My Single Dutch Delight

[E12-535iTurbo]

Something significant did happen. Sadly not in the garage but in the house renovation. It was time to say goodbye to our painted 1969 bathroom. It was functional but also quite high on our wish list to get updated. We've made the first step already some time ago where we discarded the door and modified to a single wide high window. You can easily spot where the door and window were in the pictures of the old situation.

Standing in the door opening our view in:
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Turning around 180 degrees both corners:
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This is de layout we're planning.
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The toilet separate, a walk in shower, a corner bath and double sinks.

Demolution begins:
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The left wall was bad and didn't do much in terms of sound isolation. It was easier to take it out completely and rebuild.
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This project is a monster and is slowly taking over almost whole the house. With removal of that separating wall it claimed the bedroom of my oldest son.

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

Oh before I forget. I did run the Rotterdam marathon. The temperature took its toll and I didn't reach the finish line in my anticipated time but with 3:53 I was still quite satisfied. Got that off my list. I can now say I've ran multiple marathons

One month left before my attemt to summit Mont Blanc. Hopefully I'll get the bathroom finished before.

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

Ok the new doorframes and walls went in:

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I joined the ventilation tubes of the toilet and bathroom at the attic to reduce noise between the two. There will be a lowered ceiling in the walk-in shower and toilet to hide the ventilation tubes and make room for build in spots. The ventilation will go the heat exchanger in the attic.

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Part of the wiring. Two rows: one for light switches, one for ventilation and electric floor heating.
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Part of the tiles are in:

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Sorry for the cell phone pictures.

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

I guess I need to put some pics up. We are nearly finished in the bathroom. Just need to paint the doors, doorways and window frame.

We changed the look of the doors so needed to do all the other doors upstairs as well. We've been hanging doors the last days. We need to do 7 in total so a lot of practise.

Next is the ventilation system above and in the bedroom of my oldest son. So we can finish that too. Would be nice to be able to put him in his own room again but I guess there will be some struggle as both boys are really used to sleeping together in the same room now.

I went to the alps last week but sadly there was no chance of Climbing mont blanc. Temperatures were too high and the were lots of loose rocks comming down. We did however climb Gran Paradiso, Arrete de cosmiques and got a good training for crossing glaciers and alpine climbing.

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[Huxley]

Beautiful picture!

 

[Hostyle]

It's been a while since I checked. Great progress on the bathroom! How hard/easy is it to put in the door frames yourself? I've got some estimates from builders, but want to do as much myself as I can.

To bad you didn't get to climb the Mont Blanc. Temps in Europe went to the roof last couple of weeks. Sadly/luckliy I did my motorcycle trip to the Dolomites a bit before. We had some rain but good weather on the whole.

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

Beautiful picture!

Thanks! It's a cell-phone picture but it seems that it's impossible to shoot crappy pictures there. No matter how hard I tried the picture Always turned out beautiful. Must be the scenery I guess .

It's been a while since I checked. Great progress on the bathroom! How hard/easy is it to put in the door frames yourself? I've got some estimates from builders, but want to do as much myself as I can.

To bad you didn't get to climb the Mont Blanc. Temps in Europe went to the roof last couple of weeks. Sadly/luckliy I did my motorcycle trip to the Dolomites a bit before. We had some rain but good weather on the whole.

It's certainly not very hard to put in door frames. Just measure a lot and use a level .

The temperatures certainly went to the roof. From what I heared Trump shouldn't go to Charmonix. The town collectively blaims him for what is happening to their main attraction: gletchers and alpinism. I think most (of the iconic) views of mountain ranges will change their apperence in the next few decades. The permafrost is loosing it's grip on the loose rocks. Stonefall is a very real danger these days. Certainly during the summer months. It's just a matter of time that large parts will be comming down the slopes.

 

[Hostyle]

Yep, and then we have the orange Oompa Loompa denying climate change...

Back to DIY, I think I'm going to let the GC tackle putting in the door frames. He will allready be in for a putting in a steel beam, new concrete floor with underfloor heating, new electrics and a new kitchen. Fingers crossed my mortgage company will play along so we can set our plans in motion.
Our house is currently valued at €30k over purchase price in 2015, and that's without big investments

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

So it's already 9 months ago since I last posted any updates. To bad since a lot has happen although a lot is still not finished. The bathroom atleast is finished and so is the bedroom of my oldest son. Also that can of monster worm is more or less finished. I'm building a desk and book cabinet for it now. But since it's the garagejournal.... Let's post some pictures of some recent purchases:

My tiny badsaw was failing on me and no longer suitable for use in the desk and cabinet project. So I've been researching if I should go with a cold saw or a bandsaw again. I ended up with this:

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The metal bender and desktop drill were in the same deal. I paid 450 for the lot. I'll see if I can post and shoot a few more pictures of the progress we've made.

