It's that time of year, I had to dig all of the hoodies out from behind the truck seat run them through the laundry and get them back into service . It has gotten cold here, that is no surprise as it is December Second , but it has been fairly warm until recently . I am looking for a reasonably priced pellet stove to add a little heat to the subterranean lair . The new windows are working well , now I have to clean off the bench so I can move it under the windows. A good friend managed to snag a couple of the Harbor Freight mini toolboxes and he gave me one , how cool is that ! We stopped in later to see if they had any , but they were long gone. If you find any , grab one or two ,they are cool and well worth the ten bucks .

 Basement windows are done, Project "Pain in the Glass " is completed , It came out well , replaced the rotted sills got the new windows in and sealed up. even after spending most of Friday in the E.R. oh well another story for another day perhaps . I did not think about taking pictures until about half way through the reinstall process. Now I can work on rederrainging the shop space into something that flows a bit better.

 I am happy the election is over and we can forget politicians for a bit . The Holiday season rapidly approaches and it is a time to spend with family and friends. Deer season starts this weekend and Thanksgiving next week ! I do not plan on hitting the woods, going to put the windows in and then put the shop into order . I need more light down there , going to have to figure that part out. I will see if I can move most of my stuff out of the way so when the time comes we can get at both the power tools and the windows without too much fooling around. Gotta get some construction adhesive too. Almost forgot Wonder what else I'm forgetting...

 I have a couple windows in the basement (Grouch Cave) that are falling apart . Two double hung windows side by side . I like the windows they allow lots of light in , and when working ventilation too . I was thinking about putting in glass blocks to fill it in, but got lucky and found some vinyl prehung windows on craigslist . Yesterday I took a Sunday afternoon drive and picked up the replacement windows, next weekend the install . I am looking foreword to it the place will be warmer , and when the windows are done I will move the workbench over there . That is where I have wanted the bench but I didn't want it in the way when I fix the windows. That will allow me to rearrange the workspace to actually work .

 

 We are getting started rearraigning the building We got another stamping press in this week and are moving the existing line for a little better product flow. The goal is vertical integration , being able to  do all operations in house . Sometime soon we will move the maintenance shop (again) and get some more new and interesting stuff put in that space . The titanium coating is an interesting process using a plasma cloud to deposit a titanium coating to  the product to enhance durability . Wonder if I can sneak some motorcycle parts through ?... 

   Haven't been on in a while , just been working and the usual stuff. I do not know where the summer went !   I like what I'm doing on the job. The maintenance job is interesting , never know just what will be on the agenda day to day  and then there is the repairs on the fly to keep production moving and if it is quiet then there are always P.Ms . Lots of new stuff coming online in the near future at the plant. We have started Titanium coating and more stamping will be starting soon. I never thought I would be playing with plasma chambers , robots and lasers .

 

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