Don't think I talked much about the electrical. 400 amp service.

Good friend of mine donated a huge panel. It was left over from a commercial job he did. Plenty of room for expansion. About a third of the breakers are "spare" for now. That will change when my son and his wife set up the woodworking shop in the warehouse side.

There is a separate box just for my welder circuit. I bought a Miller Dimensions 452 that can be reconfigured for 208 3 phase from one of the local Vo-Techs. Barely used. It can run two mig guns at the same time, as well as tig welding and stick welding. I figure it will handle more than I can throw at it.

The same friend that gave me the panel also hooked me up with Tommy, a guy who used to work for him. Great guy. Worked for me on weekends for just labor. You can see from his conduit work that he is really conscientious.

----Wow, Lynn! That's some very clean work there.....Bill S

I think Tommy is half artist and half electrician.
Everyone who looks at the conduit comments.

It’s rare these days to see pride in one’s work! This guy gets it!

That is artwork!! It's great that there are still those who take pride in their work these days!

From day one I have admired the plumbing done on the boiler that heats my attached garage and shop.

Very nice. Good to see craftsmanship survives.

Yep, you definitely need to keep Tommy around and have him over once a month for steak dinner. I hope he is helping you with the museum too...:smile:

Your tuck pointing looks great too. Doesn't look like the same wall as earlier pics.

Like I said, got the foam insulation done last week. Not much to gripe about here. Guy did a good job, and cleaned up well.

Two inch closed cell, which provides and extra vapor barrier.

Have about two hours worth of tuck point work left on brick.

Got most of the North wall drywalled on Sat.

I have about 2 hours to go on brick work. This job nearly killed me (not literally). I think it was late June when I decided to do it myself. I spent a couple weeks just digging the old soft mortar out. Then I vacuumed all of the loose debris out of the joints. Poor shop vac.

In July temps started getting so high, there was no way for me to work during the day or even in the evening when I got home. So, for four straight weeks, I got up at 4 am EVERY friggin morning (when it was "just" in the 80s) and worked four hours; then headed to the house to clean up and go to the office. On weekends, I would work until about 11 or noon.

By the end of August I ended up with a respiratory condition from hell. No one could give me a reason; didn't seem to be any infection. So I had to lay off a few weeks. I did start wearing a mask when mixing mortar, as it is possible I just breathed in more dust than my system could expel.

Doing OK now. Will also wear a dust mask when I sand the first coat of drywall joint compound. Had a heart / lung scan done yesterday and am anxiously awaiting the results.

Damn, Lynn, you were breathing old, dirty dust from the digging and vacuuming time too. Using a shop vac doesn't trap the fine particles, unless it has a HEPA filter bag in it. I started using one in my shop vac and noticed a big difference in air quality right away.
You be careful...:p
I hear ya on the heat. We had, yet again, the hottest summer on record with the most days at 100 ever too. We are NOT accustomed to that up here and we get humidity too, which makes getting anything done outside almost unbearable.

Yep, you definitely need to keep Tommy around and have him over once a month for steak dinner. I hope he is helping you with the museum too...

As a matter of fact, I did hire Tommy to do some work at the Museum in Sept and Oct.

Getting close now. Devil is in the details, right?

Caulking all the saw cuts and other concrete joints. No glamour here, that's for sure. As with paint work on a car, the prep is as important as the application.

I spent Wed. and Thursday evening digging out all the joints and vacuuming. Last night (Friday) my angel of a wife helped me mask both sides of every joint in the joint. I don't care how good you are with a caulk gun, if you are not a pro, you have to mask these joints or they won't look good when you are done.

Here is what the floor in the shop end looked like when we were done. The pics probably won't all fit on one post, so I will follow this up.

Rest of prep photos.

Had to put in 4 hours at the Museum this evening. Worked on filling all the joints and saw cuts from 8 a.m. to 4. p.m.

Boy am I sore. Pics tomorrow. Got the floor done. Need to scrub the walls, put all the weatherstripping on the roll up doors, then scrub the floor next weekend (after all the caulk cures), and I am READY to start working on cars in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Always enjoy your updates Lynn. You're right, time to work on some cars in there after your many years of hard work getting the shop ready for use.

How many sq ft is that space? Looks great!

The building square foot it right at 5100. I have it walled off somewhere close to the mid point. Have not measured to see how many feet in the shop. I believe about 2500 to 2700.

Here are some pics of the finished joints. Hard to see them in most pics; which I guess is the goal, right?

Lynn, did you use a self leveling caulk

No. My buddy the floor expert recommended NP-1.

I followed this guys procedure with a couple of changes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBc2SXiEtd8&t=1058s

1. I did not use any fine sand to cover it. I don't care to have it sanded. I will be using a floor scrubber to keep the floor clean, so skipped the sand.

