’ll pull a topographic off the shelf and look at the water table around you. I know your a climber, so I’m wondering if you do any canoing or kayaking?

What a pleasant way to start my day as I sit here dreaming about kayaking this spring and summer, as I look out my office window and see fields of snow. Ha….ha, did I ever mention that last year, (winter) I bought our two recent kayaks in the middle of a snowstorm here…..oh well.

Have a great day and keep the mud on the pad and off the head….

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://rusticwoodart.tumblr.com/

White walls, perfect for, hmmm – video work and photography. Glad you’re home and really moving into the shop. I’m betting with Thos. that you’ll be busy before you get finished tricking things out.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.