Recent content by maje16

Update...... still more to do, but its getting there, and im getting more motivated to finish it....... plus with it being organized, I can actually find what I want, imagine that.....

Adelaide. grew up in Tea Tree Gully. spent some time in the Port Adelaide area and Mt Barker. been here in the u.s. for roughly 9 years.

Ah, the rain...... I work on 13th street (across from harvester works) and Friday was a blast.......... We were lucky, had to sandbag, but it didnt get us too bad, other businesses near werent so lucky, and I seen quite a few houses around the morton drive area get real wet as well. Hey, even...

Its nice to share with others with the same interests......thanks for the comments. This board is awesome.... Martin.

Was parting out trucks for a while, always liked the 90s stuff, mainly full size gm, have always had b bodies as drivers as well. (similar to the stuff gm made back home)-im an aussie. Buicks in the pics were a waste of time, cavalier is my step daughters, also have a 99 suburban as well as the...

I work for a industrial ag finishing company, (contract for deere, case IH, caterpillar etc). I dont have any experience with the eastwood or HF type setups, so I wont comment on these. (we use Nordson industrial systems ($$$)) While the pro setups are second to none, hence the $$$, I cannot...

Heres two more from working in the garage today, wall is painted, work bench is done, got cabinets in place, just need to get organized now.... Martin.

Worked a little more on the bench/ cabinet wall yesterday. The whole garage is a complete mess and I can hardly move. Its amazing how much stuff you have when it is all over the floor!!!!! I really didnt care for the pegboard look anymore and wanted a more uncluttered look. Almost ready for...

Ed, Near the Quad Cities, far west of the state... The foundation was dug 36", code in this area called for this since I went to max allowable sq ft of 960. I think from what I recall, over 800 sq ft they wont let you have a floating slab. I would have liked to build bigger, or do 2 buildings...

Just took some updated pics, changed a few things, still more to do... air lines, work bench setup, going to add some cabinets the ends of the bench- wall ones as shown and floor cabinets, finish painting, lighting, remove shelving on the back wall etc........ hope you guys are...

more from 6 months ago..... made the workbench out of left over lumber, 16 ft long. the shelf unit on the right was also a salvage item, took it to work and powder coated it, it has a patent stamp in the shelf dividers dated "apr 13 1920"......

how it was inside about 6 months ago..... Martin.

the donor..... this is the end of it, about 50 ft wide, length was about 120 ft. Martin.

just in time for winter, shingles on doors and windows in. Time to start on the inside...... plywood going on ( another freebee salvage item), iirc we got 30 sheets of 3/8 ply........ all wall material except osb and windows, doors etc came from our neighbors warehouse which was going to...