Upgrading the Chainsaw area

It started with a 10mm bolt. I was fixing something on the tractor and came up short a 10mm bolt. So off to the Fastenal shop and a few $ later I had a 5 pack of bolts. Tractor reassembled and I'm good to go.

Then a week or two later, I was riveting the wheel well liner back into the jeep and while I was searching for the proper rivet, I came across a 25 pack of 10mm bolts. I needed one a year or two ago for another tractor repair and decided that given the number of rusty/corroded 10mm bolts involved I should just get a 25 pack. So now I've got 28 of them.

Somehow this trigger something and I realized that I have most of the tools and supplies I need to do what I need/want to do but oftentimes I don't realize I have it. Other times a 5 minute project turns into a 3 hour project because I can't find what I need.

So I've embarked on quest to organize my life until I have a place for everything and everything in its place. I started yesterday in my barn workshop. Nothing too ambitious, just one small section. The before:



The whole shop needs repair as it was old and the poles were rotting when I bought the place a decade ago. I hired a guy who needed so work a couple years ago to pour a floor and replace the worst section. This section has new posts and studs.

 

I decided I want a wall I could hang things on and a small sharpening/repair/mainenence bench under the window.

Step 1: procure some lumber.

Step 0: We don't need no stinkin' lumber yard:

 

Just a little effort:

 

And a neighbor with a sawmill:

 

Bringing the lumber home:

 

Step 2:

Put it all together:



Helpful hint: start at the bottom so you don't have to hold each board. Note the upper right. What the hell was I thinking?!

 

Is that another Million Dollar Aerosmith van bert?

Just asking.

 

Find the old temporary kitchen counter support that I freed up by finally installing some cabinets
And make a bench with some elm 2x lumber cut for another project.

 

It certainly seems to be the same model doesn't it!!

 

Now I just need to live with it a while and decide where everything goes before I start putting up labels and silhouettes.



Too damm hot to do more until this evening when I clean up and put away the tools from the job and sticker the remaining lumber for later.

I know it will all shrink a little and crack some. But it ain't cabinetry, its a barn.

 

Like it. It should serve you well.

 

That's how my whole house is built. Mostly tongue and groove, but still ... Only places I've come across plywood so far was repairs to the floor. I've added a few small sections of plywood repairing the roof.

 

My plan is if/when I build a barn/shop, that's how I'll do it. Can't stand the idea of buying lumber and having acres of perfect lumber trees.

 

I'd find a couple big stickers like it and hey ya never know?

 

Good start. Looking good

 

That van is too cool! Could it be restored?

 

American Pickers restored it and sold it back to the band.

 

It's a great story.

 

I know the feeling of looking for things that I know I have but can't find.


Easiest method of finding lost stuff is to replace it, then it appears, as if magically.


One of these days I too may become organized at home, may...


At work I'm a stickler for organization, not so much @ home.

 

It is pretty far gone. Certainly beyond my skill set. But it is an incredibly cool looking vehicle no doubt!