What did you do in your shop today?

kweinert said:
The issue is that they're tongue and groove. And very heavy. So trying to hold them in the right place and get everything lined up so they'd slide together was a bit difficult.

At least for me :)
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Aha...that's why the seams don't line up to the studs.

If you have more to do, screw two or three blocks, horizontally over the groove side over hanging the edge by about 2 or 3 inches. (Into the stud at an angle, but not so tight that it's hard to slide the next panel into place, and away from the groove enough to not be in the way of the tongue part.) that helps line the tongue part up into the groove. slide into place. shims and either a crowbar or a drywall lifter helps to raise up the panel and is easy to use with your foot.
 
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Schroedc said:
Got some bamboo cutting boards shaped and ready to engrave, made 100 soap savers. Was going to get more done but right now I'm at the hospital with my mother, her BP is 201/117. I don't think a high score is good with that one.....
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How's momba doing Colin?
 
ripjack13 said:
Aha...that's why the seams don't line up to the studs.
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Well, that and I mis-measured (or cut) when I put the first piece up next to the door. In my mind it was supposed to line up with the stud but I screwed something up somewhere. For a wall it'll be fine. For a floor I probably would have cut a new piece. Purely by coincidence the piece I cut off the first panel was exactly the right size to fill the gap on the left hand side.

ripjack13 said:
If you have more to do, screw two or three blocks, horizontally over the groove side over hanging the edge by about 2 or 3 inches. (Into the stud at an angle, but not so tight that it's hard to slide the next panel into place, and away from the groove enough to not be in the way of the tongue part.) that helps line the tongue part up into the groove. slide into place. shims and either a crowbar or a drywall lifter helps to raise up the panel and is easy to use with your foot.
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I sort of did that. I had a couple of pry bars stuck between the panel and the stud to push the tongue out some but those panels are heavy and I was unable to hold the panel in place, line up the tongue and groove, and put in a screw to hold it together. Adding the strap did the holding in place part and let me do the other bits. Get it lined up, give the ratchet a click or three and then throw in the first couple of screws.

Since the garage floor slopes I did use a pry bar and a 2x4 to keep the panels even. Now I'll throw in some filler pieces and seal it from the back side with expanding foam. The whole point of the wall is a) to hang things on and b) to keep as much dust as possible off my wife's car which sits in the single stall on the other side of that wall. Thus the foam to seal up cracks and around the fixtures.

I know you can't keep all the dust off but she'd really prefer not to repeat her Pigpen (from Charlie Brown) impersonation. One day when she left for work after I had used the chop saw she left a large cloud of sawdust behind her as she headed down the road. I thought it amusing, she was embarrassed. So I'm doing as much as I can to minimize dust on her side.

I do still do some panel cutting on her side but I always sweep up when I'm done.
 
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Schroedc said:
Good, They put her on a Nitro drip, got it back down, made sure no heart attack. They're going to get her back on BP meds and keep on top of it. They let her out the next morning.
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Good to hear! Tony
 
The wife and I headed west last thursday to spend Friday-Saturday with the oldest and her family, in particular the first grandson on his 5th birthday. Was a good weekend. While we were there one of the older members of our congregation passed away. Funeral was Monday morning. Needless to say we were busy busy Sunday and Monday. Tuesday we spent 11 hours on the road when we took a popup camper I had done some repair work on back to my little brother in Dallas. The plan was for us to drive that direction and he would head this way and we'd meet some where in between. The in between ended up being about 15 miles south of Dallas when I called him and told him I was not pulling that thing in rush hour traffic in Dallas, TX. So we stopped at a truck stop just north of Waxahatche, TX and waited. We got home 11:30 Tuesday night. WE left here at noon:30 that day. Yesterday and today we spent working on small items for our oldest to put in a craft sale / show in San Angelo. I turned several more pens and finished sanding 10 sets of 4 playing card holders and then rubbed them with linseed oil and left out in the sun to dry. Some where in all that time the belt on my Delta Table saw crapped out and I had to order another one. Had hoped for Friday delivery. But I don't think that's going to happen. Henry, my logging partner and friend and I have also sat down and planned / drawn up plans for a saw mill. It will be very similar to the Woodland Mills HM130 but with a larger 36" cutting capacity between the guides. I"m tired of waiting around for the old gentleman to make time for us to use his saw to cut both his logs and ours and I figure once we get the powerhead parts together we can have this thing built in a week or so. I'm going to cut wood this summer if I have to use a hacksaw to do it!!! LOL! Because some of the trees we have yet to fell are well over 36" in diameter we are also drawing up plans for a dedicated chainsaw blade slabber using a 18 hp lawnmower engine I just happen to have laying around. The only thing we'll need more to tackle that project is the bar, chain and sprockets. I think I've got most of the other stuff including metal close at hand. WE shall see. And with all of that said, I forgot I was so close to the top of the Pen Swap list and the guys participating in that have been waiting the last 3 or 4 days for me to make an appearance this week so that little shindig could get back on track. So now, I've sent my address to whatshisname and I await the arrival of the box to my little house on wheels in the woods and have an ample supply of one of a kind crosscut pressboard burl and pecky plywood to send on the the next fellow, all in a various assortment of colors and sizes. Shalom! (That means: "Peace Out" to all you hippie types, crotchety old farts, misplaced islanders and otherwise less than couth Mississippians. Did I leave anybody out?) Good night Gentlemen! Sleep well. Remember the Alamo!!!!
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Necessity is the mother of all invention. I cant tell you how many times i made something to get a job or task done. I learned a long time ago not to count on anyone and just do things myself. That might seem a little harsh but then again no one lets me down that way, its just how I have come to do things. Dissapointment usually is derived from expectations not being met, if you dont expect anything from people then you are never dissapointed. That's why I started chainsaw milling, I had a need, then found that I enjoyed it. I have entertained the idea of building a band mill many times, but I don't have a place to store it, so it will just stay an idea. Besides I have way to many projects on my plate as it is. But i will enjoy watching you build yours! Be sure to start a thread on it for all to watch and enjoy.
 
