Well....No thanks to the turners here........

[Ken Fitzgerald]

I finally got the interior of my shop primed and the first finish coat on the ceiling and walls!

And YES Nancy.....the PM3520B and the MM-16 haven't seen daylight yet or even the 1/2 of the fluorescent lighting I've got installed.

Tomorrow I start the 2nd finish coat.

I won't say what brand of paint I'm using but I won't use it again. I used this company's specified primer and then the acrylic enamel exterior satin. The wallboard on the ceiling covered fine with 1 coat of primer and 1 finish coat but the plywood on the walls are going to take at least a 2nd finish coat and even then I"m not convinced there won't be some bleeding from the plywood.

[Pete Jordan]

Ken,

What are you not thanking us for?

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Well.....if it hadn't been for the little raid that happened 22 months ago and the Jet Mini showing up on my door step........I'd have been done 18 months ago......

[John Hart]

You're welcome?



Not!!

Oh...by the way....You weren't pushed.

You looked over the edge and asked, "How Deep it it?" .....We said, "Bottomless". Then we handed you an anchor, and you JUMPED!

[David Fried]

What's next, the curtains don't match your new mustard machine?

Hope you picked some nice colors like cherry burl or walnut crotch
FOCUS KEN, FOCUS

[Dan Forman]

Ken---Hope the next coat will suffice for you. Bet you are eager to get those boxes open.

Dan

[Bernie Weishapl]

Bernie just looking down shaking his head.


Ken, Ken, Ken you have been saying almost done for 2 months now.

Glad to see you are almost there.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Bernie.....I'd been done a couple of weeks ago but the stinking vertigo attacks keep happening.....then I'm down for half a day.

I'm getting there.........Hopefully this weekend the crates come off.....

[Brian Weick]

Hey- your almost there K - way to go- can't wait to see everything when it's completed, although I know someone that can't wait more ~ you!
Don't forget the pics K
Brian

[Steve Schlumpf]

Ken - I am in awe of your self-control! If it had been me - I would have had that lathe up and running the day I got it and just thrown a tarp over it when it came time to paint!

Hope all runs smoothly for you and you get the chance to set your new equipment up soon! Looking forward to the pictures!

[Karl Laustrup]

This is Karl.............in the Dells............looking down............watching his

feet............dancing.............at the prospect.............of

Ken.........in Idaho............FINALLY..............finishing his shop.

It's been a long journey bud and I hope the vertigo holds off long enough for you to get those new toyls up and running, maybe even by Thanksgiving.

This is Karl.........in the Dells........... anxiously waiting.........to

see........the first piece off the MUSTARD MONSTER.

Karl

[John Hart]

Ken - I am in awe of your self-control! If it had been me - I would have had that lathe up and running the day I got it and just thrown a tarp over it when it came time to paint!!

Problem is...Ken knows that if he uncrated that beast....he'd NEVER paint!

[Jim Becker]

Problem is...Ken knows that if he uncrated that beast....he'd NEVER paint!

Indeed...there is wisdom in his restraint....

[Barry Stratton]

Problem is...Ken knows that if he uncrated that beast....he'd NEVER paint!

I painted my shop interior AFTER uncrating and turning on my mustard. Just tossed a tarp over it to keep the white paint off

[Nancy Laird]

I painted my shop interior AFTER uncrating and turning on my mustard. Just tossed a tarp over it to keep the white paint off

Barry, you don't understand. Ken has very little willpower, so if he gets that mustard uncrated, the shop won't get finished painting and the lights won't get hung. He'd be turning and ignoring all the rest of the stuff that needs to be done. I think he has shown tremendous restraint by leaving the lathe and bandsaw both crated until he's done.

See, Ken, I'm defending you.

Nancy (38 days)