Building a new hobby space...oh and a house too

[Fridgy]

Be a shame if a puppy ran across the wet cement...

[Twokidsnosleep]

Be a shame if a puppy ran across the wet cement...

Nope she kept off it...I kind of wanted her paw print in the corner
It was solid by the time I got home from work at about 5:30pm and they started about 1 pm

[ForbesHutton]

Be a shame if a puppy ran across the wet cement...

Nope she kept off it...I kind of wanted her paw print in the corner
It was solid by the time I got home from work at about 5:30pm and they started about 1 pm

There's a video somewhere on youtube. Workers had just finished a driveway slab and a duck comes down from above, lands on the wet concrete, has a dump and walks across to the other side, leaving webbed footprints across the whole thing, and of course a turd. The video ended at that point, but I think from the sounds the workers were making, the whole thing was going to be left as it was....

[ForbesHutton]

Found it!

[youtube]aRzDJ5phWoY[/youtube]

[Twokidsnosleep]

No video??
Noticed they have been weird loading on ISM lately

[Twokidsnosleep]

Is all that reo because of the extreme cold .

Now this is interesting, you made me think a bit
Up the street a guy is having his driveway redone in concrete and they have only gravel. Another house build by my concrete guy and they are doing a narrow gauge wire mesh. Ours looks like it will survive a nuclear attack...which I kind of like
Yes we get lots of freeze thaw events in the winter, but not extreme cold
I am not sure as to why all the rebar, but happy to be on the over-engineered end of things

[digger303]

Is all that reo because of the extreme cold .

Now this is interesting, you made me think a bit
Up the street a guy is having his driveway redone in concrete and they have only gravel. Another house build by my concrete guy and they are doing a narrow gauge wire mesh. Ours looks like it will survive a nuclear attack...which I kind of like
Yes we get lots of freeze thaw events in the winter, but not extreme cold
I am not sure as to why all the rebar, but happy to be on the over-engineered end of things

here it is mainly to increase load capacity without cracking. A 4" floor with reo is the same as a 5" without. Without reo is usually cheaper option, but the ground must be well compacted. I thought perhaps freeze / thaw conditions might impose additional constraints upon the integrity of the concrete. I was just curious !
Thanks

[Twokidsnosleep]

Is all that reo because of the extreme cold .

Now this is interesting, you made me think a bit
Up the street a guy is having his driveway redone in concrete and they have only gravel. Another house build by my concrete guy and they are doing a narrow gauge wire mesh. Ours looks like it will survive a nuclear attack...which I kind of like
Yes we get lots of freeze thaw events in the winter, but not extreme cold
I am not sure as to why all the rebar, but happy to be on the over-engineered end of things

here it is mainly to increase load capacity without cracking. A 4" floor with reo is the same as a 5" without. Without reo is usually cheaper option, but the ground must be well compacted. I thought perhaps freeze / thaw conditions might impose additional constraints upon the integrity of the concrete. I was just curious !
Thanks

I would say for load capacity then....but the same rebar web was used between garage and workshop and it won't have the weight of a car on it
At any rate, always better to be on the over-engineered side than the under-engineered
If I ever get to see the cement guy, I will ask about it

[Twokidsnosleep]

Easter weekend fun

The guys were supposed to have gravel around the foundation, no dirt. Well that got lost on the garage...dirt right up to and against the stucco.
Digging out the dirt around the garage and installing a step/wall



Yes, she was doing all the digging. I was hauling it to the other side yard in the wheel barrow, dumping it and spreading it out smooth
Have to get some concrete grout today and solidify the cap stones

[digger303]

Great missus you have there Scott mucking in the way she does

[Twokidsnosleep]

Great missus you have there Scott mucking in the way she does

Thanks man, she is great
Some get a gold digger, I got a dirt and gravel digger Oooo I am gonna have to use that one on her
We are a pretty unstoppable team working together

[Twokidsnosleep]

Fooling around with the spray booth to try and get some more room at the front edge.
I jacked the booth up on a wood supported tile to get to the level of the window sill, then moved it back to rest on part of the sill. It is stable and no wobbles.


