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post #31 of 117
2/14/13 at 12:05pm
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Where in Nebraska?
The big town of Fairbury.
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post #32 of 117
2/14/13 at 1:56pm
Looks like you are off to a good start. Jealous of the track saw- I've wanted one for years. When I really needed it I think Festool was the only one on the market and they were too expensive. Good to see another Nebraska build.
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post #33 of 117
2/14/13 at 2:11pm
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The big town of Fairbury.

I was hoping you were a bit close to me on the western side of Nebraska.
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post #34 of 117
2/14/13 at 5:32pm
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Looks like you are off to a good start. Jealous of the track saw- I've wanted one for years. When I really needed it I think Festool was the only one on the market and they were too expensive. Good to see another Nebraska build.

Yeah when I first saw the track saw that Festool made I thought "great. there's something I'll never own." and then when DeWalt came out with it I thought why not. It has definitely came in handy.
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post #35 of 117
2/14/13 at 5:43pm
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I was hoping you were a bit close to me on the western side of Nebraska.

haha Yeah I'm alllllllllllllllllllll the way down in the corner!
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post #36 of 117
2/16/13 at 8:06am
Nice to see even more Nebraska builds.
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post #37 of 117
2/18/13 at 6:12pm
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Well I got some framing started, but unfortunetly I had to have an emergency eye surgery for my glaucoma today. So it looks like I'll be taking a good month break from working.


Got the boards marked up. I just need the tyvek tape for the rigid foam to arrive before I put up this wall


For those of you who have to do some demo. I love this tool. It's a Stanley Fubar III. It has a pry bar, sledge hammer,and a claw that cam rip drywall and twist 2x4's, which is great when you're taking down old walls



Size comparison
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post #38 of 117
2/19/13 at 3:52pm
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Started using Google SketchUp

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post #39 of 117
2/25/13 at 6:24pm
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Got some new toys today. I love having an Amazon Prime Membership. Free 2 day shipping!!!


DeWalt D55154 1.1 HP Continuous 4 Gal Electric Wheeled Dolly-Style Air Compressor with Panel


DeWalt D51850 20 Degree 3-1/2-in Full Round Head Framing Nailer
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post #40 of 117
3/3/13 at 5:40am
Just wandered onto this forum after months away. Good to see a fellow Husker on here. Word of warning.. being on this site will cause your basement to become awesome, although at an added expense. I started out just building a small bar and it blew up from there after seeing all the great ideas on here.
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post #41 of 117
3/3/13 at 6:09am
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haha unfortunetly I'm finding that out very quickly on here. The amount of ideas on here are incredible. When I started the basement I was just going to simply redo it and then I stumbled onto this site and everything changed!
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post #42 of 117
3/3/13 at 4:37pm
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The other night my dad stopped by to see what kind of valve we should replace my water main with. (he's a water man for the city so I got it made there) As he started to cut away the black tape he poked a hole through the copper, yes the copper. So it was obviously time to replace it no matter what.






All good for now. Panic sets in quick when you poke a hole in the pipe before the main shut off valve!
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post #43 of 117
3/3/13 at 4:44pm
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Got some more taping done (I had to order it off of Amazon because my Ace doesn't carry any house wrap tape.. mad.gif I also got some more framing done. As I told my fiance tonight, "that new nail gun I bought.....worth every penny!" It really worked like a charm. And again, problems of living in a small town, I ran out of 2x4s on a Sunday. Everyone is closed. Looks like it's beer thirty.









Notice that my supervisor has moved into the work site. He was standing next to me when I took the picture

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post #44 of 117
3/4/13 at 4:55pm
Great thread. Looks like you are doing damn near all the work yourself. I am jealous. I'd like to learn how to finish a basement but I'll probably end up paying someone 35k to do it eek.gif

I can't believe you took out the red carpet...
I would have kept it for sure. GBR!
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post #45 of 117
3/4/13 at 6:48pm
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Great thread. Looks like you are doing damn near all the work yourself. I am jealous. I'd like to learn how to finish a basement but I'll probably end up paying someone 35k to do it eek.gif

I can't believe you took out the red carpet...
I would have kept it for sure. GBR!

I appreciate it! By the time it's done I'll probably end up doing 95% of the work myself. Replacing the water main valve and replacing my breaker box I'll use the help of my dad, but other than that it's all me. biggrin.gif Everything I do I just look it up on the forums or google. My dad was always a DIY'er so I guess it just comes naturally to me. Anything I do I've just always wanted to do it myself. Other than forums, I've found that the "dummies" and "black and decker" books are a huge help. I always go to YouTube or here first though!
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post #46 of 117
3/4/13 at 8:41pm
I bet it helps that you have almost an entire tool library too!
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post #47 of 117
3/5/13 at 8:07am
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I bet it helps that you have almost an entire tool library too!

