Building to build!

[Andy Walker]

BTW, the builders finally hung the door on my garage yesterday, and claim they are going to finish up today. If that's the case I'll get everything moved in this weekend and post some pics of the new space.

[Dan]

I have to agree with you Andy. When I was building the RV-9A tail section it was really nice to be able to just walk into the garage and start to work and I'm sure that is the way to go. BUT I have put more junk into the garage now so something is going to have to go either outside or down to the hangar. On the plus side I won't have the wife coming out asking when I'm going to stop making all that noise with the rivet gun. Right now I believe the tail section will for sure be built in the garage. After that....time will tell.

[Andy Walker]

My new garage workshop is done. Here's a view from one angle...I'll post some more later. Ignore the big pile of trash in the foreground. :)

[N111YX]

Just for giggles, here was my shop area. Often 90 derees+ in the summer. If you look closely at the first pic, you will see my wheel pants and fuel tank on a shelf. Behind that is an air conditioner from an office and the exhaust provided some extra heat in the summer... :cry:

[Mike53]

Workshops look great guys but where are the pin-ups ala Tim the tool guy. :D
Mike
PS Something I just discovered if you click on the pic's with the side bars they go full size.I never new that :idea:

[Andy Walker]

Yikes Kip! My old workshop was like that -- if it was 95 outside, my shop would be 90 *with* the AC running full bore. The new shop yesterday was 75 and low humidity. Aaaahhh... 8-)

Here's a view looking the other way:

[XenosTed]

Great work, Andy. We've got to get by there again soon. Like the new digs. Nancy and I split up the location for the Xenos construction. Fabrication of smaller stuff was in the heated/AC basement. The AeroVee was totally built there (except for the oven in the kitchen). All the angles etc. were done in the basement - bandsaw, shopsmith, mill, lathe, work tables, etc. The assembly was at the hangar (outside temperature and worse). We dedicated ourselves to completing the project - insulated hunting coveralls in winter, wet-cold-water bandanas in summer. We never whimped out. We planned the construction using critical path method thinking. We planned the canopy work for August in Georgia. The inside of the hangar (closed on purpose) was about 104 F. No plexi cracks though! The paint etc as planned for medium temp, low humidity days. When the weather did not suit what we had planned, we retreated home and deburred something in the basement or went the PDK and bugged Kip :-). Being retired for both of us has made all the difference. We took off for church on Sunday, grocery day on Wednesday and 3 months to assist our daughter-in-law in the last days of a difficult pregnancy. Otherwise, 10 hr days were usual. On hot days, I began in the hangar at 4 a.m. - knock off by early afternoon. In winter, begin at 11 a.m. end when too cold after supper. Never let up and hang around positive people. Avoid nay sayers. Worked for us. Xenos Dragon Lady Bug 75 hrs and soaring.