The guy who helped me move when I was selling my house said he would do all my carpentry work in my van in exchange for some of my tools. I parted with about $1500- $2000 worth of tools and stuff he wanted. He ended up with nearly all my power tools, Drill press, table saw, miter box saw, recip. saw, drills, sanders and all my pneumatic tools and compressor. He also got some cool knick knacks and books.
Just so everyone knows, ever since my tick bite infection, my hands don't work well anymore. I would have done all this work myself, and been done by now.
We started working on insulation about 3 weeks ago. It took 3 different evenings to get 6 panels worth put up. The van is now ready for walls. We made a cardboard template, to attach to the ribs, to make the mounting for the walls all even. 2 weeks later he has finally got the 7 pieces cut, but they are still not installed. Once the walls are up I can do most of the rest of the work, but the walls must come first.
The bed I ordered is here and ready to install. I now have 4 Trojan T-105 RE's and a power inverter I'd love to get wired up.
He has been in a bad mood and hasn't wanted to do much lately. I don't want to pressure him, but winter is coming in Kansas, and I really don't have a garage available to accommodate a hi top van. I suppose some cash might encourage him some, but I feel I've already been very generous with the tools he got. I won't ask for anything back, I'm just not that way.
There were several different wood projects I wanted done, but I'll just keep requesting him to at least get my walls up, and call it good. I really wanted to pretty much ready by Jan. for the RTR, but I'll still go, no matter the stage of completion. For now I'll just try an be patient, he really is a fine carpenter. Patience just doesn't see to be my strong point, and I'm not used to asking for help, I'm fiercely independent. Rant over - Gadget
Just so everyone knows, ever since my tick bite infection, my hands don't work well anymore. I would have done all this work myself, and been done by now.
We started working on insulation about 3 weeks ago. It took 3 different evenings to get 6 panels worth put up. The van is now ready for walls. We made a cardboard template, to attach to the ribs, to make the mounting for the walls all even. 2 weeks later he has finally got the 7 pieces cut, but they are still not installed. Once the walls are up I can do most of the rest of the work, but the walls must come first.
The bed I ordered is here and ready to install. I now have 4 Trojan T-105 RE's and a power inverter I'd love to get wired up.
He has been in a bad mood and hasn't wanted to do much lately. I don't want to pressure him, but winter is coming in Kansas, and I really don't have a garage available to accommodate a hi top van. I suppose some cash might encourage him some, but I feel I've already been very generous with the tools he got. I won't ask for anything back, I'm just not that way.
There were several different wood projects I wanted done, but I'll just keep requesting him to at least get my walls up, and call it good. I really wanted to pretty much ready by Jan. for the RTR, but I'll still go, no matter the stage of completion. For now I'll just try an be patient, he really is a fine carpenter. Patience just doesn't see to be my strong point, and I'm not used to asking for help, I'm fiercely independent. Rant over - Gadget
