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I have a hanging gas garage heater in mine. It heats up quick - I didn't want to have to remember to put the heat on hours or days before if I wanted to work in there.

I saw the size, and then saw the sled, and thought "this guy must be in the prairies" and I was right! Awesome shop!

Getting back into the drywall mudding today. Spent two weeks in Bolivia, in the middle of frantically trying to finish our main floor bathroom. And getting ready for the new school year. It went from really dead lino, crappy/cheap plastic-sheet-sectional shower, original 70's chocolate brown...

My electrician suggested not putting boxes in for the ceiling lights, just pull the wire through.

Sigh. Ceiling sheets are up. Walls are sheeted. Still mudding. Still mudding. Still mudding. While drywall is cheaper than plywood, or OSB, you're not taking into account the 38 buckets of mud to finish it off right. Man. Trying to finish the ceiling for paint, and get the lights back...

Drywalling the ceiling. So far it takes me, by myself, about 45 minutes per sheet, with a drywall-lifter-up-inator. Two words: Rub A535

Mark out exactly where you want it. I painstakingly marked out where the rebar was before the slab was poured. I marked the location on the floor with sharpie. I knew I would inadvertently scuff away any chalk line. Start with one post. One of my posts is centered with the 18x9' door...

Me, a buddy, and my elderly pops. A digital level (floor is awesome - needed no shims). Lifting the posts. Praying to the great parking lot in the sky

I'm perfectly fine with the Rotary Revolution. I was torn between the BendPak and the Revolution, and ultimately decided on the Rotary because it would fit under my Super 7. And it was a bit cheaper. And according to a friend who has installed a number of both, apparently there is better...

No, but last class of my Mechanics students was today. Exam week coming up. I'm at a 7-12 school, so the 7-9's have classes up to Thursday - that's my Metalwork class. A "clean up the shop day." Got my transmission all back together and running. Yay.

Things are getting in the way of my drywall.

My lift is square to the shop, not diagonalled. I placed the centerline of the wall-side post 3' away from the wall. This allows a reasonable width to walk around the lift, and certainly pull an axle shaft out of a truck. If the lift is mounted diagonally, I imagine you'd have to figure the...

Got the invoice for the polished concrete finish - $3/sqft CDN. I think I got a good deal on that (it was a friend who did it, owns a floor finishing company). Finished stuffing insulation in, it's now cooler inside during the day - good now that an Okanagan summer is here. Yesterday was...

Mr. Brownstone?

And nobody died. This is good. This first oil change and fuel filter was e.x.p.e.n.s.i.v.e. All the rest are now free.

I set it up. Me and a comparably built friend lifted the posts into place, with my retired father just spotting as we went. I rented an SDS hammer drill, and sunk the anchors myself, adding a rock-lock-esque epoxy in the holes for an extra $25/tube please-don't-drop-a-truck-on-me insurance...

Yes, that's the Lordco one. 'twas $3730 plus $300 shipping to my house. It's a Forward/Direct/Revolution lift.

You're over 2000 miles away. You'd better get started. I'll have the coffee on when you get here. This is a Rotary Revolution RTP10 lift. Local auto parts store had their special Trade Show pricing, so I had to act on it. Back to insulation, and looking for a compressor.

And the hoist is up. Just needs oil and power!

The saw cuts had strips of foam stuffed in them, and then a (I will likely get this wrong) poly-aspartic sealer thingie mixed with silica sand placed on top. It cured and was ground down even with the slab and then polished. I hired a friend who does concrete finishing to do this job, I didn't...