March of 2005 plans were started for construction of the shop.
This old shop was 1,200 squire feet and running out of room.
There was room to do the mill work, but not enough
room to assemble the projects.
There was even very little room for lumber storage.
I even had to share the shop with lawn tractor storage.
The completion of the concrete slab in April of 2005 was a welcome sight.
May and June brought the completiom of the shop structure.
After all the electrical, heating and plumbing was completed the shop
was ready for drywall. There was no other place to store the equipment but in the new shop,
so everything was covered in plastic to protect from the drywall mud splatters and sanding dust.
2,400 squire feet of floor space needs a great deal of wall board for the walls and ceiling
with a great deal of joint mud. Even though the drywallers did a good job, they created a hard
job of cleaning the floor. This cleaning took almost a full week of scraping and mopping.
Once all the painting and electrical work was completed, the next step
was to place the machines. After a great deal of thought and
moving the machines back and forth, I finely placed the machines
where I thought they would work best for the work flow.
Next was the assembling of the machines as well as hookup to the power and dust collection.
The last task to complete is the setup of the finishing area. The spray equipment took
some time because it seems there is no one in this area that has the spray
equipment needed so everything you see was shipped to me. The spray booth is still being built
and the explosion proof exhaust fan is something that has to be shipped as well.
I hope to complete everything by the end of 2008. Once everything is completed with the finishing
area, I will replace some spray equipment such as the 1qt. siphon spray gun with the better gravity feed HVLP spray gun.
The Binks pressure pot will stay, but a 2qt. Binks pressure pot will be added.
It seems like it has taken forever to get to this point, but so far I am happy with the results.
Like everything else, this is an evolution and things will get changed over and over.
Over the years I have enjoyed woodworking as a part time job. Now that I am retired
at age 55 from my full time job of 35 years as a business telephone service tech for Verizon,
I am ready for a long and full time job of woodworking enjoyment.
This new shop will keep me busy and out of my wife's hair for a long time into the future.
