Confession time. We haven't done squat here since the Jimmy Haslip clinic back in June. I haven't even wanted to think about the building until we paid some of the bills that we ran up leading up to that clinic. We're doing OK on that front, and Danny is chomping at the bit to get going again... so I broke out some tools today and got started on the trim in the showroom. Yeah!!!
We've got two corners at the front of the showroom (one at each end of the wall with all the windows in it). Both of those corners are little buggers because there is steelwork from the shell building protruding through the drywall ever so slightly. In other words, we couldn't cover that metal up with drywall because it pokes through just proud of the drywall. So the drywall guys drywalled around it, leaving me with two problems to solve in trim. My plan is to make a couple boxes out of oak to cover that mess up and really dress up these two corners. I started today at the corner by the front door.
There's not a lot of progress to show just yet. Most of my time today was spent cleaning up my garage at home. That's where all my serious wood working tools reside. I needed to use my jointer to make a flat, straight edge on a 2x4... but first I had to dig through 5 years worth of "oh, I'll just set this here for a little while" clutter.
My garge was so well organized as a wood shop when I was making amps back then!! Dang, but today I could barely even see the jointer when I went looking for it. And it's a mother of a jointer, too, a big 13" model!!
Oh, well. The jointer is now accessible again, and I was able to get the 2x4 the way I needed it before the end of the day. So I came back to the store and put it up. This was a bit of a trick, attaching a 2x4 to brickwork. A masonry bit, some tapcon screws, a little Liquid Nails, and 10 or trips up and down the ladder got my first board in place. And it's actually plumb!
I'll let that adhesive setup overnight, and then tomorrow I'll add a couple more 2x4's to finish the rough inner box that I'll use to make mounting my pretty oak outer box easier.
If I have any energy left when I get home this evening, I plan to dig out my table saw and my dual drum sander. That'll let me prep the oak boards so I can make the decorative outer box. Heck, I might even get that glued up tonight if I'm really feeling adventurous...
Here's how the corner looked when I started. There's a brick pillar to the right of the door that runs parallel with the window wall. Perpendicular to that pillar, there's an air cavity filled with foam insulation and there's a little strip of metal that runs floor to ceiling right at the edge of the drywall. My oak box will eventually cover up all of that mess.
And here it is with the first board set firmly in place. Not bad for a day's work? 1 board up?
Man, I'm glad I don't get paid by the board!!