The thick cardboard bottom can be pulled forward about six inches for more working space or pushed back flush.


Will see how it performs.
I spent not a penny on any materials as everything was scrounged from what I have saved or lying around

[Fridgy]

Nice job scott

[Twokidsnosleep]

Thanks Mick

[Lysus]

Awesome paint station, man!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Awesome paint station, man!

Ya it is a great start, still tinkering around
The Apex brush sprayed perfectly...after some dummy turned up the air volume control valve I have on the line ......duhhhh
The bench vent works fine and the open window venting is ok, if not a bit cro-magnon. Thinking about lights.

I will keep plunking along and see what to modify

[digger303]

if you turn the hood around then it's all natural light.

[Lysus]

if you turn the hood around then it's all natural light.

Pacific Northwest so 90 days of natural light and 275 days of--shall we say--diffused light

[Twokidsnosleep]

if you turn the hood around then it's all natural light.

I had it like that at first, but then put the hood up on the window ledge so there is a step up there now
The white hood wouldn't work upside down...hence need for some LED's

[digger303]

if you turn the hood around then it's all natural light.

I had it like that at first, but then put the hood up on the window ledge so there is a step up there now
The white hood wouldn't work upside down...hence need for some LED's

Ok...I turned mine upside down so I could swing the bench light across. Shame the hood is so shallow I may add some 3mm mdf to make a larger work platform. Certainly not large enough to hold a 1/32 Stuka on a lazy susan as it is.

[Twokidsnosleep]

if you turn the hood around then it's all natural light.

I had it like that at first, but then put the hood up on the window ledge so there is a step up there now
The white hood wouldn't work upside down...hence need for some LED's

Ok...I turned mine upside down so I could swing the bench light across. Shame the hood is so shallow I may add some 3mm mdf to make a larger work platform. Certainly not large enough to hold a 1/32 Stuka on a lazy susan as it is.

Exactly why I made my cardboard base larger and then extendable....the Tamiya turntable didn't fit in there. Otherwise you are so close, you are blowing paint right onto the filter. I will play with it during the FAA build and see how it goes.

[digger303]

I had it like that at first, but then put the hood up on the window ledge so there is a step up there now
The white hood wouldn't work upside down...hence need for some LED's

Ok...I turned mine upside down so I could swing the bench light across. Shame the hood is so shallow I may add some 3mm mdf to make a larger work platform. Certainly not large enough to hold a 1/32 Stuka on a lazy susan as it is.

Exactly why I made my cardboard base larger and then extendable....the Tamiya turntable didn't fit in there. Otherwise you are so close, you are blowing paint right onto the filter. I will play with it during the FAA build and see how it goes.

have you seen how that other type of filter is constructed.....a face board concertinaed with a series of holes , a second board behind that the same, but so the holes don't line up to allow direct air flow and a finer particle filter behind that. The idea being wet paint travels through the first set of openings hits the second board and sticks to it and anything finer gets caught by the last one.
this is the sort of stuff I mean....sure you can get it cheaper else where, I would think it might very well make the original filter material last a lot longer whilst giving protection to paint being directly sprayed upon it....which I'm sure to do.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Andreae-Accordi ... 2313187088
What do you think


Just found a better site to view that filter material I spoke of
https://www.spcb.co.uk/Spray-Booth-Filters

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ok...I turned mine upside down so I could swing the bench light across. Shame the hood is so shallow I may add some 3mm mdf to make a larger work platform. Certainly not large enough to hold a 1/32 Stuka on a lazy susan as it is.

Exactly why I made my cardboard base larger and then extendable....the Tamiya turntable didn't fit in there. Otherwise you are so close, you are blowing paint right onto the filter. I will play with it during the FAA build and see how it goes.

have you seen how that other type of filter is constructed.....a face board concertinaed with a series of holes , a second board behind that the same, but so the holes don't line up to allow direct air flow and a finer particle filter behind that. The idea being wet paint travels through the first set of openings hits the second board and sticks to it and anything finer gets caught by the last one.
this is the sort of stuff I mean....sure you can get it cheaper else where, I would think it might very well make the original filter material last a lot longer whilst giving protection to paint being directly sprayed upon it....which I'm sure to do.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Andreae-Accordi ... 2313187088
What do you think


Just found a better site to view that filter material I spoke of
https://www.spcb.co.uk/Spray-Booth-Filters

Interesting stuff
I have barely gotten going using the thing, so haven't contemplated replacing filters yet...you are very forward thinking!!!

