cbacres
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Looks good John.
Need some nice small parts cabs!
Need some nice small parts cabs!
Above 1200 Sq/FT New home, next chapter ....
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
Jayman17
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Looking good, won’t be long now and you’ll be working in there instead of on it.
Jay
Jay
RivennHewn
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That’s the fallacy we tell ourselves.
My back forced me to take a couple of days off. No improvement, so back to it. I had been avoiding the upper sections of the side walls with the diagonal bracing. My brain kept telling me to leave it until I NEED to figure out how to sheath them without cutting a ton of pieces. Well, today was the day. Got them figured out and mostly finished before it was time for dogs' dinner and meds, then my dinner.
At this point, I have installed 2550 screws sheathing the walls, with most of the garage still to go.
At this point, I have installed 2550 screws sheathing the walls, with most of the garage still to go.
Michael B.
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The sheeting looks great John! I feel your pain (literally) on the screw count. With 70 sheets of tin hanging from my ceiling I’m at the 2000 mark. I still have 30 sheets to go!
jbrentd
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Makes me tired just looking at all those panels. Nice work!
Jayman17
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That’s a nice install around that bracing. I zoomed in and still don’t know how you did it. 
Edit: I think I see now how you did it, not real noticeable
Edit: I think I see now how you did it, not real noticeable
PugetDude
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I was trying to figure it out too, Jay.
Nice work, John.
Nice work, John.
I've been using these GRK screws. I've driven millions of screws in my career, but these have that little spiral clearance cutter right where you'd want to hold the screw while starting it. It just ate the skin off my finger the first day. Even ate the tape off. Had to order one of these screw guides. Never used one before, but it works pretty well. Gets the screw started, then I pull back the collar so I can see the depth I want the screw set at, or else it drives way too deep. Gonna order a back-up.
Michael B.
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I have used that screw guide before. I didn’t like it very much. My sheet metal screws are 5/16 hex heads and are very stable in my magnetic bit. I use Mechanix Wear gloves all the time anymore. It saves the wear and tear on my fingers and hands without giving up dexterity.
RivennHewn
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Michael B.
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Looks great!
PugetDude
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Where is Shorty?
shortykorte
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Heeerrrrreee’s Shorty
Sorry to hear a doctor visit was in order.
Don’t let John fool you, I’ve been working my **** off.
Now that your side is done, I’ll start in my side.
Sorry to hear a doctor visit was in order.
Don’t let John fool you, I’ve been working my **** off.
Now that your side is done, I’ll start in my side.
You’ll be taking it easy for a while John. I battled one that would pop out and jam into my lung for years. In all honesty I don’t know if I ever really strengthen that area up or got so used to feeling when it was going to let loose my body just learned the work around.
Get well soon bud
Get well soon bud
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Michael B.
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Sorry to hear about your injury John. I hope you will heal quickly and completely.
PugetDude
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Shorty probably has a few rolls of rib tape in his first aid kit.
RivennHewn
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Sometimes, the brain has a higher idea of what the body can do than the body does
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One of those ribs pops out occasionally and a few times I've been able to pop it back in by leaning against a door jamb , bending forward a little until I feel the exact spot touching the wall, then a quick push. This time, when I pushed, it hurt so much that I knew it was a bigger issue. Chiro said if I kept working I would probably tear more ribs loose until I couldn't breathe. Getting old *****.
Well, I wasn't lifting heavy stuff ( still didn't do my back much good ). Started to mask, prep, cut-in for painting shop walls yesterday. Aw hell, just do it. I have tomorrow to rest before Tuesday chiro appt. . ( wife is not happy )
The bare plywood sucked up the paint. Needs two coats, but it's not getting it. Looks more like a shop with the irregular finish , grain showing in spots.
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The bare plywood sucked up the paint. Needs two coats, but it's not getting it. Looks more like a shop with the irregular finish , grain showing in spots.
I had to replace several corners of my fascia a couple months back and only wanted to have to repaint all 800ft of it one time. I bought sherwin Williams everlast. Holy hell bud, even though it was like $75 a gallon it was a one and done coat. That stuff is so thick you can almost trowel it. The sucky part is I didn’t think one gallon would remotely do it all. So if anyone is looking for a custom mix satin black gallon of goo....just ring 
I used the cheapest 5-gallon buckets of Valspar latex paint Lowes had.I had to replace several corners of my fascia a couple months back and only wanted to have to repaint all 800ft of it one time. I bought sherwin Williams everlast. Holy hell bud, even though it was like $75 a gallon it was a one and done coat. That stuff is so thick you can almost trowel it. The sucky part is I didn’t think one gallon would remotely do it all. So if anyone is looking for a custom mix satin black gallon of goo....just ring
shortykorte
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I’m fine with that look. Time for you to start showing my part of the shop some love. 
It was time to put the 445lb dust collector in place. I've had it for several months and never opened the box, just built a dolly for it since it had to be moved around a lot. Picked up the 2 ton HF shop crane on sale. Jacked up the dolly to roll the crane under and lifted the DC into place. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but assembly of the crane and getting the DC in place took most of the afternoon. Next is lifting the 700+lb compressor off the palette and onto a dolly so I can move it out of and back into the garage.
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For your entertainment : I marked and taped off where all the electric wiring and mini-split condensate lines run inside the walls before painting. Hopefully it keeps me and the future owners from running a long screw or lag bolt into wires or PVC pipes. 2x4 framing doesn't leave a lot of meat after drilling holes for wires and pipes. Let the comments begin.
racer-john
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Steel plates in those places are actually REQUIRED to prevent that eventuality. FYI. Lol.
Michael B.
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That’s a great idea John! It looks like the engineering compartment on the Enterprise ;-)
BTW you need a pallet jack brother!!
BTW you need a pallet jack brother!!
Boostingaz
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It was time to put the 445lb dust collector in place. I've had it for several months and never opened the box, just built a dolly for it since it had to be moved around a lot. Picked up the 2 ton HF shop crane on sale. Jacked up the dolly to roll the crane under and lifted the DC into place. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but assembly of the crane and getting the DC in place took most of the afternoon. Next is lifting the 700+lb compressor off the palette and onto a dolly so I can move it out of and back into the garage.
Nice compressor
RivennHewn
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X2 on the pallet jack!
Chrisb62
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X3 on pallet jack and hydraulic carts and hydraulic tables and and and....
racer-john
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"Not so. Only if there is less than 1-1/4" of material left from the face of the stud."
You didn't state the position of the holes in your original post, that I remember.
You didn't state the position of the holes in your original post, that I remember.
racer-john
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Just to be safe use the plates. You have no say in what a future buyer might do to that wall.