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Progress!!

Bib Overalls

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Today my shop remodel project turned a major corner. For the past couple of moths I have been building a 8' x 30' storage loft across the back of the building. I also insulated the back wall, covered it with 7/16" OSB, painted, and also installed a 3.5 ton heat pump.

This morning my good friend **** Valenzuela came by and we moved my mill into final position. Working together with some lengths of steel pipe and a pinch bar we were able to walk it about 40' in 1' steps. It took us about an hour and 15 minutes.


Shop Remodel 45 by Bib Overalls, on Flickr

Tomorrow I will position the lathe, belt sander and drill press. Then I will spot the outlets and run a 220 and a 110 circuit in face mounted conduit.

The white and gray painted walls will have a dividing band made out of 1/4" luan plywood painted dark gray. Masking tape does not work very well on OSB. The paint bleeds under.

Eventually all four interior walls will receive the same treatment. But for now, I need to get everything properly sorted and turn my attention back to my first love; building hot rods.
 
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Bob C

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She's comming along real nice. That isn't rust on your mill is it?
 
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Bib Overalls

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My mill was abused in an earlier life and the table is pitted. It does not look rusty in person but somehow the camera caught that color. Now that it is in it's final position I need to give some attention to the flaking paint and years if caked on crud around the base. It also needs a general going over and tightening up. If it was in really good condition it would have sold for more than I can afford.
 

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You must have an excellent camera as I blew that pic up to 2048 and could see all the details on your mill. By the way you missed a spot of paint on your grey wall. lol Camera doesnt lie. ;)
 
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I have a Nikon D3000 SLR. I bought it shortly after Nikon replaced it with an upgraded and more expensive model. It has a lot of features that I am still trying to master. The picture I posted was taken with the camera set to "Auto". I also did an "Auto Adjust" at Pic Monkey to refine the color before I posted the photo to Flickr. 99% of the time that produces a superior photo without a lot of editing.
 
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