- Jan 4, 2001
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As featured in this old thread, and this less-old thread, here are the pics of the little woodworking shop in my apartment, if it can so be called. It's still not done, but all the junk is at least stashed in there.
(remove the -t in the filenames to get full-res pictures. Images were stitched with Autostitch, taken on a Kodak DC3400 [2 whole megapixels!])
The room, empty, the way it looked in August
A picture I took while I was working on the tables.
Tables and equipment in place
I'm probably going to move the bandsaw, maybe have it trade places with the belt sander.
Yes, it is a bit of a mess, partly because I got impatient to start using the lathe, and of course neglected to get the rest of it in order, and also because I'm not sure what final order I want it to take on.
The light clipped onto the belt sander is one sign of this, as is the mess of lathe tooling.
The tables are made of two sheets of 7/16" waferboard glued together, secured to 2x4's with 2.5" screws. I used a total of around 90 screws to make them.
The floor is made of waferboard too. I would have preferred plywood, but the local hardware store had waferboard, so that's what I used.
Beneath those boards is a layer of 3 mil plastic sheeting. Everything stays nicely in place because the boards were cut very precisely to fit between the walls - friction holds them in place.
There will also be a more elaborate system for the vacuum hose. It will be directed underneath the table, with "docking ports" of some sort at each appliance. My grandfather modified the various tools to accept a vacuum hose, courtesy of a perfectly sized coffee can. The little Dremel table saw (with the router bits on top of it) has a vacuum port
out the back. The bandsaw had one small vacuum port; it got a second one added - it's the black pipe on the lower corner.
And of course on the floor you can see the circular saw and jigsaw which were so very helpful during construction.
The fresh branches on the floor are from cuttings of the tree which leaned/fell on my apartment amidst some 60mph wind gusts almost 2 weeks ago, which, BTW is still there. My landlord had a guy here already to look at it; he trimmed off the lower branches, but was wary of cutting off the top without having help. Trees were down all across the region, so I guess that made it tough to get someone in the first place. But this contractor stopped returning my landlord's calls at some point, so he had to call around again and get quotes. I'm told that this week (finally) the tree will be dealt with, assuming it doesn't come down tonight or tomorrow.
Side
Another angle
(Full-res)
Surprisingly, there doesn't look to be much damage, except to the awning. That's busted and unsalvageable. It's probably thanks to that though that the thing didn't cause damage to the roof. It likely slowed the tree's descent enough to bring it to rest gently. From the inside, there's no sign of anything wrong, until you open the curtains of course.
But, the winds are gusting like mad tonight, and every time the tree moves side to side (only about an inch), the awning makes a *chunk* sound as it slides along.
The good news:
1) It's not my problem to pay for it.
2) It's on the other side of the house from my bedroom, so it won't kill me in my sleep.
The bad news:
1) If it does crush that section of the apartment, it'll destroy the washer and dryer, as well as the bathroom.
The best worst case scenario if it does twist and come down is that it'll rip off the corner of the porch on its way down.
A less good worst case scenario would be for it to yank the porch away from the rest of the building as it twists and rolls away.
But the worst worst case would definitely be wholesale crushing of the bathroom.
On the plus side, that would mean rebuilding the porch, possibly with better insulation, and new laundry appliances.
Feb 11th: TAKIN' AAALLLL BETS!
The $64M question: WILL the tree survive the day? Will I wind up getting a newly rebuilt porch? Will I wind up getting a new washer and dryer?
That tree, still there, scheduled to be taken down this week, will (possibly) tomorrow face 5-9" of snow PLUS a crispy, crunchy coating of ice.
WILL the already-stressed structure withstand the weight? WILL the treetop snap off and crash down through the roof? WILL Britney and Kevin ever reunite?
Find out tomorrow!*
*Offer void if the snow never arrives, or if the falling tree disables my Internet connection. Offer also void in Utah.
(remove the -t in the filenames to get full-res pictures. Images were stitched with Autostitch, taken on a Kodak DC3400 [2 whole megapixels!])
The room, empty, the way it looked in August
A picture I took while I was working on the tables.
Tables and equipment in place
I'm probably going to move the bandsaw, maybe have it trade places with the belt sander.
Yes, it is a bit of a mess, partly because I got impatient to start using the lathe, and of course neglected to get the rest of it in order, and also because I'm not sure what final order I want it to take on.
The light clipped onto the belt sander is one sign of this, as is the mess of lathe tooling.
The tables are made of two sheets of 7/16" waferboard glued together, secured to 2x4's with 2.5" screws. I used a total of around 90 screws to make them.
The floor is made of waferboard too. I would have preferred plywood, but the local hardware store had waferboard, so that's what I used.
Beneath those boards is a layer of 3 mil plastic sheeting. Everything stays nicely in place because the boards were cut very precisely to fit between the walls - friction holds them in place.
There will also be a more elaborate system for the vacuum hose. It will be directed underneath the table, with "docking ports" of some sort at each appliance. My grandfather modified the various tools to accept a vacuum hose, courtesy of a perfectly sized coffee can. The little Dremel table saw (with the router bits on top of it) has a vacuum port
out the back. The bandsaw had one small vacuum port; it got a second one added - it's the black pipe on the lower corner.
And of course on the floor you can see the circular saw and jigsaw which were so very helpful during construction.
The fresh branches on the floor are from cuttings of the tree which leaned/fell on my apartment amidst some 60mph wind gusts almost 2 weeks ago, which, BTW is still there. My landlord had a guy here already to look at it; he trimmed off the lower branches, but was wary of cutting off the top without having help. Trees were down all across the region, so I guess that made it tough to get someone in the first place. But this contractor stopped returning my landlord's calls at some point, so he had to call around again and get quotes. I'm told that this week (finally) the tree will be dealt with, assuming it doesn't come down tonight or tomorrow.
Side
Another angle
(Full-res)
Surprisingly, there doesn't look to be much damage, except to the awning. That's busted and unsalvageable. It's probably thanks to that though that the thing didn't cause damage to the roof. It likely slowed the tree's descent enough to bring it to rest gently. From the inside, there's no sign of anything wrong, until you open the curtains of course.
But, the winds are gusting like mad tonight, and every time the tree moves side to side (only about an inch), the awning makes a *chunk* sound as it slides along.
The good news:
1) It's not my problem to pay for it.
2) It's on the other side of the house from my bedroom, so it won't kill me in my sleep.
The bad news:
1) If it does crush that section of the apartment, it'll destroy the washer and dryer, as well as the bathroom.
The best worst case scenario if it does twist and come down is that it'll rip off the corner of the porch on its way down.
A less good worst case scenario would be for it to yank the porch away from the rest of the building as it twists and rolls away.
But the worst worst case would definitely be wholesale crushing of the bathroom.
On the plus side, that would mean rebuilding the porch, possibly with better insulation, and new laundry appliances.
Feb 11th: TAKIN' AAALLLL BETS!
The $64M question: WILL the tree survive the day? Will I wind up getting a newly rebuilt porch? Will I wind up getting a new washer and dryer?
That tree, still there, scheduled to be taken down this week, will (possibly) tomorrow face 5-9" of snow PLUS a crispy, crunchy coating of ice.
WILL the already-stressed structure withstand the weight? WILL the treetop snap off and crash down through the roof? WILL Britney and Kevin ever reunite?
Find out tomorrow!*
*Offer void if the snow never arrives, or if the falling tree disables my Internet connection. Offer also void in Utah.
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