Shrubs look nice.
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'72 K5 - Greg's @MightAsWellK5 Build
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This is the build description. I will improve this later. (GB)
Looks like a guy ready to work on a Volvo...Flip flops and pink shorts......
Nice... lol
2018.07.11 - UPDATE! - WHEN I"M WRONG, I'LL SAY I'M WRONG...
Now that the Mitsubishi Mini-Split AC unit has arrived, and is ready for installation... it was time to finish up the wiring along the left-side wall so that the junk piled up in the extra bay can be pushed against the walls. Don't want to block access to work that needs to be done, so the electrical needed to be finalized so I don't have any reason to get back to those areas.
Here's a neat trick that someone might want to use later on. When installing new electrical boxes, you can get a really neat look and keep the outlets from wiggling and collapsing into the wall when plugging items in by mounting them slightly too far OUT into the room. Then when the finished walls are installed, use a flapwheel to carefully "dress down" the edges to make them flush with the surrounding walls! Perfect alignment, outlets end up strongly mounted and the cover plates fit perfectly with no gaps around the edges. OCD People Unite!!!
.... and when I'm wrong, I'll say I'm wrong. It's been so long since I've working on an actual truck project that I misremembered which way the 220V plugs work. Turns out the ground IS on the top...just like people were telling me. I could have sworn it was the opposite way... but sure enough, all of my existing 220V devices are "ground side up". A quick 180* rotation and all is good again!
More to come!
-G
Now that the Mitsubishi Mini-Split AC unit has arrived, and is ready for installation... it was time to finish up the wiring along the left-side wall so that the junk piled up in the extra bay can be pushed against the walls. Don't want to block access to work that needs to be done, so the electrical needed to be finalized so I don't have any reason to get back to those areas.
Here's a neat trick that someone might want to use later on. When installing new electrical boxes, you can get a really neat look and keep the outlets from wiggling and collapsing into the wall when plugging items in by mounting them slightly too far OUT into the room. Then when the finished walls are installed, use a flapwheel to carefully "dress down" the edges to make them flush with the surrounding walls! Perfect alignment, outlets end up strongly mounted and the cover plates fit perfectly with no gaps around the edges. OCD People Unite!!!
.... and when I'm wrong, I'll say I'm wrong. It's been so long since I've working on an actual truck project that I misremembered which way the 220V plugs work. Turns out the ground IS on the top...just like people were telling me. I could have sworn it was the opposite way... but sure enough, all of my existing 220V devices are "ground side up". A quick 180* rotation and all is good again!
More to come!
-G
In a shop I always try to put ground up. Even on some of my 120V plugs. If anything falls behind it it hits the ground first and not the hot.
I thought they showed that ground on top also helps keep tension off the plug. If the ground is below it’s more likely to flex and break offf. Maybe not don’t remember.
I'm also suprised that those don't look like hospital grade outlets 
. I would have assumed that an 'Overkill so it lasts' mentality would have used those.... That's ALL I'll put in my place. Because that's my normal mentality too lol.
. I would have assumed that an 'Overkill so it lasts' mentality would have used those.... That's ALL I'll put in my place. Because that's my normal mentality too lol.
Excellent wood grain alignment in the corner. It’s comforting that each board has 72-3/8 grains per exposed face.
As always, great detail.
David
I just buy the adjustable gang boxes and once the sheetrock (or in you case shiplap) is up then adjust the box accordingly then install the receptacle and plate.
I like using retrofit boxes (with those little flip out “wings” even on new construction for a similar reason... always perfect and flush. Seemed like a hassle for the T&G
-G
I had such a hard time getting the holes in the right place for my outlets. Now I'm gonna have to cut openings out of thin metal or wood and then use spacers in mine to get a nice solid plug
HD sells plastic rectangle spacers that work well for overly deep mounted boxes. I had a few outlets mounted to twisted 2x4s which made the outlet box crooked too..... flapwheel love on the spacer allowed a perfect asymmetrical fitnent and the receptacles fit flush, plumb and perfect!!
-G
HD sells plastic rectangle spacers that work well for overly deep mounted boxes. I had a few outlets mounted to twisted 2x4s which made the outlet box crooked too..... flapwheel love on the spacer allowed a perfect asymmetrical fitnent and the receptacles fit flush, plumb and perfect!!
-G
When I get more setup and after I paint I'm gonna get some 18 gauge steel and cut the shapes out. None of mine are so deep I need the extension. They make little plastic peices that space the outlet out that's what I will use.
This is something that is super annoying to me in the shop. And it fustrated me to no end while doing it.
Yep those is them!
WWTMD more like it. All hail Tortilla Man!
As for the wood, I'm a little sad you didn't miter the corners...or better yet do box joints for extra strength.
A few more pics from recent days....
Right side garage wall completed...
A/C Mini-Split delivered...
Left Side Wall completed....
Now everyone is up to speed.
-G
Right side garage wall completed...
A/C Mini-Split delivered...
Left Side Wall completed....
Now everyone is up to speed.
-G
How much work to do before you can get back on the truck .
I just don't remember what all still needs done
I just don't remember what all still needs done
A few more pics from recent days....
Right side garage wall completed...
A/C Mini-Split delivered...
Left Side Wall completed....
Now everyone is up to speed.
-G
Your garage looks nicer than a lot of restaurants I eat at.
That makes TWO of us...
A/C install is critical now. 100 degrees every day here in Austin for the next 2 months...
I've still got a huge pile of equipment / parts under a blue tarp in the side yard. It needs to come safely back into the garage
That requires the overhead storage area to be completed.... I'm probably 75% complete with that.
Overhead ceiling is still not cut-out to create the vaulted ceiling.
Finish the 220V wiring in the breaker panels
More 110V outlets along the back wall where my toolboxes and workbenches will need to go.
etc.
etc.
etc.
I don't really like allowing myself to daydream too much about working on the truck yet. It's simply too far into the future for me at this point.
-G