Extremely! Before I bought this house I was going to buy a house that was in foreclosure with a garage that was just as big as the house! The process took 6 months and in that time I would buy a tool every time I got paid in prep to redo the house/garage. Well by the time that 6 months of run-around ended the bank that owned the house had been raised so high that I backed out of the deal. So when I bought this house, which only needs to be updated, I was more than ready to do some work! haha
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post #48 of 117
3/5/13 at 8:16am
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The other night my dad stopped by to see what kind of valve we should replace my water main with. (he's a water man for the city so I got it made there) As he started to cut away the black tape he poked a hole through the copper, yes the copper. So it was obviously time to replace it no matter what.




All good for now. Panic sets in quick when you poke a hole in the pipe before the main shut off valve!

You need to get your ground wire connected to the pipe that goes out to the street now that you have the plastic in there.
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post #49 of 117
3/5/13 at 9:14am
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You need to get your ground wire connected to the pipe that goes out to the street now that you have the plastic in there.

Thanks for pointing that out! We even talked about that before we replaced it and obviously forgot to do it!
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post #50 of 117
3/7/13 at 10:47am
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I always think it's funny when people give me crap about saving 2x4's that aren't longer than say 12 inches. This is why. Started making some soffits to go around my main beam.


I found it easy to lay them out in the corner I started framing with.


Didn't really get that far last night. Just layed out and put one together.
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post #51 of 117
3/8/13 at 11:46am
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Couple more to go and I'll be done with these.
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post #52 of 117
3/9/13 at 6:09am
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Made a run to Home Depot last night, about an hour and half away for me. Stocked up on some much needed supplies

New fuse box


A couple 2x4s (Not fun carrying them all into my basement


I saw this light on display and said "I must have you!" I was really impressed. Goes up to around 9-10 feet tall. 1200 watts. Each head has the option for you to turn on either 1 or both bulbs.


And best of all (the little things get me on tools) they included an extra bulb and made a compartment on the stand to store it. (In other words not lose it!)


And of course some Smurf tubing and lights

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post #53 of 117
3/10/13 at 7:10am
Making excellent progress. I am a firm believer in having the right tool sure makes the job easier, more efficient, and possibly even cheaper in the long run. I only have a couple of "one off" tools but most of them I have used many times with different projects around the house.

Your sketch up plan looks good, and don't let anybody give you crap about keeping the scraps. There was many a time where I found scrap to come in very handy.

Regards,

RTROSE
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post #54 of 117
3/10/13 at 6:27pm
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Making excellent progress. I am a firm believer in having the right tool sure makes the job easier, more efficient, and possibly even cheaper in the long run. I only have a couple of "one off" tools but most of them I have used many times with different projects around the house.

Your sketch up plan looks good, and don't let anybody give you crap about keeping the scraps. There was many a time where I found scrap to come in very handy.

Regards,

RTROSE


It really is funny when my fiance' tells me that I have too many tools. 1. I don't think that's possible and 2. I never hear any complaints on my tool collection when something in our house breaks!
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post #55 of 117
3/10/13 at 6:42pm
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Started working on Saturday morning. Only got about two hours into it and my buddy called me and said, "i'm replacing my storm door. I got the old one off and now I have no clue what I'm doing". So I went over and helped him put that on. Came home afterwards and did a little demo that was needed. Spent today inside while the snow storm was outside. Got the east wall framed up with the future bathroom doorway as well.




This picture is misleading. It looks like the wall is framed underneath the main beam, it is not.
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post #56 of 117
3/11/13 at 8:24am
Progress. cool.gif

I keep too many scraps myself. I had 2 or 3 old (broken) wooden broomsticks in the garage for years. She convinced me to throw them out. Not 3 months later did I need a 24" section of 1" dowel. Wish I had some broomsticks right around then! mad.gifrolleyes.gifbiggrin.gif
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post #57 of 117
3/11/13 at 9:17am
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Progress. cool.gif

I keep too many scraps myself. I had 2 or 3 old (broken) wooden broomsticks in the garage for years. She convinced me to throw them out. Not 3 months later did I need a 24" section of 1" dowel. Wish I had some broomsticks right around then! mad.gifrolleyes.gifbiggrin.gif

It's funny you say that. When I moved into this house, the guy who lived here before me had a thing where he wouldn't throw anything away. He would take, say a broken broom stick, and put it in between the studs in the garage and then nail a board across the studs so it wouldn't fall out. Wellllllll when they moved out guess who inherited all of that eek.gif One day and 600 pounds to the dump later, one could actually walk around the garage without getting a shirt caught or tripping over old doors
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post #58 of 117
3/11/13 at 9:18am
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Progress. cool.gif

I keep too many scraps myself. I had 2 or 3 old (broken) wooden broomsticks in the garage for years. She convinced me to throw them out. Not 3 months later did I need a 24" section of 1" dowel. Wish I had some broomsticks right around then! mad.gifrolleyes.gifbiggrin.gif

P.S what a time to be an Iowa State Basketball Fan!?! I'm impressed every time I watch them.
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post #59 of 117
3/11/13 at 10:57am
No kidding. I am hoping the B12 tourney goes well biggrin.gif
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post #60 of 117
3/13/13 at 6:52am
Great thread, enjoying the pics and the updates. I've got a pile of Dewalt cordless tools myself, but I've also got a soft spot for Makita (track saw). Never could see the value in Festool stuff, not even for a tape measure.

Keep it up, looks great.
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