Building the Shed.....

Here are some photos of the shed build progress.  I put the slab in last month, and spent the last several weeks gathering materials.  Time to put everything together and see what it turns out like....

Monday:

 - nothing much happened

Tuesday:

Tuesday morning - getting started.

First wall up

Camera check

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Beams in place, first joists test fit.

Saturday/ Sunday:

 - I had some other stuff I had to do - only worked a little bit on shed. 

Rafters on

2nd Monday:

 - after work....

2nd Tuesday:

 - ready for the rain now.

Now time to order roofing and to look for siding.

Backyard Transformation

The old shed had to come down.  Then we moved the garden.  Once the garden (fence and boxes) was in new location, then time to prepare the foundation for new shed.

old shed in NE corner of the yard

Shed gone - garden moved to NE corner

Slab for new shed (12 ft x 15 ft) - lots of rebar and 8 tons of concrete 

  

Hobo shack

Build a small shed in the side yard.   Used leftover decking (thanks Sandie!) for the siding.

Hobo Shed 

View out the door - snow covered pine and pond waterfall

before the siding

True hobo style booze bottle lighting!

Used a metal roof from Menards.  My days of using asphalt shingles are over!

Wall sculpture

Here are a few concepts-turned-into-reality.  Sometimes you get an idea, and don't know what it will look like until you are all done.

Cutting board

Hickory wood - the design was cut with dremel tool, painted silver and filled with resin, Then sanded flat and finished with mix of mineral oil and bees wax.

Pallet Coffee Tables

A couple of recently finished coffee tables.

Portrait

Here is a photo of me that I found from a 'Service day' project my work team participated in in 2018.  We are mostly IT folks, but I was allowed on the 'Red Team' (The power tools users) since I have handyman experience.  Someone took this photo of me with my back towards them, near the end of the day, while I was helping one of our guys put together a play structure.

We had worked most of the day, so my hands are dirty, everything is grubby and we were all tired.  I was totally in my comfort Zen zone at that point. I really like this photo because of that. 

Working on some Christmas Trees

A couple of request jobs...

Check out the cool stool - used MC pillion seat on a swivel

I drew a grid on the welding table to line up the project.  I do that to help with alignment.  If  you look at the table, you can see the 'golden spiral' I used on the previous weld up.

Tree 1 - Steel Horse shoes (used)

'small' horseshoes tree - After ornaments added

Welding project layout

Laying out the next welding project :

UPDATE - FEB 2020  - Completed Project:

Walnut base, glass orb and welded sculpture, ready to hang.  (Custom bracket included)

I created a custom hanger - once bracket is mounted to wall, art can be rehung any direction without removing the bracket from the wall.  Simply lift off the art piece, rotate and rehang.

Lamp Ideas

A couple of new lamps.