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Old 11-24-2020, 03:09 PM
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It has been a long haul with the building and shoulder restoration's. Hope you can start to have some quality car time in there ASAP
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Old 10-26-2022, 02:20 AM
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Been a long time since I updated this. Almost TWO FREAKIN YEARS!!!!

I really am still working on this shop. My museum project is taking about 20 hours a week for BOTH me and Sherri, so time is tight. See: publishingmuseum.org.

Last spring I built four little rooms on the warehouse side; small utility room for my water heater, a bathroom, kitchenette, and finally a broom closet.

I don’t even remember if I posted this, but I put in a non load bearing wall between the warehouse side and the shop side. Split almost evenly; 2700 feet each side. The warehouse side will get “smaller” as my son and his wife are taking about 800 feet creating a small wood working shop. It will be pretty well equipped with table saw, compound miter saw, band saw, lathe, spindle sander, scroll saw and two dust extraction units. I have plenty of spare breakers on the HUGE breaker box that a good friend GAVE me. I checked the price on line, and it would have cost me close to $3k. It was left over from a huge commercial job he handled (casino). He was retiring and said he would never use it.

Took me over a year to convince OG&E to provide 400 amp service with 3 phase, but finally got there. The four wires coming into the breaker box are each 1 inch in diameter.

Hired a great guy to do all my electrical, as I had to have a licensed electrician pull the permit. Took him 6 hours to get those wires pulled in and turn a 180 to get them to the top of the box.

He and I worked about 8 weekends getting power everywhere we needed.

Had to run city water. Someone at the City must like me, as they didn’t even charge me to set a meter!!!!

Pics are of the four little rooms. They look better now. Kitchenette has a beer fridge and a micorwave. Had a leftover piece of granite that I cut myself with a gas powered concrete saw. My son was giving me grief for using granite in a warehouse. I told him it was free; if he could get me a formica counter top cut to size for the same price, I would forego the granite.

More to come. Really getting close, so need to post some more updates of this adventure before I am ready for a grand opening.

Threw in a picture of one of the dated nails from the RR ties on the West side of the shop.
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Old 10-26-2022, 02:34 AM
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Remember the saga of the well, then the man hole cover?

Well, I still had some water intrusion issues as a result of the parking lot to the South sloping toward my shop. When it rained hard the water would rush in under the seal of the garage door.

I wish I had take a couple of before pics showing how I formed out a drainage system. But, you can see from these pics how the forms were down in the ground, with wood blocks place down the middle to hold the forms out (so the weight of the concrete wouldn’t push the forms in.

Sadly, non of the ready mix places would deliver concrete to anyone without a commercial account for about a year. So, I bought 62 80 pound bags and mixed it one bag at a time in a wheel barrow. Got it done in one afternoon.

This trough runs into a pipe that runs out the same wall as the sub floor drain. Yep, that means another trip to the rental place to get a 6 inch core bit and giant drill with water cooling. Drilled another six inch hole in that 13 inch thick retaining wall. I am getting too old for this chit.

I did clean up the edge with a concrete saw and spread a little gravel there.

But, no more water issues (well, a little, but new gutters on the South side cured that).
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Lynn, always enjoy the updates on your shop. A labor of love for sure.
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The drain grate looks great !! That was a lot of work for a guy your age...

I'll say to you what I often hear..."you do a lot of work people half your age can't/wont do".
Must be the era we come from with the same work ethic...
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When I was a kid, mom used to make me sit still for punishment. I still hate sitting still. Probably why I never go fishing. I have two brothers that sail a LOT. After about 3 minutes on a sail boat, I am ready to head back to shore. Boring.
Sherri and I both put in a 35 – 40 hour week in the law practice and financial advisor practice. We are spending about 20 hours a week on the Museum, although now that the fundraiser is behind us, that is slowing down a bit… until the next cycle comes around. I have already drafted fundraising documents for next year’s event October 12, 2023. We set aside minimum of 10 hours a week for family.
On a good week, I can put in 25 plus hours on the workshop, depending on how much of the weekend I can devote to it. Typically, I am spending about 80 hours a week working on SOMETHING.
Personally, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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When I was a kid, mom used to make me sit still for punishment. I still hate sitting still. Probably why I never go fishing. I have two brothers that sail a LOT. After about 3 minutes on a sail boat, I am ready to head back to shore. Boring.
Sherri and I both put in a 35 – 40 hour week in the law practice and financial advisor practice. We are spending about 20 hours a week on the Museum, although now that the fundraiser is behind us, that is slowing down a bit… until the next cycle comes around. I have already drafted fundraising documents for next year’s event October 12, 2023. We set aside minimum of 10 hours a week for family.
On a good week, I can put in 25 plus hours on the workshop, depending on how much of the weekend I can devote to it. Typically, I am spending about 80 hours a week working on SOMETHING.
Personally, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
My 92 year old mother, who still drives, says you have to keep moving to have longevity. She still has things scheduled for each day and is sharp as a tac. Sometimes there isn't enough time in the day....... GOT TO KEEP ON KEEPIN ON!!
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Looking great Lynn!
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After getting those rooms ready, I got the North wall in the warehouse side insulated and drywalled. Then my son came over and helped me drywall the dividing wall. We used 12 foot sheets, so it went up pretty quick. We were done in less than three hours. Good thing, as we had to be at his military retirement ceremony that Sat. afternoon.
I swear it took 10 times as long to drywall those four tiny rooms, just because of all the cuts, and small pieces.
Sorry if these pics end up sideways. Every time I download pics from my phone, then flip them on the computer, they flip again when posting on line. If these come out OK, then I will know to just leave them flipped 90 degrees on the computer. I am a bit tech challenged these days.
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3 out of 4. Don't know why the 4th one flipped.
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