Monday, May 14, 2012

Shop Update: Getting Closer

Well, it's been a month since I last updated my progress on the shop. Gotten quite a bit done since then. The exterior is done save for front and rear steps. I need to find time to lay a brick pad to bring the steps down onto first though. A brick sidewalk to the front door will come later.

 As much as I'd like to say that the siding is pit-sawn cedar clapboards, time and money constraints, along with me wanting the exterior to be fairly maintenance free (I'm not getting any younger after all) dictated that I used............vinyl siding. Not very 18th century, I know; but neither is the ductless, spit unit heating and cooling system I'll be putting in at a later date. Sometimes practicality trumps authenticity. I'm happy with the look though. From a distance it looks fairly authentic.

What I'm working on now is the flooring. I'm laying down 7" wide pine tongue and groove that I purchased from an Amish mill back in March. I've got about 80% of the first floor done and I like the look but as for installing it, it's definitely not Pergo. Lot's of wedging and pounding to try to get as tight a fit as possible. I'll post some pictures of the floor once it's finished.


6 comments:

Joshua Klein said...

Jamie,

Awesome! This is getting me excited watching this. I will be building my permanent studio in September. I'm trying to finalize design elements, etc. Not sure if you saw my IndieGoGo video about it... http://www.indiegogo.com/kleinrestoration It'll be 28 x 28 with attic trusses for storage. I may be contacting you with questions about your building process one of these days! Congrats, man! It's looking great.
-Joshua

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful job you've done on the workshop:) Won't be long now and you will be setting up your tools inside. I'll get over soon to see the flooring.

Mom

Jamie Bacon said...

Hey Joshua,

Just checked out your video. Very cool! I don't think there's any thing more exciting than the planning stage of a new workshop. All sorts of ideas and plans zooming around in your head. The anticipation of getting started. Your shop sounds like it's going to be a really nice space, especially with the attic storage. That way you can keep your actual workspace much more clean and organized. At least that's my thinking with my upstairs. Can't wait til you can get started and I can follow your progress.

Jamie

Jamie Bacon said...

Thanks Mom! Hope to get a chance to finish the floor in the downstairs at least by the end of the weekend.

Jamie

Anonymous said...

Jamie

Nicely done!

Will be down to see it as soon as I get the Roubo manuscript out of my hair in a couple weeks.

My solution to laying the wide floor boards was to screw a long piece of oak to the sub floor and moving it to lever the flooring into shape. worked like a charm.

don

Jamie Bacon said...

Thanks Don! Looking forward to your visit and I'm sure you're looking forward to completing the Roubo manuscript.

Your system for straightening out floorboards sounds like it would work great. May have to give that a try.

Jamie