A few big weeks

Wow.  I didn't realize it had been more than 2 months since I posted.

So here's the short version.  I got a lot done in November but spent most of December not being able to climb a ladder or stand on the cement to get anything done.  The push to get the electrical installed the first week of December did a job on my knees so I spent December on ice and meds.  It's okay though.  I don't think we were home a single weekend all month.

Well, the lights and and ceiling fans are hung and operating.  The lighting in the shop is fantastic.  No shadows or dead spots.

 

Today I declared the walls ready for primer and paint.  This is a good thing since I am really rather sick of plaster and dust.  The paint colors have been picked.  The upper portion of the walls will be Raffia Cream and the wainscoting will a beadboard plywood painted New Chestnut.  I hope to complete the wall prep and paint the walls on the Martin Luther King long weekend.

 

Many of the tools are in the shop.  They just haven't been unpacked or assembled.

Another major accomplishment happened this weekend with wonderful help from the Krieger clan (Regan, Danae, and Renata) and Barb.  I have years and years of woodworking magazines I have collected.  Thus far, they have been in cardboard boxes that were heavy and not very functional for a library.  I finally found some plastic bins to store everything so we spent New Year's day watching football and sorting and putting all the mags in order.  I think I could actually find something now.

 

So what's a shop blog without a discussion of tools.  Santa's elves were very busy bringing quality toys and I must have been a very good boy.  It started with a Dewalt planer and mobile stand arriving in early December.  January will start with the delivery of a Jet jointer this week.  These two tools will be invaluable as they allow me to buy rough cut wood or helping me process the wood off my own property.  Either way, it will help save money.  The final tool should arrive in the next week or so.  The Jet spindle sander will make quick work of sanding curves and making templates.