Above 1200 Sq/FT The Lone Beech Garage (60x46x16)

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Well damn..... That didn't work out like I hoped. You could still use my routing option, if you wanted. The one wire going around the stud could be routed through a new hole in the stud, and give you the length you need. Obviously, you have a bigger hole to fix regardless. I'm sure you'll come up with the optimal solution. I'll add a couple more thoughts, based on experience. When you're dry fitting the tubes together, use the time to figure how your last piece of the puzzle will go together, with everything else already glued up. And don't forget to put those decorative rings on before gluing that first elbow outside the wall. I HATE when that happens.

camarosrus69,

Yeah, when I was looking at the various pre-sheetrock pictures, the electrical wires seemed to be in a different place every time. Ha!

The wire coming out of the bottom of the box doesn't seem to have any slack to allow moving the box - and keeping it at the same distance from the floor - to the next stud. I think it's simplest to leave it in place and move the Pressure Relief Plumbing to the other side of the stud.

I also think - primarily due to the valve fittings - that I'll call the plumbers and see how much they would charge me to do this job. The biggest problem, as I see it, is they will have to come twice. Once to reroute the plumbing to new exit points in the wall and then they will need to return after I close up the wall.

At this particular time, no water in the shop for a while isn't an issue for me. I need to check and see if there are any issues with shutting down the On-Demand Water Heater for a few days.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[Lotusnut]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

If you install drywall over the top half of the opening they should be able to route the plumbing out through 3 holes from inside the cavity. After they are done you can drywall the bottom half and tape it all.

Rob

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

If you install drywall over the top half of the opening they should be able to route the plumbing out through 3 holes from inside the cavity. After they are done you can drywall the bottom half and tape it all.

Rob

Rob,

What a great idea! I'll see if that will work for the plumbers when they come to look at the job.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Tuesday - March 14, 2017


As mentioned in a previous post, I'm needing to build a Miter Saw Station for the Lone Beech Garage's Woodshop. I've downloaded the plans for The Ultimate Miter Saw Stand and will be using those to guide my build.






The materials that I've acquired to date have been stored temporarily in the center bay of the LBG.

The problem is getting the sheets of plywood moved by myself from that location to the Woodshop.






I used one of my homemade dollies as the basis for a poor man's plywood dolly. With this rude tool I was able to get my plywood into the Woodshop to start making the components of the Miter Saw Station.






I needed to cut down the plywood to a size that would be manageable to cut on the table saw. I used a router to do this. A blunt tool for this task but it was accurate using the jig I already had available.






Using this approach I was able to get several pieces cut to the sizes specified by the plans.






However, I now need to cut a sheet of plywood length wise. I might be able to cut it on the table saw by myself but that is asking for trouble. I think if I had a helper I could do a clean, accurate cut. My son will be available tomorrow and I think, with his help, I can get this sheet cut to the proper size.


Scott

 

[shortykorte]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Great idea on the temp sheet dolly.

look forward to the first woodshop project.

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Great idea on the temp sheet dolly.

look forward to the first woodshop project.

shortykorte,

Necessity is the mother of invention... thanks for the kind words!

I must say that, although the dolly worked, it was a bit squirrely for my aging reflexes to deal with. It was kind of like balancing the plywood on a bar of soap. Ha!

It did get the job done though.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Wednesday - March 15, 2017


Last night we left the Woodshop with a sheet of plywood balanced between a pair of sawhorses and the Unisaw.






Early this afternoon my son was able to help me with the task of sawing a sheet of plywood basically down the middle.






With the sheet now reduced to something I could deal with on my own, the rest of the work that occurred in the Woodshop resembled yesterday's.






Four of the five sheets of plywood were now sized as described on the cut sheet. One sheet to go.






It's Deja Vu all over again. This looks exactly like we left the Woodshop last night ...and it's for the very same reason. I need to cut this last sheet lengthwise and my son is head down with his studies. I hope he will take a study break at some point and I can get this last piece cut.


