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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #60 on: January 23, 2009, 07:19:06 PM »
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Duncan but I'm but one of many willing hands. As far as I'M concerned, this building is all Zack.
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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #61 on: January 24, 2009, 06:40:09 PM »
We put in a few Windows and a door Today. We dug out the three doors that were now buried by about 2 feet of snow. Now stored in the building. Small crew. Not much else went on.
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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #62 on: January 24, 2009, 08:10:18 PM »
Hey,
3 windows and a door,... that's a whole SIDE done! (Except for clapboarding/painting, other warm weather work ;))
Not bad for a "small crew." ;D

Hi to John, Stu, and everyone else I saw up at the Big E today!

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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #63 on: January 24, 2009, 08:40:11 PM »
No clap boards going on. What you see is the exterior boards, minus the batten that will cover the vertical seams between the boards. The wall was boarded last Saturday afternoon. We just filled the holes in.
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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #64 on: January 25, 2009, 03:02:57 PM »
Steve,
You are welcome Steve and you are correct that the building is the result of many hands lead by Zack.  But they are not just hands, they are talented hands working in teamwork and it shows.  The museum is very fortunate to have the volunteers and leadership that guide and support it. 
Actually I was teasing KD that he should have used you years ago for his reno.
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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #65 on: January 25, 2009, 07:00:52 PM »
I didn't know Steve in 1988. Otherwise, of course I would have used him if he would have travelled to my neighborhood.
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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #66 on: January 26, 2009, 10:35:36 AM »
Yeah Dave, I sorta figured that but why spoil a good tease with too much explanation?
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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #67 on: January 31, 2009, 12:12:10 PM »
Good job on the windows and door. Are the windows made by the same company that made the historic windows for the Alna Center station? Hear you are getting a lot of bad weather up that way  is there any work going to be done this weekend?

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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #68 on: January 31, 2009, 06:16:08 PM »
OK. Today we modified the doors for Bay 1 and got them up. A lot more work than I thought but they are done.



And I think I have been neglecting a good overall picture of the whole building. So here you go.


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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #69 on: January 31, 2009, 06:37:55 PM »
Mike,  Thanks for the photos, you guys are doing a great job.  At the rate you are going do you think the building will be closed up by the end of Feb?  How did you modify the doors did you have to trim them?  At least the bay 2 fake doors are a bit easier to handle and you won't have to deal with hinges.

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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #70 on: January 31, 2009, 07:11:36 PM »
The doors look great, as long as that isn't mold I see on the left door. oops :-X
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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #71 on: January 31, 2009, 07:32:15 PM »
The Bay one door was too tall by a few inches due to the cement floor. This meant taking it apart enough to get to the bottom of the door. Luckily it was all screwed together and came apart fairly easily on the inside. The outside had many coats of paint filling the screw heads so I had to clean each head with a small screwdriver to get the screws out.
  Zack trimmed the inside boards top length, cut and re-installed the bottom 2x6 in the door, then trimmed the outside boards to over lap the cement. He then trimmed the 45 degree angle on the doors to fit properly. The East door went up first, then came back down for a little more trimming. The second time worked perfectly. The west door went in like a glove.
  We figured last weekend that the center (Bay 2) door would have to be cut down roughly 7 inches. That is next on the agenda. That should be easy compared to the Bay 1 door.
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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #72 on: January 31, 2009, 08:06:55 PM »
Looks like at least one window is in on the east side of the building, too!
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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #73 on: February 01, 2009, 09:42:25 AM »
Ed if you look at the post from 1/10/09 you'll see the windows on the east side were in back then. Looks like only the big doors and the windows in the attict area need to be installed to close up the extention.

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Re: Car shop extension 2
« Reply #74 on: February 01, 2009, 10:59:49 AM »
Did you guys put in some new track stalls for the carshop yet? Plus is the carshop coming very close to the painting stage?  ??? :)
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