Cheers!

 

[sakurama]

How does that bender work? I'm always curious about benders.

Gregor

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

How does that bender work? I'm always curious about benders.

Gregor

It's just brutal force with leverage and a quick clamping system. I've bolted it to the wall.

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It's a 12mm solid bar that you're seeing there. It bends without effort.

I'm bending those pins for the bookcase. It's part of the shelve adjustment that will look like this from below:

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There will be four shelves so 8 shelve rests on two hanging poles, with a lot of holes .

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Another small dad-children project we finished was this clamp rack. These are four 3/4 inch multiplex leftovers glued together.

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Finaly, I've got myself a nice score: a new never used Makita bandsaw for free .

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[FallibleFlyer]

Any chance for a close-up (sans clamps) of the clamp rack? I've been trying to come up with a good way to store my growing collection.

Overall, awesome work and nice new collection of tools there!

 

[Huxley]

Free band saw! There has got to be a decent story behind that.

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

Any chance for a close-up (sans clamps) of the clamp rack? I've been trying to come up with a good way to store my growing collection.

Overall, awesome work and nice new collection of tools there!

Thanks, I really appreciate that. I'll see what I can do.

Free band saw! There has got to be a decent story behind that.

Not much. My father is a teacher at a local school. Due to the decreasing number of students they have to merge with another school. So they will move the woodworking class to a new location making some machines obsolete. This bandsaw was purchased two years ago but never put to use. With the upcoming move it's currently in the way. So my father asked if he was allowed to borrow it in a freeloan arangement. Knowing it will mostlikely turn into an indefinite loan.

There might be more tools put up for sale/relocation so hopefully some will find their way to my Single Dutch Delight. Since my father will retire soon he's quite anxious to have me ****** a few of those machines. He really enjoys woodworking and he will loose access to the shop. I guess he is hoping he will be able to continue at my place.

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

Any chance for a close-up (sans clamps) of the clamp rack? I've been trying to come up with a good way to store my growing collection.

Overall, awesome work and nice new collection of tools there!

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Very happy I went with the purchase of another band saw my previous one was getting worn out and was a cheap low quality unit. The new one is a bit better and fits my needs. Also it cuts straight and I can just set it to work and leave. In other words awsome to use while watching / playing with the kids

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My far from finished work shop which I very much enjoy. The bikes have to leave though!

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[E12-535iTurbo]

I kinda left half way a sentence. So much has been done when I look at where I left off but also much more to come. Since I'm working from home at the moment I hope to catch up a bit.

Let's start with the room I'm sitting in right now. Remember the gypsy worms? And I left off when the stucco was on and the flor leveled. Next steps was paint and flooring. I put laminate flooring in with electric floor heating. Then onto the interior.

Since my wife is working at home a lot in the evenings I wanted a big desk stretching the entire length. When we bought the house there was a railing at the flat roof made out of quality hard wood. I love the idea to keep parts of the original house and repurpose them so I did just that.

I took the railing off and cleared it of all metal parts. Which left me with a big stack of hardwood:

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We got that all flat again as some were quite wrapped:

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We glued them up:

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And made a v-groove + matching v-stick so the board remain level. There is also a feather between each board to keep alignment. But I don't have pictures of that.

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Of course I F##-up, as the wide desk sagged a bit the router was not level anymore. So the fit of the v-groove got lost. However with some shimms hammered in I could fix it.

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Then on to sanding:

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And installation:

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Some details:

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And finished.

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It's a completely floating desk which can easily carry my weight. Printer, scanner and desktop computer is on a shelve underneath. All cables are running under the desk so the top is completely clear. I absolutely love it.

It's painted with an industrial matte clear coat which leaves the wood it's natuaral look and is very durable. It's normally used for wooden floors in shops/stores. Other nice details is that I filled the bolt holes with a white filler putting some attention to the repurposing of the wood.

However nobody will ever ask or care about it since nobody ever goes to our study exept for me and my wife, and she says she would have been ok with an Ikea desk so I guess it's just me. (Although she admitted the current interior has more character than an Ikea one.)

Next up is the book shelves....

 

[Craptain]

Wow! I was wondering what had happened to you.
That desk looks fabulous.

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[E12-535iTurbo]

Thanks Craptain!

Now onto the shelves. I'd figure I should make something to match so it's black steel and matching wood. I love floating stuff and I did not want anything on the floor that way we would better use the space. Therefore I hung everything on the ceiling, two holes through the concrete floor with steel plates in the attic to spread the load.