Scott

 

[drivesitfar]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: one tip i can give you that old woodworkers have passed on down to me is to have a sheet of stiff insulation to throw on the floor. than put your piece of plywood on top it and make your cuts with a skill saw to get the 4x8 down to reasonable sizing for your table saw. if you are doing long rips i'd buy a FESTOOL, DEWALT or MAKITA track saw. Denwood just researched track saws and just bought a Makita and loves it and give several tips on his thread and here's the link.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=263351

even though i know you have enough space to make a huge table to use your table saw in for big pieces some of the old guys had that too and still cut up their 4x8's on the ground if they were building cabinets or something not quite that large.

best of luck and hope you got the plumbing and electrical done ok. i kept trying to get time to read your posts and kept getting called away.

cheers

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: one tip i can give you that old woodworkers have passed on down to me is to have a sheet of stiff insulation to throw on the floor. than put your piece of plywood on top it and make your cuts with a skill saw to get the 4x8 down to reasonable sizing for your table saw. if you are doing long rips i'd buy a FESTOOL, DEWALT or MAKITA track saw. Denwood just researched track saws and just bought a Makita and loves it and give several tips on his thread and here's the link.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=263351

even though i know you have enough space to make a huge table to use your table saw in for big pieces some of the old guys had that too and still cut up their 4x8's on the ground if they were building cabinets or something not quite that large.

best of luck and hope you got the plumbing and electrical done ok. i kept trying to get time to read your posts and kept getting called away.

cheers

DrivesItFAr,

Thanks for dropping by and for directing me to Denwood's information on the Makita Track Saw. In the near future my son should graduate from Georgia Tech and then I'll have to come up with a solution that doesn't raid the refrigerator at midnight.

Plumbers... I think of General "Stormin" Norman Schwarzkopf's quip shortly after he retired from the service. Something to the effect, "A month ago 200,000 men jumped at my command; today I can't get a plumber to show up at my house."

Maybe I'll have more luck than General Schwarzkopf as the guys who did the LBG's plumbing are scheduled to reroute the plumbing in the Mezzanine next week.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Thursday - March 16, 2017





When my son got back from his classes he assisted me with ripping the last sheet of plywood lengthwise.






With that piece cut to length, I cut the remaining piece into two more long, skinny components. Then I trimmed all three pieces to their specified lengths.






Here's the pile of cut plywood that should eventually become a miter saw station.






Many of the plywood pieces will need to have dados cut into them. For that I will use this Freud Dado Blade Set. The plywood is 18mm thick vs. the normal USA 3/4 inch plywood. I'll have to experiment a little with Dado Blade Set to make sure I've got the blade stack and shims set up for a good fit.






The project requires quite a bit of trim lumber. I have a variety of lumber in the Lone Beech Garage's Annex (house basement). Walnut, Maple, Cherry & Poplar; most of which was cut from trees that grew in the woods located on the Lone Beech Melon Farm in Indiana. Cut in the 80's & 90's it air dried for many years in my parent's barn loft. I think I will use some of the Poplar for the trim pieces of the Miter Saw Station.






So I will pull a couple of pieces of the 4/4, rough sawn Poplar out of the lumber rack and run them through this Makita 2040 planer. This planer was the first stationary tool I purchased shortly after buying a house in Georgia in 1981. It has been a fantastic tool!


Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Friday - March 17, 2017

Preparations for a social event on Saturday cut into time in the shop today.

Still a couple of things were accomplished. Today's efforts consisted primarily of comparing written specifications with reality.

First - and I hesitate to do this - math in public.

The plywood I purchased for the Miter Saw Station is specified to be 18mm thick.
18mm = .70866 inches

My stacked dado blade set is able to be adjusted in 1/32 inch increments.

A 23/32 inch dado = .71875 inches
A 11/16 inch dado = .6875 inches

With these numbers in hand, I was expecting the 23/32 inch dado cut to be oversize and the 11/16 inch dado cut to be undersize and I'd use some shims to take up the slack.






So I cut a dado with the 23/32 inch stack and the 11/16 inch stack and the results are shown above. Hmmm... looks like the plywood is thinner than specified.






One other little surprise. I've had this dado blades set for a few years but I don't think I've ever cut anything other than 3/4 inch or 1/2 inch dados. This was the first time I'd used the 1/16 inch cutter that is supplied in the blade set and it appears to be a bit larger in diameter than all the rest of the blades. It doesn't matter in this project but I will probably contact Freud to see what can be done about this.





