Re-Hello

[paulrussell]

About two years ago I started posting here after buying a 500 (now 520) and then going on to add several SPTs. Problem was, I really didn't have a proper workshop solution, and for this and several other reasons my wife and I put our house on the market and started shopping for a new home.

To add insult to injury, the realtor told me to put my SS and other tools into storage to make the house look less cluttered to potential buyers. So an inadequate workshop turned into no workshop, and my "first batch" order for a PowerPro upgrade was cancelled.

I'm happy to announce that my SS will soon see the light of day. Last week we moved into our new home, complete with "Man Cave / Workshop" (depending on if it is my wife or I referring to it.) It is a walkout basement room about 11x20, with a large window to the woods where deer and other wildlife thrive, and a door as well, so I can bring things in and out without tracking them through the house. The door opens up under the 1st floor deck, so I have a bit of a shaded patio as well. To cap it off there is a 6x20 storage space behind the workshop with utility sink at one end.

Right now the room is dominated by boxes, boxes, Shopsmith tools, CNC parts, etc. Soon it will be a workshop. My task for now is to figure out how best to utilize the room -- the walls and ceiling are studs and rafters, and the floor is concrete. Truth be told I'm a novice woodworker, so I'm not a natural to building myself the ultimate workshop.

In any case, I'm happy to be back, and want to thank the regulars again for all the help and advice I've gained from these forums. I see there has been a Mark 7 added to the lineup since last I was here, and of course the PowerPro, so I've got me some catchin' up to do.

[heathicus]

Welcome back! I too moved, over a year ago, and haven't had a workshop. Everything is in storage. I took some time off from the forum, but as I get closer to being able to build my workshop, I find myself drawn back in. I get my first load of lumber for the workshop this weekend.

If it's possible, have you thought about tearing down the wall between the shop and storage space so you'll have a 17'x20' area? My assumption was the two areas were joined and shared a 20' wall, but my assumption could be wrong.

[paulrussell]

Unfortunately it is a weight-bearing wall, so I'm better off letting it be.

[heathicus]

Now if MickyD would just get off that bicycle and get back into the workshop and find his way back to the forum...

[dusty]

Unfortunately it is a weight-bearing wall, so I'm better off letting it be.

Removing a bearing wall need not be a real problem. Appropriate beams and posts are all that is needed.

Of course you need some temporary support for the ceiling while you remove the wall and install those beams and posts.

[wa2crk]

Call Mike Holmes!!!:D
Bill V

[SDSSmith]

Welcome back, Paul. Sounds like you landed a pretty nice 'Man Cave'.

[JPG]

Now if MickyD would just get off that bicycle and get back into the workshop and find his way back to the forum...

Speaking of which, where he at??????

IIRC he has not been on since a trip to AZ!;) Did 'somebody' kidnap him and take him to Vancouver Island?:D

[robinson46176]

Welcome back Paul.
Since you were here before my shop planning has made more 180 degree U turns than an interstate cop. I keep planning and changing and flip flopping then flip flopping again. I am getting close to time to commit to one plan or another. Every time I settle on one plan life tosses in a curve ball and I start looking at something else. Trouble is I am overly blessed with choices. In the past I always had to just deal with what I had. Now I have about 5 possibilities and keep changing direction about as often as a boat in a hurricane.


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[dlj0811]

RE HELLO~
and re welcome~