I'm really excited about having a garage space. At the beginning of our real estate search, I didn't think having a two car garage was a big deal. I figured we'd buy a property with a one car garage, which would belong to Allison and I would just find street parking. However, my thoughtful and loving wife, was adamant on finding a place with a two car garage because she wanted me to have a garage spot. The reason why was because she remembered the difficulty in finding an on-street parking spot in a medium density housing area after work hours. There simply aren't any open spots. And there will be occasions when I come home at odds hours because of my job, making a long distance trek back to our place even more unpleasant.
I kept brushing off the idea. I told her I'd just throw a razor scooter into the back of my car and use it to get to and from the condo. I figure it would be just like the old days back in college when I would leave my bike in the back of my beloved Volvo station wagon (may she rest in peace), park it in the commuter parking lot and then ride back to my on-campus apartment. For some reason, she wasn't excited about this idea. What's the big deal about a grown man wearing a work backpack, using a razor scooter to get around his neighborhood in the middle of the night? Go figure.
Well, I'm glad I listened to my wife because I am loving having a garage spot! And not just to park in but for using it as a workshop! I've turned my space into a simple workshop/storage/staging area for the condo. It's been great fun to have a space where I can build stuff and have a space of my own. In preparation for the renovation, I've built a pair of folding sawhorses and a scaffold platform. Both projects turned out quite well! A marked contrast to my last woodworking experience, which was in my jr. high wood shop class. I recall making a push pull, which was supposed to be in the shape of a shark. It turned out horribly. It was too fat, disproportionate and the fin broke the first time I used it to pull out an oven rack. So successfully building anything is a great accomplishment for me!
I decided on building a pair of sawhorses because I figured they would be useful over the course of the renovation and would be a simple enough first time wood working project for me.
I built a platform to connect two step ladders to use them together as a scaffold. I used some remnant 2x4s and plywood and I think it turned out pretty well. I fashioned it after an article I read on This Old House.
The garage has been a fun place to be, building and creating new things. I am so happy I now have one!
I kept brushing off the idea. I told her I'd just throw a razor scooter into the back of my car and use it to get to and from the condo. I figure it would be just like the old days back in college when I would leave my bike in the back of my beloved Volvo station wagon (may she rest in peace), park it in the commuter parking lot and then ride back to my on-campus apartment. For some reason, she wasn't excited about this idea. What's the big deal about a grown man wearing a work backpack, using a razor scooter to get around his neighborhood in the middle of the night? Go figure.
Well, I'm glad I listened to my wife because I am loving having a garage spot! And not just to park in but for using it as a workshop! I've turned my space into a simple workshop/storage/staging area for the condo. It's been great fun to have a space where I can build stuff and have a space of my own. In preparation for the renovation, I've built a pair of folding sawhorses and a scaffold platform. Both projects turned out quite well! A marked contrast to my last woodworking experience, which was in my jr. high wood shop class. I recall making a push pull, which was supposed to be in the shape of a shark. It turned out horribly. It was too fat, disproportionate and the fin broke the first time I used it to pull out an oven rack. So successfully building anything is a great accomplishment for me!
I decided on building a pair of sawhorses because I figured they would be useful over the course of the renovation and would be a simple enough first time wood working project for me.
Here I am in the midst of constructing the sawhorses.
The sawhorses are from a Family Handyman article on five different sawhorses and how to build them. I picked "Jeb's sawhorse" because they don't take up very much space because they fold up and come with a shelf. I want to thank my friend David K. for helping me build them.
They turned out pretty good. They actually fold up and are quite sturdy. The article said it would take only an hour to build one sawhorse. It took me about 3.5 hrs. But hey, I finished them and they turned out alright.
I built a platform to connect two step ladders to use them together as a scaffold. I used some remnant 2x4s and plywood and I think it turned out pretty well. I fashioned it after an article I read on This Old House.
The garage has been a fun place to be, building and creating new things. I am so happy I now have one!
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