DavidR8's shop shenanigans

[David_R8]

Supply rough-in done.

 

[David_R8]

Picking up the lathe on Oct 12th!

 

[Dabbler]

YAY!

 

[YotaBota]

Finally, if you have to wait any longer it will need wrapping and a bow. lol

Have got the bracket started yet?

 

[David_R8]

Finally, if you have to wait any longer it will need wrapping and a bow. lol

Have got the bracket started yet?

Hahaha!
Not started yet because I wanted to have the machine in front of me first. And because, bathroom renovation.

 

[YotaBota]

Where's your priority???? You don't need a bathroom, put a bucket and a hose with a showerhead outside in the back yard. LOL

 

[David_R8]

Getting there.
Need to grout the floor and do the subway tile on the walls still.

 

[David_R8]

Buying steel for the lathe stand.
Happy days as I’ll get to use the new MIG180 to glue it together!

 

[Susquatch]

Happy days as I’ll get to use the new MIG180 to glue it together!

Please share how you do this as much as is reasonable. I'd love to watch you and learn more about using my own MIG 180.

 

[David_R8]

Please share how you do this as much as is reasonable. I'd love to watch you and learn more about using my own MIG 180.

Will do. I bought 3x3x 3/16 wall for the legs and 1x2 x1/8 wall for the stretchers.

Will look something like this. Roughly 24" deep x 60" long with space underneath for a tool cabinet.
The cross braces in the top will coincide with wherever the feet are on the lathe.

 

[David_R8]

So this morning my wife said to me, “I think we should scale down the house renovation so that we can also build you a new shop. How does that sound?”

Umm sounds like music to my ears?

 

[PeterT]

How can you go wrong there? Or... have you been noticing any reciprocal warning signs? Maybe like Porsche brochures tucked under the regular magazines?

 

[Doggggboy]

So this morning my wife said to me, “I think we should scale down the house renovation so that we can also build you a new shop. How does that sound?”

Umm sounds like music to my ears?

 

[Susquatch]

So this morning my wife said to me, “I think we should scale down the house renovation so that we can also build you a new shop. How does that sound?”

DANGER DANGER DANGER

Something is wrong. That is not normal wife speak. My Spidey Senses are tingling.

 

[David_R8]

How can you go wrong there? Or... have you been noticing any reciprocal warning signs? Maybe like Porsche brochures tucked under the regular magazines?

If she put Porsche brochures under the regular magazines I’d be driving her straight to the dealership!

 

[David_R8]

DANGER DANGER DANGER

Something is wrong. That is not normal wife speak. My Spidey Senses are tingling.

Let’s just say that my mental health is of prime importance to her.

 

[jcdammeyer]

My wife looked at me and said "there's no way I'd ever say that to you"

 

[Susquatch]

I asked mine just now too. Also asked her about my mental health. Her response was similar to your wife's except there were some 4 letter words included. The gist of it was that my mental health was the least of her concerns. Something about dead men not needing functional brains.

 

[YotaBota]

When I was shopping for a chop saw all I wanted was the 10" blade, my darling, beautiful, gorgeous wife says "why don't you get the bigger one?". The sales guy asked if she had a sister.

When we were both in the yard on the end of shovels and wheelbarrows, this same wonderful woman asks "why don't we have a tractor to do this?"

@David_R8 - we must be doing something right, gotta be the island life.

 

[PaulL]

When I was shopping for a chop saw all I wanted was the 10" blade, my darling, beautiful, gorgeous wife says "why don't you get the bigger one?". The sales guy asked if she had a sister.

When we were both in the yard on the end of shovels and wheelbarrows, this same wonderful woman asks "why don't we have a tractor to do this?"

@David_R8 - we must be doing something right, gotta be the island life.

I'm going to be "Topper" here. Earlier this summer our neighbors at the cabin put their lot up for sale. They used to run a sawmill and heavy equipment and never worried about my smithy noise.
So my sweety came out to my workshop while I was wallopping away with the power hammer and said "you know, that's really loud. We need to buy next door so we don't upset the new neighbors".
We close next week.

Yeah, there's something in the water, I'm pretty sure.