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I broke down and picked up a Bamboo Labs P2S 3D printer and I have been on a tare getting things organized. I also printed some new ball valve blast gates for the dust collection system. I also put up the Spray area curtains so I can spray the undercoating in the Puma wheel wells and...

On the Puma GTC side I sprayed some black paint on the underside of the nose to seal the glass before I apply the rubberized undercoating.

Working on some organizational items this weekend. I purchased a Bamboo lab PS2 3D printer and have been running it non-stop for the last couple of weeks.

Finished up the table saw overhead dust collection. I had to buy a couple of part but for the most part it was material left from other projects.

Just applied 3rd coat of spar varnish. I suspect I will apply at least three more cotes for these dash parts.

Bought a vacuum bag set up to do veneer. Today I veneered some redwood burl to a couple of dash pieces for the Puma. I even go a coat of varnish on them.

Oh yeah in west Tennessee you will need a mini split. If you want it to be useable year round. I'm in East Tennessee and I love my mini split.

I wanted to go out to the shop but there is still snow on the ground. Funny, when I was in Maine I would have walked out and started a fire in the wood stove with out a thought. 18 years later in Tennessee, snow on the ground, na I ain't going out there.

I did dry wall in my shop and have been happy with it for the last 10 years. Gmoss give good advice with putting protection where you need it. A friend of mine put aluminum Dimond plate on the bottom of his shop walls. I have cabinets and shelving completely around my shop so not an issue...

Just posted about my Mitsubishi failures. Three in a 28 month period. Last one cost me $500, while my house furnace has not had a blip in 16 years.

I love walking out to my shop and it has a comfortable environment to work no mater the time of year. I put a no name mini split in my 26x40 shop it lasted two years and the coil failed out of warranty so I weighed the repair cost to a new unit and I decided to purchase a new unit. I ended...

My condolences on your father's passing. You are setting out on a project, so you need to tackle it as such. What is your end goal and start working backwards. What do you want and what is your budget. How do you envision the final space? Many wood workers will attest to the fact that they...

Here is my $851 cutting board. Here is the breakdown of cost: Wood $28.00 Glue $0.50 Sandpaper $0.80 Router bit $6.25 13" replacement planer $814.68 Mineral Oil $0.50 Cutting board conditioner $0.50 While planning the purple heart wood my old Delta 12 1/2" planer bent one of the knifes and...

Worked on a couple of small projects today. First one was to fix an electrical contact on one of the wife's Dickens village pieces, just a quick solder job so no pictures as it took both hands and my third hand to hold everything in place. Then it was cutting and fiber glassing on the Puma...

Worked on finishing up the sewing tabletop and installed it on the adjustable height base. Sanded down the two coats of polyurethane from 220 to OOO. Not worried about shine just smooth.

Got the first test fit completed with the body on pan over the weekend then made some adjustments to the front suspension. Yesterday the body came off and back onto the rotisserie so I can make the necessary adjustments to the engine compartment. At the same time, I need to make some major...

Spent the day out in the shop working on the Puma pan assembly. Got the rear all ******* with the axle caps, brakes, shocks, tires, and finally the engine. Also spent a couple of hours getting the throttle cable installed. For some reason I had an obstruction preventing the cable from...

Well yesterday and today I worked on the brake lines for the Puma and the climate controls and several other items as I start putting things together. Funny thing is the running components and pan are straight off the VW assembly line then Puma would modify them for the GTI/GTC before...

I spent the weekend working on the Puma. Well part of it. I picked up the refreshed transaxle with a .82 4th gear upgrade on Saturday then spent the day sorting parts and installing the sound deadening matt on the pan.

The Puma he questions is a car built in Brazil.