Cabinets and Shelves

The cabinets and most of the shelves are installed.  I forgot to pick up the end panels for the cabinets.  For a countertop, I glued up three layers of leftover 3/8" plywood.  It's plenty sturdy and with a primer coat, not too bad looking.  Certainly can't beat the price. 

The drywall for the outside of the shop will be delivered today.  The drywall installer will start Wednesday.   I hope to get the door and window installed next weekend.  It's really cooled off here.  I'm anxious to get the room sealed up, I'm sure hoping it'll really help with the cold. 

Cabinets

We came home from Lowe's in the Quad Cities with four cabinets.  I'll have 54" of base and 54" of wall cabinets.  They're unfinished oak.  Not exactly heirloom quality, but the oak face frames look nice.  I've just completed a coat of BLO on them.  Once they're dry, we'll hang them and reattach  the doors and drawers. 

Primed and mostly trimmed.

The primer is done.  I decided not to mud the screws, thanks to the crew at Woodturning Resource for the tip.  Saved me some work.  The primer definitely lightened the room up.  I don't have a topcoat planned.   It's fine for a shop.

After looking over the trim at Home Depot, I decided to rip 1x6 pine down to approximately 1.5" for the walls and approximately 2.25" for the windows and doors.   Saved me some $$, besides the 1x2 and 1x3 at the store are just atrocious, unless you pay for the hardwood.

Now, prime the trim, find and install cabinets, hang shelves.  I've found a pretty good deal on unfinished cabinets at Lowe's.  I was surprised that the ReStore didn't have kitchen cabinets to speak of. 

Plywood finished, subpanel installed

The electricians ran the cable and installed the subpanel Wednesday.  30a breaker in the main box, two 20a breakers in the subpanel.   Since the new turning room and the main panel share the same exterior wall, they trenched outside and ran the cable in conduit. 

I finished the plywood yesterday, thank goodness, I'm sick of man-handling the sheets.   It's all screwed down.  I'll have to go back and reset probably half the screws to get the heads low enough.  I didn't deal with it at the time, as I was working alone and didn't want to break a sheet.

After changing my mind several times, I've decided to paint the plywood.  If I put shelves up etc., then I'll never paint and I'm afraid I'll regret it if I don't.  Besides, it'll brighten the room up considerably.  It adds more work, as I'll need to set all the screw heads, then mud them and finally paint.   

Ceiling Installed

We got the ceiling installed yesterday afternoon.  Renting the PanelLift was a smart move.  It really made the installation easier, plus at $15 from Sat noon to Mon 9am, you can't beat the price.

I used B/C plywood.  The B side has the voids filled and sanded.  It was $5 more a sheet than the sheathing grade, but if I decide to paint, it'll be much easier and look better.

I decided to go with plywood instead of drywall for several reasons.  It should take an errant strike from a tool or a launched turning without serious damage.  Price-wise, it's probably a wash compared to paying someone to hang, tape and float the drywall.  Finally, it'll sure be easier when I need to mount something to the wall.  

Framing Started, Electrical and Insulating almost done

Lots of good work this weekend.  Walls completed, ceiling joists in place.  Most of the electrical is done, although the electrician won't be in until Wednesday to install the sub-panel. 

Most of the insulation done (R-13 wall, R-19 ceiling).  Since we're already inside the insulated garage, that should be good.  I'm hoping I won't need much additional heat in the winter. 

Framing almost done.

A good day's work yesterday.  Lots more fun than watching the Longhorns lose (ugh).  Kay was a big help.

View from just outside the room. 

View from just inside,  where I'm standing will be the location of the cabinets/workbench.  You can just see the new window, directly opposite the existing one.  This'll let me ventilate through the garage and out the exterior window on nice days. 

View from the opposite direction, toward the door. 

Finally, the best picture.  The lathe will be directly in front of the window, so this'll be my normal view.  Note - it's a great day to lay in the sun, especially if you're Katie!