woodtickgreg said:
Necessity is the mother of all invention. I cant tell you how many times i made something to get a job or task done. I learned a long time ago not to count on anyone and just do things myself. That might seem a little harsh but then again no one lets me down that way, its just how I have come to do things. Dissapointment usually is derived from expectations not being met, if you dont expect anything from people then you are never dissapointed. That's why I started chainsaw milling, I had a need, then found that I enjoyed it. I have entertained the idea of building a band mill many times, but I don't have a place to store it, so it will just stay an idea. Besides I have way to many projects on my plate as it is. But i will enjoy watching you build yours! Be sure to start a thread on it for all to watch and enjoy.
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I have had similar thoughts about the subject and have reasoned through them. Knowing that I oft times disappoint folks too makes it even more of an issue for me. So though I went through a stage in life that I did similar things and tried not to expect anything from others at the least and expect the worst so I would be prepared I switched back. It's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. Though sometimes it seems that way. So I still expect the best from folks, prepare for the worst. I wasn't surprised by the fact that we are still waiting. I was waiting before we got the offer. So.... But anyway. It is what it is. And it will happen. Most likely not in my time frame but it will happen. As far as the building of the band mill I'll certainly do my best to keep a running photo op of the process.

One of the things a welder needs when running a good shop is a good helper. My wife does a pretty decent job of keeping up with me. But she can't really run the cutting torch and so I find myself cutting and welding when there are pieces that can't be cut on the bandsaw or chop saw. When Henry came on the scene he has some pretty good welding and cutting skills but his cutting skills exceed his welding skills and so we've made him the "official" cutting torch operator. Said that to say this, I can keep up with and actually stay ahead of my wife when it comes to welding the parts to a job. But I have to keep my head down trying to keep up with two helpers, especially when one can cut with a torch. LOL. IE they run me ragged. So keeping a running tab on the process will be a hit and or miss thing. But I'll try.

Henry had a need for a trailer to haul his two motorcycles on. He told me a week or so back that he had the metal but needed to use my torch to cut. That's his way of saying he needed to cut while I weld. We built 95% of that trailer in less than 8 hours. I was amazed and exhausted. The rest of the build, all the little details, took a little longer. But that was the fastest I ever built a single axle trailer.

Anyway, I'll do what I can to post a running tutorial of the builds. We've got the blueprints drawn up and the materials lists. And we've got the metal for most of it. Now we just need a couple or three days to build.
 
I didn't turn a single thing in my shop the last two days. Yesterday was spent cleaning and organizing the shop and showroom because today started the annual bluff country studio art tour. All day long had people in and out of the shop and lots of them bought stuff. Should be a good crowd this weekend if the weather cooperates.
 
Clay3063 said:
. Shalom! (That means: "Peace Out" to all you hippie types, crotchety old farts, misplaced islanders and otherwise less than couth Mississippians. Did I leave anybody out?) Good night Gentlemen! Sleep well. Remember the Alamo!!!!
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You forgot us damn yankees....
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Wildthings said:
What I did in my shop today was put the finishing touches on my competition piece - a Cinnamon Teal drake standing on a old turtle shell in the mud. We'll see how it does! I'm thinking a low to mid 2nd place. Not real please with the total outcome. No pictures of it yet
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Finishing up at the convention tonight and saw some serious awesome mounts. Pleased with my outcome and the judges remarks. My bird took a 85 which is a mid 2nd place just like I called it LOL more pics to come

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