Downsizing

[formariz 11,987]

Beautiful crisp precise lettering carved by hand with great utilization of space. Probably only a a  handful of stone carvers that can do that today.

[Handy Don 12,216]

2 hours ago, formariz said:

 

Beautiful crisp precise lettering carved by hand with great utilization of space. Probably only a a  handful of stone carvers that can do that today.

Here's an artist who is one of the handful. Ieuan Rees

He was a guest in our home years ago and I remain in awe of his calligraphic and stone-cutting artistry.

A BBC program brought him some earned recognition.

Edited November 30, 2022 by Handy Don

[Mickwhitt 4,621]

So we've hade the place valued, the maths is on our side, so we are going ahead with a move as soon as the house sells. 

I've got a machinery mover to shift the big lumps I'm going to keep and the rest will go on tool sites priced to sell. 

It will either happen very quickly or at the pace of a glacier so I'm not stressing either way.

I'm even going to scrap some of the projects I had intended to renovate as I won't have the space to store anything. 

 

[Stormin 9,981]

  Mick. I hope the new abode has a decent sized garage/workshop or the room to build one.  In a small house you'll only get under Sandra's feet. 

Edited December 2, 2022 by Stormin

[Mickwhitt 4,621]

Norm.  I am going back to basics. 

When I started out with my model engineering I had a single garage workshop and managed to do some great work.

Now I have three times the space I done seem to get as much done! Maybe it's because I have so much stuff I don't have time to use it all.

I'll be happier with a smaller space and less house repairs to take up my time. 

Going to have to be ruthless though and ditch some serious metal. 

[sergeant 291]

For a short time In 2008 The wife and I moved down to this tiny Tennessee Town of called Cowan,  she was a Partner In a restaurant and Bakery. She decided to Put Her Nursing career On Hold. I wasn't there Much, as I was working as a Civilian Military advisor In the Middle East and across NATO Member states. Originally we were living in a Two Bedroom Guest House which had a Great room Living/Kitchen  and it wasn't so Bad  It was up On the Cumberland Plateau In Sewanee, TN and I took One tractor with Me My Cub Cadet 106. Well, Part of the business went south right away. The Wife Runs down the Mountain and rents today what would be classified as a Tiny House,  a 1 room log cabin with a Bathroom. There was a second Cabin on the Property  which I used as the Tractor Barn,  it was an acre lot. I tell you I came back to that and was living there 3 or 4 Months I think that is the closets we have ever Been Killing each other  since we 1st met in 1983.  But those 3 or 4 Months In 2008. I think we both threatened divorce. So that why I really don't want to think about ever downsizing too Much.  How People raise Families in those tiny houses I'll never know. If My Youngest hadn't been away at school,  I think we would have really killed one another then. I was Happy when the Business finally went south. None of the Business Partners even talk to this day. But we Moved Back to our House In Elburn, Illinois  She went Back to Nursing  and I commuted to down town Chicago to the Dirksen Federal Building  or was off in some godforsaken part of the world again. Now I work from Home In the Basement In an easy No travel Profession. She runs a Psychiatric until at a Local Hospital.  I now know I can downsize the House But Not Property size and it Must have at least a 40X40 Barn,shed or Garage But it won't be a Tiny anything house

[Mickwhitt 4,621]

So here is the new garage. 18 feet by ten feet, which to you boys might sound tiny,  but it will suit me just fine with my slimmed down machine shop. I have three times the space here and I still have to climb over things to access machines. 

I'll get the floor painted with epoxy resin paint and then start moving in. 

[sergeant 291]

36 minutes ago, Mickwhitt said:

So here is the new garage. 18 feet by ten feet, which to you boys might sound tiny,  but it will suit me just fine with my slimmed down machine shop. I have three times the space here and I still have to climb over things to access machines. 

I'll get the floor painted with epoxy resin paint and then start moving in. 

Previous House My shop was 12ft X 20ft Problem was, No real work space as it was filled with 5 Garden tractors, 1 rear engine rider, 1 Lawn tractor and a FEL when the FEL was on the JD X485 or JD X748 and Out of the shed I had room to work.  So I know I can make do with a smaller shop  if I thinned My Tractor heard down again Today the Barn has 3 areas 9ft X 37ft lean to enclosed 28.5ft X 37ft Main barn area and I have an 18ft X 37ft second story. So I have Plenty of storage and work space today. Now Our Your Wheel Horses Going to the New Place?