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Some child labor at the playground

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And the end result:

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With an added bonus I made the little USB desk lights:

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With that wrapped up the study is finished. Well in time for the Covid-19 lock-up .

 

[M-technik-3]

Your bookshelf came out great. Like that modern look.

 

[Huxley]

Very nice.

 

[old-air-performance]

Thanks for sharing !

I also made a floating desk last year for my daughter.
But i didn't build the top, my wife wanted an oak top with the front side of the desk that still had the form of the tree. I also coated the top to protect it and keep it from turning yellow.

I really love the idea of the shelves, they turned out great! ( might steal that idea )

Kind regards, Toon

 

[xtremek]

Nice shelves.

 

[wout]

Really nice and inspiringly jobs!!

 

[thomfr]

Nice! Also sitting home? I'm just in the Limburg part (Helden).. But for some reason home teaching and working consume quite a lot of time..
Thom

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

Thanks all for the comments.

As for the teaching at home + working simultanously it's nearly impossible for me. Very exhausting…

Let's continue with some more or less garage related content: The amount of non-garage related content of our garage was really bugging me. Six bikes, many small children toys, a lawn mower and quite some garden tooling all sneaked into my garage. So I was looking for a solution and by combining other annoyances like:
-the need to park two cars on a single driveway,
-have a large front garden to maintain only for the neighbors,
-have a side garden to maintain for nobody actually as we only walk past it.
The next project was born:

The start:

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The solution:

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A happy Peugeot RC (happy with his own driveway):

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The package (2x2m garden shed + 3.5x2m cycle storage):

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Partially done:

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Building a new gate. Used oak flooring from our previous home.

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Almost done:
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With automatic lights installed at the front:

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And the rear:

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And it's done! Succes on all accounts many wins with one of them being that I finaly got my dedicated garage for garage stuff!

It did set me back quite some months but I haven't spend nearly half of what it would have cost to outsource the work. Believe me I know. I really tried to not tackle this project myself but current pricing of labor is insane! The market has completelly gone crazy. It appears workmen can just ask whatever they want. I'm almost reconsidering my career path.

 

[Craptain]

Really cool. It's an attractive and functional solution. And getting your garage back is priceless.

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[Bob Heine]

Brilliant!

 

[wout]

Well done, looks very nice!

 

[xtremek]

Nicely done.

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

Thanks a lot guys, really appreciate it.

I started working on the garage again recently and am now trying to finish up all piles, parts and boxes piece by piece. One of the pieces was this small drill press I bought second hand which moved around the shop for quite some time. I did use it so apparently it's here to stay so I needed to find a good place for it.

It came with a rather intrusive stand making it impossible to sweep under which is quite necessary at a drill press. One of the starting points is that I want a little things on the floor as possible as it makes a way cleaner working space if the floor is free. But here we are: not completely finished but a step in the right direction:

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With the two picture frames providing valueable data on drilling speeds, belt settings, drill properties, lubrication prescriptions all for various materials.

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And predrilling diameters for various threads:

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Next additions to finalize this would be:
-check the run-out on the chuck (it's already a quick release one)
-compressed air supply port
-small second level storage under the bench for the drill cassettes and vice
-work the wiring up so it's no longer on the bench

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

I got the big boy up and running as well:

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[wout]

The old drill is awesome! You even got an according old electrical switch for it attached to the wall. Really like it.

Wout

 

[Huxley]

I got the big boy up and running as well:

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Do you have any other photos or details of that machine? Looks interesting.

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

The old drill is awesome! You even got an according old electrical switch for it attached to the wall. Really like it.

Wout

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And I got a time correct (original?) motor with it too.

Do you have any other photos or details of that machine? Looks interesting.

I've posted all the info i have and some additional pictures on page 3 of this thread.

 

[Huxley]

Damn - I forgot. Must be getting old.

Cheers!

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

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Continuing on organizing the garage, yet another idea I stole from forum members. Here's 15 drawers going into a cabinet for the yellow boxes they are standing on. Building cabinets are always such a disappointment on time involved. Thought I'd get this done much quicker. Hopefully I'll finish it this week.

 

[xtremek]

Getting your boxes organized is such a huge help, it's worth the time ****.

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

Getting your boxes organized is such a huge help, it's worth the time ****.

Yes but it's driving me crazy. I thought it would take me a week to build this cabinet in between working at home and attending the kids but as of today I'm entering week three which I'll definatelly need to wrap-up this project.

It is looking good though and the garage keeps evolving into my own walhalla.

 

[E12-535iTurbo]

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Finaly got it wrapped-up! Very nice to get organized.

 

[wout]

Nicely done! Must have been a huge work to make this happen.