I then took the specifications - according to the installation manual - for the locations of the water heater's two water plumbing fittings and transferred that information to a piece of drywall.
Hmmm... again, specifications don't seem to match reality. I'll get another piece of drywall and make some adjustments to the hole locations to better match up with where the pipes actually are.


Scott

 

[shortykorte]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Aren't building projects fun. What is the actual thickness of the 18mm ply? Also, a good lesson for us all to verify all the dado blades are the same diameter.

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Aren't building projects fun. What is the actual thickness of the 18mm ply? Also, a good lesson for us all to verify all the dado blades are the same diameter.

shortekorte,

I'll get out a Dial Caliper today and check the thickness of the plywood. The 11/16 inch dado was a pretty good fit so the plywood should be a little less than .6875 inch.

The oversize 1/16-inch blade in this Freud dado stack is hard to fathom. I thought Freud had a pretty good reputation so I'm trying to figure out how it could be operator error on my part. I should have time today to go out to the Woodshop and look at this with fresh eyes.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Sunday - March 18. 2017





Looks like the plywood - at least at the location I took this reading - is .694 inch thick. So the plywood is a bit thinner than 18mm and the 11/16 inch dado stack is cutting a bit more than 11/16 inch.






Since the plumbers are supposedly coming sometime this week, I thought I'd better get everything ready for their unpredictable arrival. I assumed I needed to build a small structure that could act as mounting surface for any pipe anchors that might be necessary. I took a piece of scrap 2x4 and planed it down to 1 inch thick.

This was the first time I had actually tried to use the Powermatic planer to plane wood. The Powermatic was a Craigslist acquisition (that's another story) but, since I had my Makita 2040 planer and it works great - I really hadn't done anything other than replacing the Powermatic's switch after getting the machine home. After using it today I feel it needs a bit of tweaking and TLC but it planed my 2x4 to the thickness I needed.






With the piece of 1 inch thick material in hand, I built a structure that would provide a mounting point inside the wall 1-1/4 inch from the drywall. I also needed it to wrap around the existing electrical box as well as be removable if the plumbers indicated it was in the way of their work.
The deck screws attach this structure to a roof truss's bottom chord. The 3 holes in front allowed me to use a 6-inch bit to drive the deck screws in. The holes also allow those screws to be quickly removed should I need to remove this structure.






I mounted the structure into the wall.






I had cut a new piece of drywall and adjusted the holes that didn't line up in the previous attempt. That new piece was placed into position with a few drywall screws.

I'll shoot the plumbers a picture of what I've done tomorrow morning and see if they have issues with my work. If I get a positive response, I'll start getting some drywall compound slathered around the seams of the installed patch.


Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Thursday - March 23, 2017

On Monday morning I texted the plumbers and heard nothing back. On Wednesday morning I got a message that they would come that afternoon. That didn't happen. I texted them again this morning and get an immediate reply that they would be here this afternoon. Early afternoon I got a text message saying today wasn't going to happen and they'd be here tomorrow morning at around 9.

I'm beginning to feel like General Schwarzkopf after all. Ha! I did appreciate them letting me know that they weren't going to be able to get here today. Knowing that my afternoon was free allowed me to move forward with more work on the Ultimate Miter Saw Station.






I went down to the basement and planed a poplar board to the thickness needed for the trim pieces.






I took it to the LBG's Woodshop and used the jointer to get a good edge on my poplar board. I then ripped a few strips to be used as edging on some of the plywood. When the time comes I'll use a biscuit joiner to attach the trim pieces.






I cut the dados for the shelves of the Miter Saw Station.






After the dados were cut, I did a dry fit of everything and was pleased with how it went together.

More tomorrow... basketball watching tonight!

Scott

 

[shortykorte]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Nice start on miter station. How did you solve the dado stack issue?

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

s

Nice start on miter station. How did you solve the dado stack issue?

shortykorte,

Thanks - it's a pretty big project.

