01 February, 2014

Not much shop time, and a failed idea...

I had a little bit of shop time today, not a whole lot, but some.... In the meager moments I spent there I got some useful things done, and I discovered what I thought was going to be a good idea turn into a what was I thinking moment...

The not glamorous but productive time I spent was finishing the sanding to the drywall and caulking the gap between door trim and wallboard.Once the caulk sets up I should be ready to finish painting those two areas, and be done with that...

The failure, and it was a good idea at the time, was to use a Bicycle hanger hoist to pull my 6' ladder up to the ceiling and hang it tight. This was an utter, and complete failure. It hangs there, about 6" from the sheet rock, with the hooks dangling by the rails for the door. It was a good idea, but I failed to take into account the length of pulleys and hooks...
Not tight enough to the drywall. 

So I took a suggestion from a fellow member of Lumberjocks and utilized a simple pulley and eye bolt system using on hand materials, and whacked this thing together in literally 5 minutes. I simply pulley the top into place, run the rope across the bottom, fish it through the eye bolt pull it tight and tie it off to the ladder...
Not the most elegant solution, but it should work!

Tomorrow I have paint on the walls that have recently been worked, and insulation in the between garage doors wall to install. The insulation is going to be spray in expanding foam. That stuff takes 24 hours to cure, so I won't be able to even think about starting with the drywall until Monday after work... A little bit of remaining cleanup, organizing totes, reinstalling dust collection ducting and making the connections and I am DONE... At least with this phase of the remodel.

My next phase will involve taking the miter saw bench apart, fixing some design flaws, and using a LOT more glue in reassembly. And build the dust hood, finish up the drawers. And lastly pull everything off the non powered wall, patch the drywall, cut the holes for blow in insulation and do just that, blow in the insulation, patch, paint, re-hang what needs to be hung, and God willing put the non shop stuff in a yet to be built shed...

Once the DC ducting is back up, I should be able to start working non shop projects. While I have a lot of shop projects to do mind you, I NEED to get some house projects done. God willing I will be able to master building raised panel doors and drawer fronts, because my kitchen needs a face lift!

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