Finally in my new basement shop!

Well, I just wanted to tell everyone that I am now in my new basement shop with just about all my tooling. I tried to make it big enough to fit everything, but as usual, it's still too small. I am able to fit everything that I currently have in there, but it doesn't leave much for any new acquisitions. I'll be making a video update on my YouTube channel to show everyone what I have going on.

This is one half of it, and I'll have to grab a photo of the other half. As you can see in the photo, I got myself a new power hack saw which replaced my old green Jefferson saw. More to come on that.

If you look, you can see that I painted the floor too. I used to work in a Diamond Vogel Paint store which is similar to a Sherman Williams store and I learned a lot about what to use, where, and how. I prepped the floor as it should have properly been done, and I painted. The only thing is I used a cheap Dutch Boy porch and floor paint. Needless to say, it's junk! I knew it wouldn't hold up like a good 2 part epoxy would, but I didn't feel like spending $2-300 for this floor. We'll most likely be moving in a couple years and they cheap stuff will get me by. However it already has some scuffs and scrapes in it from very light use! Long story, if you're doing your shop floor and you want it to last, the minimum I would suggest is the Rust-0-leum epoxy products available at most hardware stores. If you want the best, go to a paint store like Sherman, or Diamond Vogel and they can set up up with some amazing stuff! The best stuff we sold when I was there would stand up to brake fluid, and that stuff is nasty! It was designed for airport hangers! Cost about 6-7 years ago was about $150 for 1.5-2 gallons.

If you look in front of my south bend lathe, you can also see an anti-fatigue mat that I found on sale for $5 on a trip back to my hometown. Unfortunately when I went to move it the other day, it pulled up half of the paint along with it.

I have some big plans for 2016 and hope to do at least 2 complete rifle builds! I am extremely busy from now until the middle of April because I have my Part I NBCE Boards. I'll try and get up as much as I can with my channel, but it will be a little hit and miss for the next couple months! I have several videos I want to get done but not enough time! I also plan to upgrade both my computer and editing software to give you guys much better quality videos along with getting one or two more cameras and some mics.