Regarding the dado stack... I think when I wrote that I had cut 1/2 & 3/4 inch dados before with this dado set I was incorrect. After further review I realized I had done those cuts with my previous dado set. I'm pretty sure the largest width I have done with this set (that I was paying attention to appearance) was 1/2 inch box joints.

When I looked at the dado stack I realized it wasn't the 1/16th blade that was cutting the deeper groove but was actually a 1/8-inch cutter. I removed that cutter and used a different 1/8-inch cutter to get the stack width I needed. That fixed the problem.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Friday - March 24, 2017




The plumbers showed up at 9 this morning. They turned off the water and drained the lines in preparation for cutting the pipes to the Hot Water Heater.






They made pretty quick work of the project. A considerable amount of time was spent waiting for the glue to dry. They were on site about an hour and a half.






After the plumbers departed, I started getting the wall ready to close up. I used the oscillating multi-tool, with a flexible scraper blade, to removed construction adhesive that had been used between the studs and the old drywall. With that task completed, I stuffed the insulation back between the studs.






I switched attachments on the oscillating multi-tool and cut a hole for the electrical outlet. I placed the drywall into position and attached it with drywall screws.

I'll start taping and finishing the patch in the next few days.


Continued in next post...

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Continued...


I returned to working on the Miter Saw Station. A lot of the afternoon was spent thinking about how my different plywood thickness will affect the project as well as if I need to modify the station to allow my Makita LS1011 Compound Miter Saw to work without interference from the plywood in the rear.

After quite a bit of head scratching, I think I will modify the area behind where the saw is mounted and I might construct the station differently than the author did. He started from one end and worked his way across. If I can figure out how to do it, I think it would work better for me to start in the center and construct out from that location. This is due to the plywood thickness difference and the modification I am contemplating.

I decided to sleep on those ideas but returned to the Woodshop to do a little more work on the actual construction of the project. Peter Gabriel's So CD was inserted into the music box and I began.






I used a biscuit joiner to cut slots in a plywood top section and 18 mm trim pieces. Due to the biscuit joiner spitting some dust past my safety glasses, I switched from the safety glasses to my face shield and then forgot to lower it when I took this picture.

Busted!






I then glued up this top section. I will return to the Woodshop tomorrow afternoon and try to accomplish more on this project.


Scott

 

[camarosrus69]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Nice to see the plumbing done, and the routing turned pretty good. That being said, I have to go on a bit of a rant. I cant believe they couldn't figure out how to put it together without those damn couplers. These pipes are hanging out for all to see. It would have been a small effort to make them look neat. That is a total lack of pride in workmanship. I'm sure you will do something to cover them or make them look presentable. That kind of stuff just fries my brains. I had a similar situation when the "professional" installing the flue for my furnace in my new home, took the most direct path from the furnace to the exit in the ceiling. It just happened to cross the doorway in the process. When I discussed the issue with him, I had to explain that the hole in the wall where I was standing was actually a doorway, and being over 5 feet tall (6'2"), I didn't like the idea of having to play limbo every time I entered the room. Whew!! Sorry, rant over. I just had a nasty flashback, looking at that picture.

 

[Bob Heine]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Scott, although I would have run all new pipe and fittings, I understand the plumbers desire to get the job done as quickly as possible.

I did have a senior moment seeing you working with the face shield raised. I put the face shield on to dress a few spot welds (like MP&C shows us) and then go back to welding, forgetting to switch to the welding helmet. I haven't struck an arc before realizing my mistake but it is only a matter of time. :tard:

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Nice to see the plumbing done, and the routing turned pretty good. That being said, I have to go on a bit of a rant. I cant believe they couldn't figure out how to put it together without those damn couplers. These pipes are hanging out for all to see. It would have been a small effort to make them look neat. That is a total lack of pride in workmanship. I'm sure you will do something to cover them or make them look presentable. That kind of stuff just fries my brains. I had a similar situation when the "professional" installing the flue for my furnace in my new home, took the most direct path from the furnace to the exit in the ceiling. It just happened to cross the doorway in the process. When I discussed the issue with him, I had to explain that the hole in the wall where I was standing was actually a doorway, and being over 5 feet tall (6'2"), I didn't like the idea of having to play limbo every time I entered the room. Whew!! Sorry, rant over. I just had a nasty flashback, looking at that picture.

camarosrus69,

I hear you but I have to laugh a little 'cause my eye is immediately drawn to that lovely gas line. With that thing of beauty hanging out of the wall, I barely notice the imperfections in the water lines.

