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The wiring took me the better part of 2 weeks. I pulled all of the 120v in 12/3 and 10/3 depending on the anticipated loads. Anything run along the concrete walls is in MC armorlite cable. Now that there is power it’s time for hvac. It’s hot and muggy here in the summer and I was melting doing...

With the framing out of the way it’s time to start planning the power and lighting. There were only 6 receptacles in the basement and 200 amp main panel has no room. I really couldn’t understand someone building a house with the planned expansion already framed and not have a larger panel or a...

Most of the major structural changes and framing are complete. My little 1hp, 20 gal craftsman air compressor that I’ve had for 40 years once again saved the day. I got this while in college and it has framed many houses and run a lot of air tools. It’s resting now that the shop got a new 5hp...

Thanks for the compliment. I’ve always loved to draw and eventually became an architect. I’ve been hand drafting since 1977. Learned autocad and arris back in 1988 but changed career focus in the mid nineties and worked as a consultant/trouble shooter on big commercial projects so I didn’t need...

Gregor I really appreciate your attention to detail in every aspect of your life. Thank you for sharing, it’s an inspiration to those of us that seem to have more irons in the fire than we can manage. Like you I've loved vinyl since I was a teenager back in the 70’s. My B&O system, finally after...

Once I had unpacked some more boxes and found most of my construction tools the real work began. I started by removing all the walls that had been framed for the guest suite and future bath. With the price of lumber nearly doubling from the time we made an offer on the house until the time I...

So the actual work in the basement begins mid summer 2020. It’s crowded as I have no where else to store all the tools and parts. The first thing I do is build some large heavy duty shelves and drawers. These go in the back section of the basement. These shelves hold parts and assorted things...

After we final had the house set up and furniture purchased for the new space I finally had time to put pencil to paper and layout a plan for the basement. Luckily the main floor is framed with TJI’s that run front to back. So the openings I need for vehicle access are simple enough and didn’t...

While the plan for the new space was jelling in my head the move in day arrived. The main level (living space) set up fairly quickly. Yes we had to make do with some things since the new space was completely different from our little 1920’s bungalow but it gave my wife a reason to shop for some...

The big day comes and we take possession of the new house in late March 2020. Just as the Covid disaster is kicking in to full swing. The new place needs some work to make it ours. We have all the rooms painted satin white. The main level two car garage painted gloss white along with the...

Ha ha. I figure they get the benefit of all the stuff I make for them with all the tools. They can deal with moving all this heavy stuff when I’m gonna. Payback is real. Pay me know or pay me after I’m dead. 😂😂

With the new house under contract it’s now time to start preparing for the move. My wife always kidded me about my shop and the amount of tools being more than the total amount of furniture and other belongings combined. I was in denial and insisted that it couldn’t be so. Since this was a...

So after spending a good bit of time on line looking for my wife an apartment to live in while we transition. We get her settled and the search truly begins. No way are we living in a neighborhood with an HOA. We need some acreage. The realtor, as sweet as she was had a hard time getting the...

Back about 6 years ago I started a thread “The Flying Shop” about a shop I built in the heart of Atlanta. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/the-flying-shop.343424/ The saga is replete with the misery of dealing with bureaucracy of a large city government and the joys of seeing a plan...

Nice work on the install. I did the exact same install for my Mohawk A7. I know lift failures are pretty rare but the cost of a Mohawk is cheap compared to my life. I’ve had trucks stored on this lift for 6 months at a time. Never worried about fatigue on the columns. I would never leave a...

This is going to be you best option. If you don’t know of a local architectural metal panel company call an architect. They will know one. All those shapes are proprietary to the specific panel system. I’ve been out of the commercial architecture business long enough to forget all the...

Picked these up Saturday. Saw the big 1 1/8 & 1 1/4 sticking out of a box. I grabbed the whole box and asked how much. $30 Got home and dumbed it out. It’s a complete set of Plumb wrench 7/16-1 1/4 plus a couple small snap-on 1/2. 1945-48 vintage

Finished up a cabinet to keep tooling in by the mill

My shop is about 2500 sf. It is split in to 4 areas. About 800sf for woodworking, 800 sf for welding’ machine work grinding etc !- the remainder for automotive work. The welding area also serves as overflow automotive. All my welding equipment, presses, metal saws, drill presses etc are on...

Spray foam.