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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

Not much to say here.  The The storm of the century turned out to be a 
bust.  Weather has been cold at times but this last several days it has 
been in the 70s.  I have been working on the shop, insulating the walls 
and covering with OSB, building and installing a workbench and shelves, 
hooking up the air compressor.

http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/January%2011/images/insulation.jpg
Insulated wall

http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/January%2011/images/OSB.jpg
Covered with OSB

http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/January%2011/images/work%20station.jpg
Workbench and shelves

http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/January%2011/images/drill%20press.jpg
Shop coming together

http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/January%2011/images/air%20compressor.jpg
Air compressor

http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/images/north%20false%20wall.jpg
Wall with major electrical.

I have had to improve the shop electrical.  I added two more power 
circuits, two more lighting circuits, 30A RV, 20A 240V table saw power.  
I also added a sub panel which powers the welder, air compressor, and 
dust collector, all 240V.

Plus a bunch of smaller projects, sheet rocking a closet in the sewing 
room, building coat racks by the entry.  As for the garden, I am cutting 
Cedar poles for fence posts.  If this weather holds I will have all the 
fence posts ready to build a fence sometime next week.  The week after 
should see at least one bed boxed and hopefully two.  The rest of the 
garden will just be planted without boxes for now.  I cut sevel poles 
yesterday and will drag them to the garden tomorrow.

http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/January%2011/images/poles.jpg
Poles for posts near the garden location.

Still a lot to do.

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Don Bowen           KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html