I'm am glad to have the pipes moved. When I start putting some cabinets in I'm hoping I'll be smitten with some inspiration that will allow me to camouflage this situation.

Thanks for your suggestions on this project!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Scott, although I would have run all new pipe and fittings, I understand the plumbers desire to get the job done as quickly as possible.

I did have a senior moment seeing you working with the face shield raised. I put the face shield on to dress a few spot welds (like MP&C shows us) and then go back to welding, forgetting to switch to the welding helmet. I haven't struck an arc before realizing my mistake but it is only a matter of time. :tard:

Bob,

Well this is latest dumb thing I've done that's been caught on film.

We will not speak of the stuff for which no photographic evidence exists.

Ha!


Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Saturday - March 25, 2017

A little time was spent in the Woodshop today working on the Miter Saw Station.






Biscuit slots were cut and then the task of spreading the glue onto the pieces was accomplished. This panel is a twin of the one I worked on yesterday.






With this panel clamped up, I headed to the Mezzanine while the glue dried.






I applied some drywall compound and tape around the patched area. I hope to do more work here tomorrow.


I spent a considerable amount of time in the Woodshop trying to work out the best way to put the miter saw station's carcass together. The size of this thing is going to make assembly interesting!

Scott

 

[1949 caddyman]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Good to see you wearing you hearing protection, Pilots need good hearing for radio communication.

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Good to see you wearing you hearing protection, Pilots need good hearing for radio communication.

1949 caddyman,

The US Navy started taking hearing protection seriously about the time I started flight school. Or at least it seemed that way based on the lack of hearing some of the guys had that were less than 10 years my senior.

So I'm in the habit now. I trumped hearing protection with an even more foolproof solution this week. I haven't been able to get near any noisy tools in the shop due to "stuff" happening.

"Stuff" included Internet problems that required frequent ineffectual phone calls to the sub-continent... lady visiting the neighbor across the street from us backed over my mailbox with her husband's pickup... discovered son's car had a broken battery terminal 5 minutes before he needs to make 45 minute drive to GA Tech on the day he has a big test - chauffeuring ensued... etc.

Ha!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Wednesday - March 29, 2017

After a bit of a hiatus, I was able to get into the LBG today for a bit of routine maintenance on our 2013 Toyota Highlander as well as working a bit in the Woodshop.






I pulled the Highlander over the Tornado Shelter and started draining the oil while Steely Dan's cover of East Saint Louis Toodle-oo played in the music box. I tend to let my vehicles drain for a few hours before buttoning things up.






While the oil drained I changed the air filter. Kind of a weird Air Filter Box on this vehicle that requires unclipping the electrical connection from the Air Mass Flow Sensor in order to be able to access the Air Filter.
The Highlander has 30,000 miles on it and I was a bit surprised how much debris - as opposed to just dust - had been stopped by the filter. How did this stuff get inhaled by the SUV? The new filter was so white it practically hurt my eyes. Ha!






While the oil was draining I did a little experiment in the Woodshop. The plans for the Miter Saw Station call for two plywood panels to be glued together as shown in the first picture. The trick is getting them to stay perfectly aligned in two dimensions when they are clamped together.
I put the dado blade stack back on the Unisaw and, using some scraps, cut a dado in both pieces. I then used a strip of poplar as a spline.
I think doing a similar (vertical) dado in the panels that need to be glued together will align the panels in one dimension. Clamps can then be used to keep the second dimension's alignment when weight is applied to the panels as the glue cures.
The author of the plans had made a couple of panels over sized and glued them to their correctly sized mates. After the glue dried he used a flush cut router bit to trim the oversized panel to the correct size. Then he cut his shelf dados. I didn't see this explanation until after I had cut the pieces per the cut list.
Should my "spline solution" fail, I'll go buy another piece of plywood and redo these elements of the Miter Saw Station using the techniques the author did.


