Further news about my shop shutdown

Tim was correct about the drivers in Oregon.
But they have special license plates to identify them.
The drivers who stop right in the road or turn without signaling have a plate that says "Washington".
The ones who tailgate you and drive well above the speed limit say "California".
 
While it is true there are good and bad drivers everywhere, what I have noticed is that bad driving behavior is contagious. The old saying "monkey see, monkey do" applies here. The more people (especially young males) see others getting away with aggressive driving, speeding, last minute decisions to cross four lanes of traffic, and the like... the more they are tempted to do likewise.

We weren't in the Greater Houston Area more than 2 minutes before we witnessed stupid behavior like that.

So yes, there are good and bad drivers everywhere. But it can just as accurately be said that the percentages of good and bad drivers are not equally distributed everywhere.
 
Hey Mark,

I was talking about the ones, particularily in Portland, who merge on a freeway at 40 mph while the traffic is going about 60 mph. Burn out more sets of brakes that way.

Tim
 
I know exactly what you are talking about Tim.
Now days I live 7 miles from work and 2 miles from the grocery store.
So about the only thing I have to watch out for are dumb animals.
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Greg, Welcome to Texas! Be sure to check out the Texas Knifemakers' Guild.

Also, my condolences on having to be near Houston. Ugh!
 
Yesterday I put a strong offer on a house that has a two car garage, as well as a completely separate one car garage. If we end up the new owners, the one car garage will become my new shop and all will be well. If that deal falls through, there is another house we could attempt to buy. It as a 3 car garage. I'm looking forward to being a home owner again.
 
A silver lining on the cloud:
It won't be the first time you've set up shop.
You probobaly worked trough all small anoyances and "should have done that differently"-things.
I live in the first house I bought but it is the fourth time I've set up shop. Every time it gets better
 
tryppyr said:
Yesterday I put a strong offer on a house that has a two car garage, as well as a completely separate one car garage. If we end up the new owners, the one car garage will become my new shop and all will be well. If that deal falls through, there is another house we could attempt to buy. It as a 3 car garage. I'm looking forward to being a home owner again.
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Good luck on the new home. I live on the West side near Katy. I'm a kydex bender and can build anything if you ever need kydex work for your knives, or have custom requests. I'm also always on the lookout for BF members in the Houston area. I'd love to start having some get togethers but I work way too much to organize one. I would attend though.
 
My offer was accepted so now I am officially "under contract" for the next home. We went there today to confer with the inspector, who gave the house a mostly clean bill of health. It needs a little bit of maintenance... and then when we take possession we'll spend some time making it our own (repainting some rooms, replacing appliances, and so on).

Still months away from actually making knives again, but at least we're making progress.
 
Yesterday I bought a floor standing drill press. Today I bought a floor standing metal cutting bandsaw. Since I gave away all my power tools in WA I decided when rebuilding the shop I would upgrade them. I still need a belt sander, and I need to get the frame for my grinder to be professionally welded to make it perfectly level. I feel like I'm making progress toward getting set up again.
 
What a good feeling this must be............................

Happy for you

Corey "synthesist" Gimbel
 
Yesterday my stuff got delivered. It seems to have arrived intact.

At the moment there are very few 15A outlets in the shop, and there is no air conditioning. I'm thinking I need to get a couple of 20A lines pulled to the shop so I can operate the grinder and the new (larger) equipment.

Otherwise, all my stuff is still in boxes and I need to locate some of the important boxes (e.g. sharpening supplies, steel billets, drill bits, etc.).

- Greg
 
Greg, not sure how much you're allowed to have, but it mightt be worth considering a subpanel out there, rather than just running a couple additional 20a lines... Never know when you might need 220, and if there's one truth in shop electricity, it's that there's NEVER enough.

Congrats on getting back in the game.
 
You know, I really like that idea. I've got the means to make it happen now, so if it can be done I believe that's what I'll do. The current panel in the other garage is already full anyway. One way or another it was going to cost me for another panel.
 
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