[digger303]

My profession teaches me that....always planning ahead

[Twokidsnosleep]

Morning spy photo out the car window of my Green Japanese Maple leafing out....and the coloured concrete walking areas

[Fridgy]

Looks good mate. A little bit jealous

[digger303]

Morning spy photo out the car window of my Green Japanese Maple leafing out....and the coloured concrete walking areas

wide angle lens please so I can see the cabin cruiser.
Looks great, should be well pleased with yourselves.

[1975GinjaNinja]

That looks very nice, I agree with Fridgy - more than a little bit jealous.

[Twokidsnosleep]

That looks very nice, I agree with Fridgy - more than a little bit jealous.

No need to be jealous
Little bit of luck, getting the lot cheapish, lot of work at the office, ton of time (25 yrs) and do things as much yourself as possible
Of course a stupid large mortgage now will keep me working until I am 1000yrs old

Wife hates boats so no cabin cruiser
Maybe a little hot hatch car for my son and I as a project car though
We will be doing a lot of the garden work ourselves, especially as the landscaper has disappeared...with a rough winter, those guys are super busy now
It will be a blast planting stuff, we are booth green thumbs..maybe dirty thumbs is a better description

[Stokesy44]

It will be a blast planting stuff, we are booth green thumbs..maybe dirty thumbs is a better description

We call it 'green fingers' in this here part of the world. Green thumbs?

[Lysus]

It will be a blast planting stuff, we are booth green thumbs..maybe dirty thumbs is a better description

We call it 'green fingers' in this here part of the world. Green thumbs?

[Twokidsnosleep]

It will be a blast planting stuff, we are booth green thumbs..maybe dirty thumbs is a better description

We call it 'green fingers' in this here part of the world. Green thumbs?

Yes, mossy thumbs as usually working in the pouring rain

[Lysus]

We call it 'green fingers' in this here part of the world. Green thumbs?

Yes, mossy thumbs as usually working in the pouring rain

He's not kidding, folks.

Vancouver BC isn't that far away from me here in the Emerald City, about 90 minutes by car.

[Stokesy44]

I thought only us Brits were obsessed with the weather

[Lysus]

When seeing the sun is a noteworthy event, you tend to talk about it more

[Twokidsnosleep]

I have been having good luck with E Bay purchases until now
I bought a cheap version of the wooden paint racks...from Asia of course

My plan was to use it now and then make more on my scroll saw and modify them and expand on them myself after I figure out how I want the rack organized. Well of course all that has happened is I lost my $13.
The eBay listing says the auction was cancelled, online it says the product was delivered to me and the seller just asks me to wait longer....2 months almost from March 6. I cannot open a claim on EBay for some reason, probably as they put the auction was cancelled...but took my $
Think I got a bit hosed

[Lysus]

I have been having good luck with E Bay purchases until now
I bought a cheap version of the wooden paint racks...from Asia of course

My plan was to use it now and then make more on my scroll saw and modify them and expand on them myself after I figure out how I want the rack organized. Well of course all that has happened is I lost my $13.
The eBay listing says the auction was cancelled, online it says the product was delivered to me and the seller just asks me to wait longer....2 months almost from March 6. I cannot open a claim on EBay for some reason, probably as they put the auction was cancelled...but took my $
Think I got a bit hosed

Hm. I'd either send eBay an email or call the bank and reverse the charges.

Or both.

[Twokidsnosleep]

I have been having good luck with E Bay purchases until now
I bought a cheap version of the wooden paint racks...from Asia of course

My plan was to use it now and then make more on my scroll saw and modify them and expand on them myself after I figure out how I want the rack organized. Well of course all that has happened is I lost my $13.
The eBay listing says the auction was cancelled, online it says the product was delivered to me and the seller just asks me to wait longer....2 months almost from March 6. I cannot open a claim on EBay for some reason, probably as they put the auction was cancelled...but took my $
Think I got a bit hosed

Hm. I'd either send eBay an email or call the bank and reverse the charges.

