It’s been almost three months since my last update. I’ve been putting up some progress posts on instagram, however even that has been a little sparse lately. The reason? I’ve moved!
My projects are growing and the need for more space could no longer be ignored. After a lot of house hunting (like, an exhausting amount) I finally found something that perfectly fits the needs of my increasingly ambitious clockwork projects.
It’s been quite an ordeal. Moving is a huge interruption under normal circumstances. Hunting down a new house, selling the old house, the loans and legal stuff, and then there’s packing up and moving everything that I’ve accumulated over the last 18 years in my old space. But the really difficult part was relocating the shop. I have some big and heavy machines, and here’s the thing: The industrial moving companies didn’t want to bother with a small residential move, and the regular moving companies didn’t have the ability to move the heavy stuff safely.
Sometimes you just have to figure things out for yourself. Below are some links to the move that I posted on instagram. I’d post the files directly, but I unfortunately lost my phone right in the middle of the move, and it wasn’t backed up (brutal).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CiSyBRhL-2M/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D
After everything was moved I had to do quite a bit of work on the new space. This included wiring up lots of outlets (both the garage and basement only had one each!?!) Wiring a couple of 220v outlets for the big mill and lathe, and wiring the 3-phase converter for the mill. Ripping out the carpet in the basement and building lots of shelves so that I have a place to put everything. And finally, installing decent lighting.
Here are a few photos of the new space. I had pics of the whole transformation but again….lost phone. The “before” picture is actually from the original listing of the house. The stuff isn’t mine, but you can see what the space was before I changed everything.
There’s still a lot I want to do to the space, but it’s to a point where I can get back to work. There have been enough delays. It’s time to make some clocks.
I’ll post more within the next couple of days to catch this blog up on the clock progress. I’ve been happily working in the new space for over a month now & I’m approaching the really fun parts of the project.
Apologies for the long absence. Thank you for your patience. Stay tuned!