New Shop 95% Complete

[DWSmith]

Started moving on 10/15 and took the last load on 10/26. I thought it would never end. As I moved things in, I tried to set things up as I went along but ran out of time. Oneida was a little slow in sending out DC parts so that slowed me up a little more but the last pieces arrived yesterday and I now have a working DC again.

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One good point about the new location, the DC is in a separate room and the noise level has been lessened dramatically. I can still roll

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the dust barrel out to the dumpster but it is a little farther than what I had before.

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I still need to square the saw and get it leveled.

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As it stands I am about 95% complete with just a few minor tweaks and changes that have to be made before I am fully set up. But I can get back to work now and handle the remaining details as I can get to them

 

[Bryan S]

Excellent progress. :eusa_danc I know you have to be ready to get back to making dust, which in your case means making some cash too. Your helper looks ready to get settled in too.

 

[MarkE]

Nice looking space.

The setup looks about the same as the old shop, just a little cleaner. Shorter ceiling height as well.

 

[pviser]

Great set-up. The air ducts are neat and tidy. Lots of space. I know that you will enjoy it.

 

[Bas]

Looks great! Of course, a shop NEVER moves beyond 95% complete. There is always something to change.

 

[JimmyC]

Looks great! Of course, a shop NEVER moves beyond 95% complete. There is always something to change.

:rotflm: Ha ! I bet that most don't get past 80% complete, at least in the owners mind.

 

[Bill Clemmons]

Looking great David. That lower ceiling should make it easier to heat, and I love that floor. I think I see a shop crawl in your future. :gar-Bi

Bill

 

[DWSmith]

Bill,

At one time this building housed a sewing shop that made pillows. The wood floor has been soaked with sewing machine oil and has a nice patina from the oil and years of dirt. The cracks and seams make it virtually impossible to sweep so I have made a connection to the DC for a vacuum hose. Every once in a while I spot a shiny object in the cracks which always turns out to be a sewing machine spacer.

The lower ceilings will make a difference in the heating and I can already tell a huge difference so far with how little the heater has to run and how warm the shop seems to stay. For the first five days here I had no heat but the shop was tolerable. I may add a kerosene heater later on because I know what kind of bills Piedmont Natural Gas can deliver.

One other benefit, I have three phase power available so I can start shopping for bigger and more powerful equipment. Had I known of this move earlier, I would have ordered the DC in three phase since there was a three phase outlet where it now lives that had to be altered to single phase.

Shop crawl or not, I will always welcome visitors from the NCWW.

 

[ScottM]

Great looking shop. Looks even better then the last one. Sometimes things happen for a reason.

 

[Jim M.]

Nice shop David, looks like you have years of enjoyment ahead. Jim

 

[eyekode]

Wow that does look 95% done! Wish mine did . Glad you got a shop back!
Salem

 

[BWSmith]

Looking good!BW

 

[bwat]

Looks great, and fast transition too!:icon_thum

 

[DWSmith]

Looks great, and fast transition too!:icon_thum

Fast? Thank you! In the last 20 days I have had two afternoons off and the days were 7 am to sometimes 7pm with the set=up. As anyone knows who has set up a shop, the work never seems to end and there is always something else to do. I still have a ways to go but the bulk of the work is behind me. The one thing I really want to completre in the DirecTV dish set up. I miss the music.

Today is a forced day off and I plan to make the best of it by doing nothing. Except watch some football, go Clemson, eat and play on the computer. I can't get Road Runner 4G service in the shop and Time-Warners 3G is pitifully slow so I am trying out Verizons 4G LTE to see if it is any better. I will know Monday when I get back to the shop for a try out.

 

[arnie]

Looks Great and i envy you the room you have.:icon_cheers