Out feed table

My first project in the shop was an out feed table for my new table saw.  I managed to construct it with scrap plywood I had laying around.  I just had to buy the MDF top.  I need to make another one because it turned into a tool/part/scrap holding table in about 3 minutes.

Added a shelf on the bottom.

Workshop wall

My workshop is now walled off with insulation woven between staggered studs.  I'm hoping that will keep the noise down.  Now I just need a door and some mud.

Storage room

Since we have such a large basement (and mostly because we have so much junk) we decided to wall off part of it for a storage room.  Below is the progress.  I made a bunch of ugly but sturdy shelves out of scrap wood, 2x4s, and cheap plywood.  I also ran separate electric so it has its own lighting and electrical outlet.

New Tablesaw

Now that I have room for a workshop it was time to invest in a new table saw.  For the longest time I had my heart set on a grizzly cabinet saw, but found this at home depot the other day.  It got good reviews and was much cheaper.  Hopefully I made the right choice.  Thanks for helping me put it together (and more importantly carry it down the stairs) Steve.

Definitely an upgrade

Done!!!

Well, it seemed to take forever but in looking back it didn't take much time at all.  We are finally in our new house.  The kids are loving the big basement and their new playroom.  They also like having their own rooms.  Afton has adjusted better than we expected.  The place is completely disorganized but our stuff is here so that's what matters.


Mom and Dad, thanks so much for all your help over the last week.  It would have been impossible to get moved without your help!

Well that didn't take long...

At this point we have 3 suspects and 0 confessions.

Move in ready

Mom and dad came out to visit this weekend.  They have been a tremendous help with packing, moving, landscaping, installing, and especially kid wrangling.  We don't have an occupancy permit yet since we don't have sod and gutters, but the county did give us permission to move things in.  I'm told if we get too tired moving things and fall asleep in the house, the county will probably not be checking.  So the plan is to be all moved in Monday(and hope no one catches us sleeping there), get final grade on the lot Monday, sod on Tuesday, and gutters on Wednesday.  After that we will get out occupancy permit.

The landscape crew we hired did their work on Wednesday.  They brought top soil in for the beds and planted 2 trees and a few of the bigger bushes.

Then mom and Miranda went to work and planted a bunch more plants.

After that, dad made a mulch run and knocked out most of the mulching while I was stuck at work Saturday morning.  I'm sooo glad this is done as I hate mulching.

I was able to get the garage door hardware installed.