What are your winter project plans?

Coon · November 03, 2005, 11:03:02 PM

That time of the year is coming again.......... Yes, it's old man winter I am talking about. That just means that you'll be spending more time keeping indoors trying to keep warm. Well for me, I'll spend many of those hours in my workshop building. Yes with wood........ I build with many different types of woods as a rule....... I will be building acoustic musical instruments---guitars, mandolins, banjo's, and dobros.

What do you have planned? 8) ;D :D

CHARLIE · November 03, 2005, 11:08:50 PM

I'm finally getting electricity to my new shop and then will be able to start setting it up. Just in time too. It's got a furnace and is well insulated, so I plan on spending time woodturning and other woodworking. One thing I know I have to do is build a rocking horse for my granddaughter. 8) I can go out to my shop in the morning and next thing I know it'll be about 6:30pm.

Radar67 · November 03, 2005, 11:26:50 PM

Coon,
Got any pictures of your instruments? I'll be working on my sawmill shed and working on thinning and clearing some land while its cool.

Stew

Coon · November 04, 2005, 12:07:15 AM

I do have some pictures of my instruments but they're 35mm pictures in my album and I do not have a scanner (and do not know anyone locally with one)and I do not have a working digital cam right now. Gotta buy a new one when I get to the city in a couple of weeks if I have some extra cash.

Paschale · November 04, 2005, 01:04:38 AM

Well, I'm planning on redoing my first floor bathroom. My house was built back in 1928, and I plan to put a pedestal sink in, and some nice white tile on the floor that would fit the period of the house. It was funny when the previous owner gave me her final tour of the house when she handed me the keys. She entered that bathroom, and told me about how when they moved in, it had one of those "awful pedestal sinks," and how they ripped that out right away. :

Little did she know I was putting one back in! :D

woodmills1 · November 04, 2005, 07:02:23 AM

My ambitious plans are to turn 3 underused rooms upstairs into a master bedroom and bath. Just taking measurements and figuring plans. Anyone with input or experience on jaccuzi style tubs, want one large enough for two but the offerings are varied and I have no good first hand info on best styles or brands.

Patty · November 04, 2005, 07:31:40 AM

We have a few projects in the works. We are finishing up a woodworking shop next to the office, and I hope to finish building some interior doors for the house. We need to put up some scaffolding in the family room so we can finish painting the windows; we have the mantle for the fireplace ready to be installed; I have two little Annie dolls cut out and ready to sew before Christmas. Hmmm, I am tired and worn out already, just thinking about it!

Jeff · November 04, 2005, 07:52:17 AM

I dont have plans for any projects, but I am sure that there will be some projects that have plans for me.

Kirk_Allen · November 04, 2005, 07:55:28 AM

1. Finish the Roof on the barn. (roofers are tearing off today 8) Once there done I have two walls that have to be completly rebuilt.

2. Finish my traiiler. HOPE to have that done today, except for the decking.

3. I have to get two picnic tables built for our farmer (not sure why he has to have them before thanksgiving cuz its kind of chilly to eat outside now)

4. Build an entertainment center for a customer

5. Turn Christmas ornaments for our Christmas tree

6. Prepare the ground for the new shop foundation.

7. Cut the White Oak timbers for my Timber Frame and start the mortise and tenons so that with LOTS of luck I can raise the building in the spring/summer

8. Build a Osage end grain cutting board for my Mom.

9. Whack several more coyotes 8)

10. Start a new list ;D

oops

Forgot I still have to haul 31 White Oaks and 6 Hickory's logs home for the Timber Frame.

Its official. I have to much on my plate.

moosehunter · November 04, 2005, 07:59:51 AM

I need to build the garage I wanted to build this summer. That reminds me, I need to cut the wood for the garage. I do have some of the trees on the log deck. I should have it up by........... June?

Modat22 · November 04, 2005, 08:02:11 AM

1. I have to build an entertainment center for the wife.

2. build the head for my bandsaw

3. I hope to also start work on a little cnc wood router.

4. Play in the snow with my gator

sawguy21 · November 04, 2005, 08:10:47 AM

I have to get a new heater in the shop pretty DanG quick. Then it is clean up the chainsaw collection, o.k, so I am a little quirky, refinish the boat , rebuild an atv and finish rebuilding a riding mower that is taking up too much room. That should keep me busy for a while.

Tom · November 04, 2005, 08:27:08 AM

I'm going to try to get up a fishing trip.

pappy · November 04, 2005, 08:51:04 AM

Living this far up nort... what else is there... shovel snow and hang out right here ;D

Quote from: Tom on November 04, 2005, 08:27:08 AM
I'm going to try to get up a fishing trip.

Tom can I be part of that ...please .. please.. the water up here at that time is just to dang HARD to troll :D

OneWithWood · November 04, 2005, 10:19:17 AM

Same list as last winter. . . I believe in recycling ;)

solodan · November 04, 2005, 01:36:23 PM

-finish the gutted bathroom upstairs
-finish the firwood shed(just waiting for the roof material)
-build the temporary shop( which will eventually become a carport or other shed) so i can tear down the small shed(so small i can't even work in there) so i can layout the future 1200 sf 2 story shop+office, but need to fall the 44"dbh 175' ponderosa in the way. i'll mill these logs for the floors(cause a wood shop need wood floors not concrete right) and the siding.
-build 2 small decks (vacant rental)
-paint inside(rental)
-mill new base board +trim(rental)
-new pine floors(rental)
-remodel kitchen+bath(rental)
-build 2 exterior doors(my house+ cutomer)
-sand+finish and install 6 mantels (rental+ 5 customers)
-interior log hand rail
-new oak floors(customer)
- hutch(cutomer)
-hollow out seven 9' logs to be wrapped around existing beams(customer)
-knarly sign post(customer)
-4 bar stools(customer)
-4 slab lightpost caps(customer)
-pine floor+ v-rustic panel(dining room my house)
- french door install(dining)
-log post supports(customer)
actually this was my list for this week, i'm workin on cloning myself or something, cause it's the only way it's all gonna get done. actually I don't even have time to be on this *DanG computer, but we need coffee breaks right. plus i'm pretty *DanG lazy. maybe i need a vacation, but wait a minute that's how i ended up in the mountains in the first place.