2. I had a hard time getting the exact amount of caulk in the joints, so slightly overfilled; then dry tooled with a plastic putty knife (NOT a curved caulking tool), wiping off the excess as I went along.

After dry tooling I DID go back over it using the 409 as a lubricant, and it REALLY smooths it nicely.

Haven’t done squat lately, as I have been down with Covid... for the second freakin time. I received both vaccinations and both recommended boosters. This one has been more difficult to cope with than the first go round, even though I was unvaccinated at that time (as it wasn’t even available yet). On top of that, I am scheduled for angioplasty and stints Monday morning. I do have the plumber coming next Friday to run the natural gas line, so I can fire up the overhead heater. Don’t know how much I will be able to work this week after the procedure.

Turning my attention to a security system. I am resurrecting an old thread to see if ideas have changed in the last year and a half.

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...=shop+security

Sorry to hear you are down with covid. Will they still go ahead with the operation with you down ?

Apparently so. As long as I am out of the quarantine stage. I guess there is still a chance they test me before the procedure. As of last Tuesday, they said it was still a go.

Get better Lynn and good luck with your procedure.

God Speed to a successful procedure and recovery Lynn.

X2...Exactly what I was going to "say".

Best of luck, and let us know if there’s anything we can do for you.

Best of luck Lynn. We will be thinking about you.

Good luck to you Lynn.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Headed to bed. Up early in the morning. These things are pretty routine these days, so we aren't expecting any issues.

I'd like to echo everyone's well wishes too Lynn!
Anthony

Hey Lynn,
Hope you feel better soon. :beers:

Everything went well. I am home and feeling fine.

Apparently, I was at death’s door, and didn’t even realize it.

I was supposed to be on the table for 30 minutes. I was there 2.5 hours. Plaque build up on the right coronary artery was too restricted and calcified to get a balloon and stent in place. Had to go to plan B, which is to run a rotary cutter through the artery to remove the calcification. Image showed a blood clot at the entry!!! Good thing I had Covid last week and did almost nothing. Normally, I would have been down at the shop working on an the heavy stuff to get things done before the surgery. I was just one strenuous activity away from a heart attack. Doc said both sides were “over 90% blocked. No wonder I have been a little winded lately.

I was awake the whole time. Funny hearing the Doc, say: “This isn’t going to work. We have to do something else.” Good thing I was sedated.

Unknown to me, the nurse had given Sherri an update just before the two hour mark. The nurse indicated that I was going to need a second procedure. Turns out the left side was no trouble at all, so they finished me up yesterday.

Fortunately, they went in through my wrist, so I was able to come home yesterday evening. Just have to leave the bandage one all day today and watch for bleeding. Modern medicine rocks.

Probably should post this next section in the joke thread. True story. Sherri and I like to go by Braum’s (the local ice cream place) and get soft serve low fat frozen yogurt cones from time to time. Sherri had a group text going to keep the kiddos and other relatives in the loop. I am not good at texting. My fat thumbs tend to hit 2 or 3 keys at a time, so you never know what might print. On the way to Braum’s, this text ensued verbatim.

Lynn:

On our way home. Stopping a Braums for a come.

Rock (my 41 year old son... name is Rock, we call him Rock or Rocky):

I knew you liked Braum’s, but wow. Auto correct is not your friend

Lynn:

CONE.

...
Sami (31 year old step daughter.. Very religious):

Omg rock.

Glad to hear that your tune up went well! :worship:

Damn, good to read you came out the other side all patched up.

They did all that thru your wrist ??!! How did they filter all the cuttings and grindings to prevent it from getting in the blood stream ?? That sounds like science fiction...

Isn't it just like a car that isn't running quite right? Go in to rebuild the carb and before you know it, the heads are off and the valves are getting re-ground...:biggthumpup:

Yes, all done through my wrist. My biggest wound looks like a mosquito bite.

I don't know how they filtered. I read that if they use an orbital cutter, it cuts into such fine pieces that your body filters it out. I have a follow up appt tomorrow morning.

I hate being this old. But, if I have to be this old, I am glad it is now and not 40 years ago. I would likely already be dead twice.

Glad to hear it.

I'm with you on "how the hell did I get this old"..:hmmm:
My brain still thinks I'm 40.

But I'm happy to still be here..:biggthumpup:

Hoping the followup is all good.

Haven't really done a lot since the surgery. I probably COULD, but I think Sherri feels better if I take it easy. Have gained about 10 pounds from sitting, eating and NOT doing any manual labor. SUMBITCH!!! That ends today.

I do have heat in the workshops side. All done to code and inspected. Spent this evening getting the floor ready for a good cleaning and sealing. Have a few more cracks to fill in the morning, then clean the rest of the day (lots of oil stains and paint to be removed, so the sealer will soak in. This sealer is supposed to penetrate up to four inches into the concrete, making is non porous.

Lol. Growing old. A privilege not everyone gets to enjoy.

What brand of sealer are you using?