Scott

 

[camarosrus69]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Couldn't you use two sets of clamps, while gluing? One set underneath, holding one direction, and the other on top holding the other direction. This might be a situation where an extra set of hands would be useful to clamp them up simultaneously. But hey, kids and spouses have to be useful for something, don't they

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Couldn't you use two sets of clamps, while gluing? One set underneath, holding one direction, and the other on top holding the other direction. This might be a situation where an extra set of hands would be useful to clamp them up simultaneously. But hey, kids and spouses have to be useful for something, don't they

camarosrus69,

It might be possible to successfully glue the panels together without the splines.

There is a concept in flying regarding the takeoff called V1. It is a speed based on a multitude of variables but it basically boils down to the performance of the aircraft and the length of the runway. During the takeoff, when one reaches V1, there is no longer enough runway to stop so one must continue to takeoff regardless of what happens (this is a simplification but that is the gist of it).

So when gluing up the panels I don't want to arrive at V1 and find that I can't get the panels to align properly - especially in front of family. (Ha!) I think the spline will help dramatically with the alignment process and the spline won't be visible after the miter saw station is done.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Thursday - March 30, 2017

I didn't get to spend as much in the LBG as I had hoped. Pretty much all I was able to do was finish the 30,000 mile routine maintenance on our 2013 Highlander.

After switching out the BendPak's forward arms from the longer arms I use on the pickup to the shorter arms I use for most everything else, I pulled the vehicle into the center bay and got to work listening to a Karla Bonoff CD.








Rotating the tires made simple with the 2-Post Lift. This wrapped up the major parts of the 30,000 mile maintenance on the Highlander.


Scott

 

[drivesitfar]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: Good tools, good cars, good tunes sounds almost like FUN while you are doing your work.

did you happen to find those MASTER'S tickets i was hoping for or does it look like i need to wait another year to see AUGUSTA in person?

have you been inside the gates at AUGUSTA or is that not a big deal to a pilot/skiier/DIY guy?

looking good and really like the grease pit too. did you figure out where the water was coming in from yet or did i miss that?

take care and let me know if you find some MASTER'S TICKETS laying on the ground and you can't use them.

did that freeway collapse in Atlanta going to have some effect on your drives into work or into the city?

cheers

 

[250]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Going back a few days, I like how the plumbing fix turned out. Much cleaner.

I've been looking at the freud 8in dado set. Recommend it?

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: Good tools, good cars, good tunes sounds almost like FUN while you are doing your work.

did you happen to find those MASTER'S tickets i was hoping for or does it look like i need to wait another year to see AUGUSTA in person?

have you been inside the gates at AUGUSTA or is that not a big deal to a pilot/skiier/DIY guy?

looking good and really like the grease pit too. did you figure out where the water was coming in from yet or did i miss that?

take care and let me know if you find some MASTER'S TICKETS laying on the ground and you can't use them.

did that freeway collapse in Atlanta going to have some effect on your drives into work or into the city?

cheers

DrivesItFar,

I am having fun! It is a pleasure to have a nice place to work.

The Masters... sadly another year may have to pass until you can get to Augusta. However, I will police the yard tomorrow to see if there are any out there but...

I'm not a golfer so, as you pointed out, I'm not lusting for tickets to the Holy Land. But if I did find a single ticket to the Master blowing around in the yard, golfer or no, I'd go to Augusta and partake of the ambiance.

I think I know where the water is coming from on the occasional times when it get's into the Tornado Shelter but I have not yet taken shovel in hand to resolve that issue.

The I-85 collapse that occurred yesterday predominately affects folks on the northeast side of Atlanta. Since I live on the south side and the airport is on the south side, I am relatively unaffected. It is going to be a mess for Atlanta for quite a while though. The good news is, much like when the West Seattle Bridge got rammed by a ship in 1978, Federal money will probably be funneled to replacing this Atlanta choke point ASAP.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Going back a few days, I like how the plumbing fix turned out. Much cleaner.

I've been looking at the freud 8in dado set. Recommend it?

