gettin in gear

Holy cow! Has it really been two weeks since my last update?  Last week absolutely nothing happened on the shop. On Saturday I decided to clean out the ol' BBQ, and found it quite a bit more rust than I expected. After looking up all the parts I wanted to get it back like new, I realised I could get a new grill for not a lot more. So after a bit of research it was a trip to Target to pick up a new "Stok Quattro"  then spent the next hour putting it together.  After a week of grilling I can say it is a lot better than the old Kenmore. So far I recommend it.  That was about all I did last week. I needed a day off to recoup.
This week on the other hand has been hopping. It all started around Thursday night.  My buddy  Brian got all the parts working on his CNC mill, and sent me a video. Very cool. I'll be writing more about that soon. Then I was over at Jimmy's house because a friend from work was looking at an E36 BMW he had for sale. While I was over there, he tells me his friend has a truckload of plywood for me! Alright! An hour later I had a stack of 3'8" square plywood in my garage.  Great looking stuff, and it was just what I was waiting for.
Saturday I had to wait just a little before I could get to work on the garage. It was Free Comic Book Day!!! We went down to Elmira Heights to Heroes Your Mom Threw Out comic book shop to join in the fun. We had a ball, and came home with a handful of comics.



After we got home I got to work. I got the plywood on the end wall, covered it with tar paper, and stood it up. Then framed up the first section of the back wall, covered it with plywood, and tar paper, then got it up. By then I was beat, so it was grill up some dinner, and then go to bed.


End of  the day Saturday

 Sunday was a very productive day. I got the other half of the back wall up, put up the frame of the other end wall, and was able to put up all the rafters, cover them with plywood, and tar paper.
So now I'm tired, sore, and fried to a crisp. But man did I make some good progress today!
More soon. Stay tuned



The roof is on!! end of the day Sunday