We wanted to be able to enjoy the lake before we built a house so we wanted a camper that had space for us and our 4 kids to be comfortable for a few weeks at a time out there. I tried looking at some newer trailers but didn't want to spend 50k like most wanted for something that comfortably...
I think I will let the pros do the house so my wife doesn't judge my work too harshly. For the shop I will have them put up the walls and concrete floor then do everything else myself inside, same as my last one. I found the journey to be half the fun so want to do it again. Retirement needs...
Also was having fun and built a small deck out of the 4x6 rough cut wood. Makes for a nice place to get out of the sun and take a look around! Overall it was a good bit of progress and I am excited to keep going.
Big picture plan is to build a house down at the water (4500ft2 or so) and a new...
I have been absent from this forum for a while as I had finished the build of the shop at my current home and didn't have anything worthwhile to share. Here is the old shop 3000ft2 Hot Rod Shop
I was fortunate to be able to buy 7 acres beside a lake. The land is ~300' wide and long going from...
I am wondering how to prevent it from sinking. Better tires or maybe something to drive on to spread the weight like a float mat made with a few layers of plywood.
A side quest for the forklift was trying to find reasonably priced forks for it. Since it is so big it takes Class 4 forks which are much harder to find. I found lots of places that sold smaller ones new and used for 500-1000 a pair but the big Class 4 ones were more than 3000 delivered to me. I...
A few fun stories for the group. I wanted to get some shelving to start storing my extra juke boxes, engines, arcades, etc that have been taking up a bunch of floor space so I found some pallet racking in a local auction for only 100$. I ended up with WAY more than I needed and it took 3 truck...
And instead of doing the adult thing and downsizing my game collection, or getting rid of some of the other **** I am hoarding I decided to expand my upstairs games room! I had to do a funky shape to ensure I left room for the car lift to have space to work properly. Also my previous strategy...
So i didn't learn my lesson with the first group of games so I doubled down and brought home 12 more.... and while I was there I ended up picking up 12 juke boxes too! The games work great and it was a ton of fun to get them all home and setup and having my kids and their friends play them. This...
Thank you Santa! I love the dewalt cordless light, will go great with all the other yellow tools. My hole saw bits were quite worn so these will make me much more productive. My knives were lacking and I actually cut my hand a few weeks ago when my cheap one broke cutting carpet so this new one...