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Small update on the progress. Siding is starting to go up. The soffits are on and some of the trim work on the outside is up. The colour scheme matches the rear addition of my house pretty well. Also had my uncle out yesterday to mark up where I want all my wiring. Me and my dad will be helping...

Weekend update! Roofers came in Saturday morning and shingled the roof. I also had a paving guy out to give me a quote on interlock for my driveway and patio (1100sqft). He quoted me 14k for the whole thing... eek.. as a comparison he told me that it’s be 4.5k if I did the whole thing in...

I ended up ordering this Garage door, it was a little over $3k installed. My $22k build price was factoring in a $2k door, so I'll have to pay a bit out of pocket for this one, but I think it's worth it.

I got that tip about the JIS screwdrivers from my buddy who rebuilds CB750s too. I picked up a set from Amazon. I actually should order another set for my work because the linear guides we get from Japan use JIS screws too and people keep stripping out the heads using standard Philips...

I had my CB500 dropped off at lunch time today. I actually bought it based on the price and pictures on kijiji (Canada's craigslist for you non-Canucks) so it was my first time seeing it in person. It's a bit rough (the gas tank has a hole in the top), but that just makes for a more interesting...

Definitely hear you on the outlets. Going to aim for at least 2 on the wall with the windows, 3 on the 18' wall and then another 3 on the windowless wall. I'll put it at least 1 240V on the back wall (for a welder/table saw) and another closer to the breaker for a car charger (future proofing)...

Yea I started looking through your CX500 build thread this afternoon. I'm envious of your bikes, you have quite the collection! I haven't decided yet, but I'm leaning towards a restomod. I was going to wait until I finished my garage to buy something, but when my buddy forwarded me the ad I had...

That's a good idea for the box, I have a lot of extra 1/4" plywood kicking around right now too, but I ended up selling the MP last weekend to put towards a project bike that I'm having delivered tomorrow, a '72 Honda CB500 four. :bounce:

Yea I used a wet rag to clean up the excess glue, so it's possible that I caused it to spread... I was building the top in my shed when it was around 0C outside, I had a small space heater on but it probably wasn't the best environment for the glue and filler to dry in either. I'll try...

The box frame on the Ender 5 looks really good, but it's too bad they put the steppers outside the frame. If they were placed inboard it would be super easy to slap some plexiglass on it and make it enclosed. I bought a bunch of 80/20 and printed corners to make an enclosure for my MP mini...

I basically need to set it up as a work space for working on cars/motorcycles, some woodworking and a space for my 3D printer to live. I'm trying to minimize the space I have to devote to storing non-hobby things in it to just lawn equipment (push mower, rakes, electric snow shovel). I was...

I used the monoproce my mini select for about 2 years with a glass bed, very good little entry level machine, the only downside is the size of the bed. I ended up upgrading to an Ender 3 a few months ago and really like the extra space it offers. I sometimes have issues with bed adhesion so I’m...

Yup, roxul is the plan. R22 for the walls, then drywall everything and blow in the ceiling. Did you use safe n sound or comfortbatt for your garage?

For sure, my uncle is coming back from vacation tomorrow, so I'm hoping to get him in on Saturday to run the wiring inside so my dad and I can start insulating next week.

That's a good idea, I'm going to look into quotes for that. I'm also going to see if my contractor can just have his guys do it this week. Might be a bit easier that having to drive around for equipment as I haven't installed the hitch on my GTI yet so I'd have to get another car that can...

Another day, another update. Rained pretty much all day yesterday, but they were able to get the entire building boarded up. The garage door might take a few weeks to come in so for now my contractor boarded up the hole so that I could store stuff in it. The 2 side windows are being enlarged...

Took a couple pics this morning of the framing work. And a shot of the inside. The weather has been pretty wonky here the last 24 hours. Went from -5C and snow showers to +6C today. It rained over night and it's supposed to rain this afternoon before we go into a freeze for the rest of the...

Thanks for the opinions, I’m going to tell my contractor to go ahead with the better door. They finished framing the garage today but it was too late to take good pics, will snap some in the morning before I go to work. I measured the inside walls and it looks like I’ll have almost 9 feet of...

There's only a certain % of the lot that can have coverage (~35% I think it was). The house had an addition put on that took up some of that %. With the 18x24' garage I was somewhere around 32%. I probably could've eked out another foot or two, but it was starting to eat up my backyard space. My...

Update/Opinion Needed. I'm choosing my garage door. Is it worth spending an extra $800 on an improved garage door? $2500 vs $3300 installed. It's 1.3/4" thick and has R16 insulation. The base door is 1.3/8" thick and has R12 insulation. I also get more robust hardware (better torsion spring)...