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I finished sanding drywall last night! Of ANY renovation project, that is my least favorite part. More bearable this time as I wasn't making a mess of the house, and I could shut the door to the new office and keep the dust out of the garage. Rough inside dimensions are 8 feet by 14 feet. I...

Then Corona happened. I would be working from home and needed office space. At first, this looked relatively temporary. As the situation unfolded, it looked like I would be here for a while. I can deal with cold in the barn, but it's tough to conduct business with thunderous rain on a tin...

This past winter my girlfriend decided that she would like to get her dad's Alfa running. Well, she'd like me to do that. So it came over from their place. Engine came out. Original plan was to rebuild the SPICA injection, but I found a Euro carb manifold, so that will be replacing the fuel...

Inspired by Jack (of course) and time working at Allison Transmission, I began the hunt for Strong Hold cabinets. This forum, again, turned me on to a series of liquidation auctions for Caterpillar in Aurora IL. Hate to see a company up and leave but I was able to snag a number of these...

As is tradition, a welding table post. I had been welding on the floor or sawhorses for several years. When winter came around I had time to make something a little more heavy duty. Top is 1/4 in plate that I bought off Facebook. Plate started at about 60 inches wide. If anyone is curious...

The barn spent the next several years largely in this state, being used for projects on the house and work on vehicle...it's primary purpose. I remodeled most of the house in this barn, assorted pictures below. Had fun with another Jeep and did a mechanical restoration on a 1970 C10. To...

Long time first time, yada yada yada. Anyhow, first a little bit of catch up. Back in 2014, shortly after graduating from Purdue (Boiler Up!) I closed on an old farm house, built in the mid 1860s. House is cool, lots of character, lots of work etc etc. But more importantly, a 30 x 40 FBI...

Cleaning up after some work in the house. It’s a work in progress but getting there.