Sweet! I'm hoping to get 12 ft ceilings when I build my garage in a few years. Awesome!
finally,the new shop starts !
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well my basement guy and i measured and staked out the building perimeter today in preparation for the arrival of the high hoe excavator on monday morning. i guess the next picture i post will be of a big hole in the ground. 
doug.
doug.
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now we're getting somewhere, the excavating finished about 6:30 this evening. here are some pics as it's just getting underway this morning. everything went well and the footings are to be poured wednesday. bert hendren is a top notch equipment operator and coincidently is keith tedford's cousin. 
We'll have to take a tour by one of these days and see the progress. I'll have to bring my old buddy Ray up too. He certainly enjoyed our last get together.
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ready for the footings. they will be working the weekend on the block work.
Congrats! This is going to be a sweet home. Your lot looks killer too!
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thanks justin. i'm very excited about the project and really looking forward to spending my remaining years playing with hot rods. living on the lake has been nice but it no longer suits my needs........now, if only i could find someone interested in a one year closing date on the lake house. doug.
doug.
Amazing how those logs just broke up into cylinders and piled themselves there!
The hole looks good!
The hole looks good!
I saw the magic and it was called Doug on a chainsaw. Ray and I held him up for an hour or so one day and Doug didn't even mind. 
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wait till you see how they magically fly apart into wedge shaped pieces. and then - presto chango - they suddenly reappear in my woodshed !!!
They also presto mako lots of sweat in the process.
My shop is 12ft and I want like 20' Can't fit in an overhead crane at 12'. Just goes to show that you always want more even when what you have is awesome.
Looking good so far. A word of advice - although a level floor is really nice consider putting in slop to a pit for drainage. My shop floor was poured (before I owned it) and they attempted to make it level. now when snow or rain drips off my vehicles and bobcat the water runs to random places against walls and under benches. Strongly advise a drainage plan.
T
Very interesting Taylor. A flat floor is great, but good to know to have a slight slope to it.
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the footings are done and helen is giving them the once over.....i'll teach this gal how to build a house yet !!!
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the block work is all done !!! a very skilled crew, they started around 7:00 saturday morning and were finished at noon monday. quality work. now my imagination is seeing the shark getting his makeover and a racecar to keep him company !!!
If everyone worked as fast as the block layers, we could have a moving in party next weekend.
Glad to see 'er on her way! The blocks look good! Those guys must have played with lego when they were kids!
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i have found a fairly local dealer for a 4 post car lift. actually in keith tedford's backyard - omemee. i hope to have one in this fall and the shark snoozing comfortably on it for the winter. doug.
doug.
I can make you a good deal on a body rotisserie that I bought from the same guy. 