12-30-2011 06:09 AM
by Dan Lyke |
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It’s been 28 days since I last updated here. It feels like the home stretch, but I know it’s not yet. However, I did get enough materials out of the driveway today that we should be able to park there tomorrow!
Since the last update, we have:
Put the firebreak sheetrock on the outside of the sheathing, and wrapped the building.
Got most of the siding on.
Hung the preliminary door.
Had the rough electrical inspected.
Got help from some houseguests, that included get...
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09-25-2011 11:59 PM
by Dan Lyke |
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About two months ago, with engineering stats in hand, I decided to jump the permitting process and start digging. That weekend I jumped on a shovel to get it into the hard ground, slipped, toppled over, and drove the handle of a wheelbarrow into my rib, resulting in an emergency room visit.
So, it’s been almost two months. In that time I’ve got the rest of the engineering packet together, and this weekend I decided to see if my rib had healed up enough to finish the diggi...
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10-31-2011 07:45 PM
by Dan Lyke |
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Haven’t posted here for a while, but things are starting to come together.
In August, I started digging out the foundation for my shop. Although the dirt underneath the slab that I cut out was actually quite workable, the clay underneath the lawn portion of my potential shop was rock hard, and while jumping on a shovel I managed to slip and topple into a wheelbarrow handle, resulting in a broken rib and an emergency room visit.
Word to the wise: Should you find yourself with a bro...
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04-14-2017 12:48 AM
by woodify |
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I built these two storage shelving units for my basement. They were super easy to build. View on YouTube
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04-07-2014 01:45 PM
by reedwood |
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I received a post from Fine Woodworking on Facebook the other day about a survey they were doing about small shops.
The survey asked the following questions and I thought it would be fun to post my reply here at Refurbers.
Reed’s 24×28 Wood shop
My 3×4 ft. oak tool box is over 20 yrs. old and has outlasted 4 work vans.It has 2 dovetailed drawers that are 3 ft. deep with dividers for hand tools, and dividers inside for nail guns, hand saws, blades, sand pa...
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05-30-2012 04:50 PM
by Dan Lyke |
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It’s been a while since my last update here, but work hasn’t stopped that much. I did get employed, which sucks, but you know, cash flow and all that.
Anyway, I was kinda stalled out so I called in a “final” inspection on my two permits on the shop, got sign-off on the electrical, and 3 things left on the main permit: They wanted to see the eaves painted, a landing for the door, and the soil on the roof. I need all those things done anyway, but getting a good clean ...
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06-06-2012 05:57 PM
by Dan Lyke |
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And, of course, I confused cubic feet with square feet and half-ordered my dirt, but 6 tons of dirt later, We slapped some strawberry plants we had from moving a few other things around the yard up on the roof, and then Yesterday afternoon I went and bought a couple of sedums and strawberries and put ‘em in up there:
Another coat of paint on the eaves and I’ve done everything necessary for my final inspection, then I need to run some hose up there for drip irrigation and...
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01-16-2012 08:53 PM
by Dan Lyke |
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Back on January 2nd, Jake came over to help me run wallboard screws. Then he got bored with wallboard screws and ran a few lag screws. Then he got bored with that and played with other stuff, but I think he had fun and I made some progress:
Then I dug the electrical trench and ran #4 wire from the house panel,encased in schedule 80 PVC conduit, to the shop panel. It was atremendously cool feeling to flick the switch and see the shop comealive.
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Then my Dad came to visit, and w...
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11-21-2012 06:40 PM
by reedwood |
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Growing up in the hill country of Austin Texas, I was the oldest of five kids. I had two sisters, two little brothers, and my dog, Fred.
By the time I was 15 years old, I remember how important personal space was to me.
So, I decided to tear down the old chicken shack behind our house in the country and build a woodshop, mostly out of scrap wood. It wasn’t that big; maybe 10×16 with a storage shed off the back.
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.The best part was the 10×10 second floor lo...
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01-11-2012 03:51 AM
by Dan Lyke |
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Just gotta post this! My shop, with the lights on powered by the breakers through the panels:
And the trench which contains the conduit and #4 wire that feeds it:
Electrical and drywall inspections, and the installation of the heat pump, tomorrow.
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