2011-01-21 – Quick Update
I just wanted to give everyone a quick update. I have had some computer problems over the last few weeks and have not been able to publish any articles or work on my current design. I have also started a new day job, which has kept me a bit preoccupied. The computer is fixed now, and I am working on the next article in the ‘Corner Entertainment Center‘ series. I should have it out in a few days.
After that, I will continue the Workshop design series as well. I ran into a bit of a snag with that design; I have to start the design completely over. I no longer have access to that particular CAD system that I was designing it on, or even the CAD files for that matter. That is a really long story that I am not going to get into here. Once I get the design in Alibre back up to where I was before, then I will continue the article series.
Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know what was going on.
Weekend Update
I actually managed to accomplish a few things this weekend in the shop. The temperature outside was around 30 degrees Fahrenheit so I was able to get the shop up to about 60 degrees. I cleaned up most of the shop except for the lathe area and the lumber storage area. I don’t know if I will ever get the lumber area organized to my satisfaction unless I start burning some of my scraps.
I even did a little woodworking. Just a little. I made a couple more clamp racks and attached them to the wall. Many of my clamps have been laying on bench tops or just clamped to the sides of a bench, so the additional racks will really help in staying organized. I did not get back to the mission style lamps that I wanted to work on, but hopefully I will soon.
Seasonal Woodworkers
A lot of people tend to be seasonal woodworkers, especially for the hobbyist. Many people head to the shop in the fall and don’t come out until it is time for the summertime fun to begin. I generally tend to be a little different than the rest of the crowd. I like to head out to the shop in the early spring, when the weather starts to warm up a bit, and then I will be out there until late fall, or early winter, when the weather gets too cold to work comfortably. (more…)
Unfinished Projects
I finally found a couple of hours this weekend to cleanup my garage/workshop. It had been slowly becoming a disorganized mess over the last few months. I haven’t had enough time to start a real project, so most of the work done in the shop had been quick little fix-it or modify-it type of work. (more…)
Workshop Design #4
Front View (Click for larger view)
Here is a quick update of where I am on the workshop design. If you remember from my first article, the footings and frost wall already exist so I cannot modify anything with them, but every thing else is fair game.
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