[Mickwhitt 4,621]

I only have one Wheelhorse, my trusty

C-125  Fred.

He will sit neatly at the door between the machines I choose to retain. 

I'm thinking of the following engineering machines for this smaller space.

1. Plain turning lathe

2. Screw cutting lathe

3. Vertical milling machine

4. Floor standing Pillar drill

5. Pedestal grinder

6. Shaping machine

 

There will need to be bench space for a vice etc. I do have some free standing steel benches which will fit the bill rather than bolting to a wall.

I also have some bench mounted power tools such as a polisher, linisher and the like which will also need somewhere to nest.

I have plenty of cabinets and shelving that will hold materials and tools. 

Its going to be a case of making a scale floor plan and items so I can shuffle things around virtually to help me decide. 

 

[sergeant 291]

24 minutes ago, Mickwhitt said:

I only have one Wheelhorse, my trusty

C-125  Fred.

He will sit neatly at the door between the machines I choose to retain. 

I'm thinking of the following engineering machines for this smaller space.

1. Plain turning lathe

2. Screw cutting lathe

3. Vertical milling machine

4. Floor standing Pillar drill

5. Pedestal grinder

6. Shaping machine

 

There will need to be bench space for a vice etc. I do have some free standing steel benches which will fit the bill rather than bolting to a wall.

I also have some bench mounted power tools such as a polisher, linisher and the like which will also need somewhere to nest.

I have plenty of cabinets and shelving that will hold materials and tools. 

Its going to be a case of making a scale floor plan and items so I can shuffle things around virtually to help me decide. 

 

Well at least You Have a Good Plan already  for You smaller shop

[Handy Don 12,216]

26 minutes ago, Mickwhitt said:

the following engineering machines for this smaller space

Hmmm, so this implies renaming the space from Garage to Shop!  

[Mickwhitt 4,621]

Oh it is a workshop, the only thing with wheels in there will be Fred. 

 

[Mickwhitt 4,621]

Crikey! Five months on from my last post about this topic.

 

Absolutely no interest from any buyers for our house. The housing market is pretty flat with all the doom and gloom about the economy. Especially higher priced homes like ours. We'll really its mid price but still a lot to commit to for most folk.

So we've taken it off the market and are just going to enjoy this place now we have stopped home boarding dogs and it's become our home, not our workplace. 

If the market bounces back in a few years we can still look to move then if we want to downsize. 

On the bright side at least I tidied up my workshop spaces lol. 

Mick 

[EB-80/8inPA 1,641]

6 hours ago, Mickwhitt said:

On the bright side at least I tidied up my workshop spaces lol.

That, and you can put off moving.  I hate moving.  It’s the worst.  Well, next to cleaning out the folks’ house anyway; that was no fun either.

[Stormin 9,981]

 Well I'm staying where I am for the duration. Only leaving in a box or to a retirement home if I can't manage thing any more.

[Ed Kennell 38,159]

7 minutes ago, Stormin said:

 Well I'm staying where I am for the duration

Yes  Sir.  I've been in this house for the last 60 of my 80 years.  Allready got an axle drove in under my tree stand where they can dump my ashes.

[Ed Kennell 38,159]

1 hour ago, EB-80/8inPA said:

 It’s the worst.  Well, next to cleaning out the folks’ house

I hear that.  Just finishing the disposal of my 98 yo MILs property....4 story 7 bedroom house and it was full,  8 car garage and vehichles.   

 

[Lee1977 6,657]

I built my house 49 years ago and I'm not planning on going anywhere.  I hired the masonry work, the concrete basement floor. and the roof shingles. The rest just me and my dad and a few friends for a day or two. 2000 sq. ft with a full basement.

I'm still on property my grandfather bought in 1919, I have 4 1/2 acres o it. We sold dad's farm in 2017 to a retired special forces guy, couldn't have a better neighbor. When the Lord call me I hope they find me and my Wheel Horse on the back forty of Dad's old farm.