250,

All in all, I've been happy with mine. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have one blade that is a bit larger in diameter than the rest.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Friday - March 31, 2017

I returned to the LBG Woodshop today to continue work on the Miter Saw Station. As mentioned in previous posts, I thought I needed a solution to ensure that I could successfully glue two plywood panels together. A spline seemed to be a way to accomplish this.






With the Music Box playing some REM, I cut the dados for the spline in the plywood panels.






Using some scrap, I cut some pieces for the splines.






I put the splines into the dados.








With the splines in position, I put glue onto the panels and then positioned the panels onto each other. The splines seemed to work as I had hoped. Weights were added and then I left the Woodshop for the evening. I will remove the weights tomorrow and glue up the second panel.


Scott

 

[drivesitfar]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: i totally understand you not beating the bush to find Master's tickets, but willing to go if somebody handed you one or maybe two for you and your son or wife. it's gotta be a site for sore eyes the way they run and manicure that place. one thing i heard if it wasn't so expensive for me to fly there and try to find a room would be a practice round ticket i think were selling for about $20 and you can buy food inside the gate for cheap too. in fact i think it was a couple years ago they raised the 4 day ticket prices from $125 to $250 a person and i've seen them advertised for JUST A BIT MORE THAN THAT. yes there is a 50 year waiting list for tickets, but at least now if a ticket holder dies the ticket goes in a pool instead of in that person's estate like in the past.

like i said i was holding out going until i got an invite as a player, but sadly i think that ship has sailed. i could help you improve your golf game if you might want to start playing or want to play better.

cheers and your garage deserves you cause you are doing all the right things to make it work like one should.

BTW my parents bought a home in West Seattle in 1963 and still live there so i'm well aware of the ship that hit the bridge and knocked it out of commission for years until a huge overpass was built. if you know about the bridge did you see the new west seattle freeway or when did you move away from Seattle? of course like all of SEATTLE'S freeways now and Bellevue's too they are all parking lots half the day.

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB:
...cheers and your garage deserves you cause you are doing all the right things to make it work like one should.

BTW my parents bought a home in West Seattle in 1963 and still live there so i'm well aware of the ship that hit the bridge and knocked it out of commission for years until a huge overpass was built. if you know about the bridge did you see the new west seattle freeway or when did you move away from Seattle? of course like all of SEATTLE'S freeways now and Bellevue's too they are all parking lots half the day.

DrivesItFar,

Thank you so much for the kind words!

I left the Seattle area in 1979 so I was there when the ship hit the old bridge. My recollection was the old bridge was a drawbridge that needed to be replaced to allow unfettered transit from West Seattle to the east. No funding was available for that... until the ship hit the old bridge and it was considered unrepairable. A much needed high span (non-drawbridge) bridge was then funded to replace the old bridge. When I was there I recall a joke that the new bridge should be named for the pilot that was on the ship when it hit the bridge.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[drivesitfar]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: i think the new bridge was finished maybe by 1985, but didn't google and just going off my old memory. anyway i googled for a couple pictures for you in case you never saw it and thought you'd like the one with the plane just barely missing it cause Boeing field isn't far from there.

i'm sure there is better pictures so feel free to add a few later if you do any research. BTW they eventually replaced the bottom bridges that the ship hit one of them. yes i do recall the ship's captain maybe not getting in too much trouble and there was talk about the bridge being named for him and maybe the lower bridge did.

cheers and G NITE

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Saturday - April 1, 2017

It wasn't until this afternoon that I was able to get into the LBG's Woodshop to remove the weights from the panels I glued up yesterday. The spline setup did its job and I sat that panel aside.








Basically a repeat of yesterday's procedure. Although prior to applying glue, when I had test fit this set of panels, they were too tight to ensure I'd be able to align the bottom and top when I needed to. I touched up the tight spline with a little sandpaper which resolved that problem.






Late this evening I liberated the second set of glued panels and did a test fit of the basic carcass. Since the back panel of the miter saw station needs to be modified a bit to allow the station to work with my miter saw, I need to lay this arrangement onto that panel and make some measurements.

I'll try to address that tomorrow.

Scott

 

[Berwolf21]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Nice work with the miter station. Good to see the shop getting used after all the time and effort building and setting up!

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