Well the box is in and working. But it is just too hot to do much more out there today. I will need to put in an A/C unit or swamp cooler before next summer... It's 103 in the shade... even up here in Auburn. The 3 phase is for the air compressor and when I get my mill. I have been running the compressor from the well house... It was the only plug I had outside for it...
We got some of the smaller stuff in and set up. Work bench, Roll away tool box, Mini lathe & Stand, drill press, shop press, table saw, wood shaper, and grinder/buffer. I still have to decide where to mount the new rod & flat stock bender. That has to be bolted to the floor and braced to the wall. I can tell that I am going to run out of room once I get the mill... and I got to have room for the carving duplicator I am building... I think I will have that and the table saw on wheels soon...
I still need to move the band saw, compressor, chop saw & stand, the other roll away box and bench down there... I live on a rock/hill and the well house is about 50 yards uphill from the shop.
I had my temporary shop set up on the back covered patio for the summer... it sure was nice to work out there in the shade with the breezes blowing through... The girls are back home for this semester and were getting tired of being woken up by me cutting metal at 7:00 in the morning. That chop saw makes a great alarm clock but makes for some grumpy girls...
It's not much to look at and Jim might say it's a "west coast barn"... he he... I will wait till I paint to send photos... The work I do is much more pleasing to look at than the shop any way...
I have an order of aluminum, steel & delrin coming in on Tuesday or Wednesday... then full on production work for the next two weeks. You all will see some photos of the fruits of that labor soon... Very soon.
If all goes well and we can afford it... I will expand the shop in the next year or two. This one has a wood floor so I can't safely weld in there. The expansion will be on a slab just for the purpose of welding. Maybe even a pole barn style on a slab.
Thanks for your prayers and support... I am sure I will be working all weekend... Well Sunday after church we will strike up the BBQ in the evening and relax...
All together now! ---- GTA, A great place to be!