Down Sizing Shops VII

YEA! The outside is 100% done now.

Down Sizing Shops VI

Well the doors are on. They still need paint and a slight tweak to level one. These doors are a bit different and quite a curiosity for the neighborhood. These are sliding doors, but not hanging from the top. There are wheels at the bottom because they are very heavy. I did this on my woodshed about 20 years ago and it works great.

The shop is now secured and ready for indoor work to be done.

Down Sizing Shops V

Not A lot to report except I did get the exterior painting done. I still need to get that door started and finished. It will be made up of two sliding doors. Today I got most of the hardware to get it done.

Down Sizing Shops IV

Well the roof was finished around 9:30 on Friday. Then it was on to putting primer on this beast. I only got partly done by 3:30 and was too pooped to continue. I have one side, the entrance side, to finish.

I finished today by getting the yard cleaned up and getting all of my crap that's been waiting for their new home, such as the snow blower into the shed.

Here's photos of the metal roof panels and the Shed / Shop before I started painting:

Down Sizing Shops III

Last Friday I had some help from my son Tom

and my friend Jim. WE had the trusses up by

around 1:00. Jim had to leave at that point, so

Tom and I put the sheathing up and then water

membrane known as "Bitchathane". Today

I pick up the metal roof and hope to have it

up by Friday. I still have a little work to

finish before the metal goes up.

Down Sizing Shops II

I have been working on the new shop for awhile now.
That exterior walls are up, and the back one is completely
finished, including paint, because it's so close to the
house. 

The walls are just about 8 feet tall, so I decided to
use a truss design. I made the trusses myself, finishing
them yesterday. I wanted to get them on top of the
walls today, but we had our first snow storm today.
So the shop is all trapped up waiting for good weather,
hopefully that is tomorrow.

I have many photos to follow: 

 Here is my miter saw station where all angles and lengths are cut.

 Here is a look at the finished floor.

 Finished floor again.

 Here is that first wall. It was painted before being raised.

 Same wall again.

 Three walls standing.

 That nail gun was a GREAT investment. At 72 I couldn't imagine pounding 3 or 4 thousand nails by hand.

 Long wall away from the house.

 That back wall sticks up like that so I have a place to attach
my trusses. Had to really scratch the old head on that one.

 Here's the inside after my friend and I made her rain proof.

 Another of the same.

 Traps on top to keep her dry.

 Another Trap View.

 Traps Galore.

 The last wall finished. It's a 40" doorway that will have two sliders.

 Here is the first truss that the other 12 were copied from

Down Sizing Shops

I've been tearing down the old shed and building a new one in its place. This will be the new shop. It will be 8' x 15' rather than the 20' x 24' garage I was used to.

The shed I'm replacing (last three photos) was only 8' x 10'. It's being downsized and becoming a chicken coup at my son's house.

Oh, as comes with age, I've turned my knee again and production has slowed a bit.

Old Shop:

The Old Shed:

2019 Schedule

2019  Schedule

We aren't doing shows this year.

If we change that it would

probably be a Truckee Thursday

or two. We have moved into a

new place and it will demand

our time this summer.

Truckee

Thursdays for 2019

This event is in downtown

Truckee from 5:00 PM

to 8:30 PM Thursdays.