Naked in the shop

Wait!  That didn't come out right.  How about "In the naked shop"?

The shop is officially ready to be electrified.  All of the insulation is gone thanks to the help of a family that is finishing off their garage.  They are making use of much of the plywood that came off the walls and all of the insulation.  Just a little cleanup of screws and staples.

Time to arrange the electricians.

I'm busy trying to figure out which heater to get.  I have questions out to my insurance guy and a list ready for my electricians.

Google SketchUp images

I've been playing with Google's SketchUp 3D program and finding it to be pretty cool.  The program is free from Google so if you want to wander through the shop in 3D, download the application and go for it.

Here are some ShopShots of what the shop might look like.  Any ideas or suggestions are welcome.  The tools show are ones that are available and do not reflect the actual brands I necessarily plan to use.

Insulation

Some of the insulations comes out tomorrow.  A guy that took some of the plywood is coming to get it.  Most of the staples are out and ready for him to pick it up.

I'm working on a Google Sketch-up plan of the shop.  I will post it when I get it done.

We are spending the day today cutting firewood.  Should be a lot of fun.

Sidenote - Garden harvest

It was time to cut the stuff out of the garden.  We only had a few sunflowers and wierd gourds.

Here's the two largest sunflower heads. 

Here are a couple of the gourds.

The birds got to some of the seeds before I did.  It looks like they hung from the side to pick the seeds then used the back of the head as a dish.

After a whole day on the ladder yesterday, my feet and knees were shot so I didn't get out there today.  The guy that took the plywood may take some of the insulation too.  We found out that we can take a pickup truck load full once a week to our dump and have the garbage guys take three bags every Thursday.

Even better than a night in the shop

 A ton got accomplished today.  All of the plywood is down and gone.  A CraigsList posting took care of all the plywood, lights, and the workbench.  Most of the insulation in the ceiling is down and its time to start the walls.

I got some great help from Nathan today.  Nathan is the son of co-worker.  He was a huge help and a pleasure to work with.  The plywood would not all be down if it wasn't for his help.

Any night in the shop is a good night

We got the last of the crap out of the shop so now it's time to work again.  I have a friend coming over to help for the day so am optimistic that we will get a lot done.  Maybe even get a quote from an electrician next week.

I also have 3 people coming over tomorrow to take the plywood off my hands.  I took out two large pieces to keep as a work table out there but other than that it's up for grabs. It looks like the plywood was shipping crates in a previous life.

Movin' Out

So I'm moving the 'stuff' out of the shop so I can take down the rest of the plywood and insulation.  The plywood is on CraigsList so we will see what responses we get.  It's all there for free to whoever comes to get it.  The last of the stuff should be out tomorrow night.  On Saturday a co-worker's son is coming over to help out for part of the day.  It should be fun and productive.

We decided to replace the insulation instead of dealing with trying to keep it in good enough shape to put back up..  Seeking someone to use it or a way to get rid of it.