Or both.

Trying to give them the benefit of the doubt and wait it out as the shipping can take forever..but they have F'd with the auction now and I cannot link to make a complaint to eBay. By cancelling the auction and delaying the purported delivery I think the seller can dodge the protection eBay set up
Ok, started a complaint....the seller has over a thousand negative reviews....somebody didn't do his homework

[Fridgy]

As crappy as the situation is, on the upside it was only a small amount of $, not the point I know, just trying to be positive

[Twokidsnosleep]

As crappy as the situation is, on the upside it was only a small amount of $, not the point I know, just trying to be positive

Oh yeah, not worried about the $, but he is doing this thousands and thousands of times to people...then the $ starts to add up
It is my own fault as I didn't research him first, but i want eBay to take him off as he is a fraudster

[digger303]

As crappy as the situation is, on the upside it was only a small amount of $, not the point I know, just trying to be positive

Oh yeah, not worried about the $, but he is doing this thousands and thousands of times to people...then the $ starts to add up
It is my own fault as I didn't research him first, but i want eBay to take him off as he is a fraudster

there is a section there where you can report sellers and if you used paypal and contact them direct you may still be able to get your money and stop them. You would have a transaction number .Although I am not so sure you can stop them re-registering with another name and continuing.

[digger303]

Have you seen these not cheap, but may give you idea's
http://stores.ebay.com.au/Back-to-Base- ... =517018519

[Twokidsnosleep]

Have you seen these not cheap, but may give you idea's
http://stores.ebay.com.au/Back-to-Base- ... =517018519

Ya, those are cool..but the lowest is $40cad
The one I ordered was $13. Though small, it was to be a template to expand upon.
Now I will just hopefully get a refund and make my own...I have the thin oak plywood packaging saved from the sink in my workshop to use
Maybe this is the weekend to clean out the garage and get the woodworking tools all set up

[digger303]

Have you seen these not cheap, but may give you idea's
http://stores.ebay.com.au/Back-to-Base- ... =517018519

Ya, those are cool..but the lowest is $40cad
The one I ordered was $13. Though small, it was to be a template to expand upon.
Now I will just hopefully get a refund and make my own...I have the thin oak plywood packaging saved from the sink in my workshop to use
Maybe this is the weekend to clean out the garage and get the woodworking tools all set up

Yeah you will be able to make it fit your own bench....
Shame you don't have a mate with his own laser cutter

[Twokidsnosleep]

Have you seen these not cheap, but may give you idea's
http://stores.ebay.com.au/Back-to-Base- ... =517018519

Ya, those are cool..but the lowest is $40cad
The one I ordered was $13. Though small, it was to be a template to expand upon.
Now I will just hopefully get a refund and make my own...I have the thin oak plywood packaging saved from the sink in my workshop to use
Maybe this is the weekend to clean out the garage and get the woodworking tools all set up

Yeah you will be able to make it fit your own bench....


Shame you don't have a mate with his own laser cutter

CNC laser cutter you say???? Hmmmmm

[Lysus]

Every dentist office needs one, right?

[Fridgy]

Or home workshop......

[Twokidsnosleep]

Or both...and a 3D printer

In need to win some lotteries

[Twokidsnosleep]

Got my money refunded from him today and e Bay closed the complaint so all is right with the world, ya?
Except he will do this again and again and collect money he should not from people who forget what they bought or don't care.
Nothing changes

In better news, the cabinet guy is back to finish stuff off and the landscaper has arisen from the deapths of somewhere and has been up in touch with us.YAY

[digger303]

Got my money refunded from him today and e Bay closed the complaint so all is right with the world, ya?
Except he will do this again and again and collect money he should not from people who forget what they bought or don't care.
Nothing changes

In better news, the cabinet guy is back to finish stuff off and the landscaper has arisen from the deapths of somewhere and has been up in touch with us.YAY

The ebay pirate....if you could publish his ebay id so we can avoid him that would be a positive thing.
progress at home is always good...How much is left I thought it was about finished ?