So I am I think where I want to be tools and equipment wise, but the space is not cooperating so much, especially with some of the newer / larger tools. So the thought process now is, for lack of a better idea...
-1 Get a 10x12 shed with 7' sidewalls in the back yard so I can move camping gear and lawn and garden into the shed.
-2 Purge out junk, abandoned projects. My wife wanted me to rebuild a rustic cooler stand. I have zero interest in this and it sucks up space. She wanted me to rebuild a wooden bucket fountain that I have no interest in doing etc... There are about 5 of these various things in the shop that need to go. Leaving me with 2 basic get them done and out of the shop projects.
-3 Finish the get them done projects. One is simple, pick the right rot resistant and strong wood to build new slats for, clean / de-rust the cast iron ends, enamel primer and POR-15 paint the cast iron bench ends and then re-assembly with stainless steel hardware of the garden bench I may try to integrate her photo into this somehow and use it as a memorial bench and set planters full of her favorite flowers in front of it...
-4 Build a steamer trunk / keepsake chest for her items that I need to make space for but want to keep.
-5 Empty out my lumber racks and my sheet goods area. They are in need or reorganizing anyway.Set anything too small, warped, or cracked to be worth using, save for camp fire firewood. Cut it down to size and pack it up in boxes to go...
-6. Insulate remaining wall, Remove 5" vents from front wall of garage, patch siding, paint, and use a couple of cans of expanding foam to insulate, then close up the sheet rock.
-7 Install mini split heat pump.
-8 Put my lumber back on the racks, organized this time.
Assuming now I have a cool, comfortable and relatively uncluttered workspace. First things first.
-1 Build a new flip top stand to house the jointer and planer. The new 10" jointer is too wide.
-2 Build a rolling drill press cabinet from some old Wood Magazine plans I have laying around (in pdf format of course). I need to find the USB stick and send it in to be loaded with the updates! Install the drill press on it, and load it up, Roll this to between the garage doors
-3 I should have mentioned, my rolling clamp rack has to move to the far side of the shop, closer to the table saw and bench, further from the lathe and flip stands to make room for the new larger flip stand.
-4 Re-work the miter saw dust hood. I know what I need to do, I just need to do it... This will likely be plywood cutoffs for the most part, but I liked the idea of the clear vinyl sheeting in the front, my local ACE Hardware used to carry that stuff, will have to look...
-5 remove the ABS 5x5x5 wyes from my ducting, replace with steel ones, replace ABS 5x4 reducers with steel. Last run after the turn to the miter saw hood is going to need to go 5x4x2.5 to accomplish what I THINK I need to accomplish...
-6 Build and install a base cabinet / storage cabinet for the BT3100. Needs to act as a mobile base, AND house ALL Of my routing and table saw accessories, and allow for an enclosure of the router.
-7 Rework the wide table top moving the router hole, and miter slot closer to the edge. WAY too much wasted space here, and it encroaches into potential storage...
-8 Build a Lathe mobile base / storage / ballast cabinet for under the lathe.
-9 Re-design and build a new sharpening station to utilize both the bench grinder / Wolverine setup, AND the Wen low speed sharpener rig.
Step 1 of the prep is in progress. Actively seeking out a contractor to build a shed on site that isn't stupid expensive... I have some possibilities, and it has to wait as I need to relieve the back yard of a crepe myrtle that is in the way...
-1 Get a 10x12 shed with 7' sidewalls in the back yard so I can move camping gear and lawn and garden into the shed.
-2 Purge out junk, abandoned projects. My wife wanted me to rebuild a rustic cooler stand. I have zero interest in this and it sucks up space. She wanted me to rebuild a wooden bucket fountain that I have no interest in doing etc... There are about 5 of these various things in the shop that need to go. Leaving me with 2 basic get them done and out of the shop projects.
-3 Finish the get them done projects. One is simple, pick the right rot resistant and strong wood to build new slats for, clean / de-rust the cast iron ends, enamel primer and POR-15 paint the cast iron bench ends and then re-assembly with stainless steel hardware of the garden bench I may try to integrate her photo into this somehow and use it as a memorial bench and set planters full of her favorite flowers in front of it...
-4 Build a steamer trunk / keepsake chest for her items that I need to make space for but want to keep.
-5 Empty out my lumber racks and my sheet goods area. They are in need or reorganizing anyway.Set anything too small, warped, or cracked to be worth using, save for camp fire firewood. Cut it down to size and pack it up in boxes to go...
-6. Insulate remaining wall, Remove 5" vents from front wall of garage, patch siding, paint, and use a couple of cans of expanding foam to insulate, then close up the sheet rock.
-7 Install mini split heat pump.
-8 Put my lumber back on the racks, organized this time.
Assuming now I have a cool, comfortable and relatively uncluttered workspace. First things first.
-1 Build a new flip top stand to house the jointer and planer. The new 10" jointer is too wide.
-2 Build a rolling drill press cabinet from some old Wood Magazine plans I have laying around (in pdf format of course). I need to find the USB stick and send it in to be loaded with the updates! Install the drill press on it, and load it up, Roll this to between the garage doors
-3 I should have mentioned, my rolling clamp rack has to move to the far side of the shop, closer to the table saw and bench, further from the lathe and flip stands to make room for the new larger flip stand.
-4 Re-work the miter saw dust hood. I know what I need to do, I just need to do it... This will likely be plywood cutoffs for the most part, but I liked the idea of the clear vinyl sheeting in the front, my local ACE Hardware used to carry that stuff, will have to look...
-5 remove the ABS 5x5x5 wyes from my ducting, replace with steel ones, replace ABS 5x4 reducers with steel. Last run after the turn to the miter saw hood is going to need to go 5x4x2.5 to accomplish what I THINK I need to accomplish...
-6 Build and install a base cabinet / storage cabinet for the BT3100. Needs to act as a mobile base, AND house ALL Of my routing and table saw accessories, and allow for an enclosure of the router.
-7 Rework the wide table top moving the router hole, and miter slot closer to the edge. WAY too much wasted space here, and it encroaches into potential storage...
-8 Build a Lathe mobile base / storage / ballast cabinet for under the lathe.
-9 Re-design and build a new sharpening station to utilize both the bench grinder / Wolverine setup, AND the Wen low speed sharpener rig.
Step 1 of the prep is in progress. Actively seeking out a contractor to build a shed on site that isn't stupid expensive... I have some possibilities, and it has to wait as I need to relieve the back yard of a crepe myrtle that is in the way...
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