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This page is an aggregate for all of the separate site’s postings. There are four areas: Cars, Boats, Other projects and (NEW) David’s Actual Workshop. Clicking on a specific post on this page will take you to that site. Each site has a top navigation to each project/subject.

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The New Workshop (NEW!!)

  • The Block Retaining Wall
    by David
    Oh boy! Here we go again. Another retaining wall. This wall would be a block wall. I wanted it to […]
  • Electrical and Heat
    by David
    When the planning for this project first started, I looked at options for power and heat. We have natural gas […]
  • Decorative Stone
    by David
    I wanted to add a little bit of class to the outside of the building. Having just steel siding would […]
  • Focusing on the Gutters
    by David
    Gutters and downspouts were not included in building contract. Many of these types of buildings don’t need to control the […]
  • The building is done!
    by David
    Well, not actually… The builders were all cleared out. The floor was finished. I needed to wait seven days for […]
  • Time for concrete
    by David
    The floor was ready. The conduit in place. Some of the crew arrived around 8:30. The rest of the guys […]
  • A few details before the floor is poured
    by David
    There would be a few days before the concrete was schedule so I took that time to dig a few […]
  • The doors are finished Day 12
    by David
    — The final touches— —This day was a little delayed due to some wrong parts that were sent. All they […]
  • Continuing the interior. Day 11
    by David
    —The south wall is done. Except they’ll need to re-cut the hole for the window— —Finishing the overhead door headers— […]
  • The ceiling is finished Day 10
    by David
    —The fiberglass insulation in the walls. That stuff always makes me itch!— —The ceiling is done!—

Boat Building

  • The final documented steps
    by David
    At least the ones I have photos of Editing Note- When I started building the Night Heron in 2014, I […]
  • Hitting the deck
    by David
    Another change in stapling I would use is to make sure the staples are lined up. Many times, the staple […]
  • Setting up the frame…while building a boat
    by David
    A hybrid-type kayak (two types of construction techniques) still use forms for the deck, they’re just set up a little […]
  • Finishing the Hull
    by David
    Once the hull forms were fastened firmly to the work surface and the hull was trued up, it was time […]

Old Cars

Other Projects

  • test
    by David
    test The post test appeared first on Other David's Workshops Projects.
  • How a touch-up project turned personal
    by David
    The saga of the repair of my front door Have you ever started a quick project or task and slowly watch it expand into a huge nightmare? I have. Usually […]
  • I hate it when that happens
    by David
    Well, I was working in my garage, kind of cleaning up. That means I was mostly moving piles of stuff from location to another. Turns out that the rule is […]
  • Why this site?
    by David
    Funny you should ask. It seems I’ve been dis-assembling and re-assembling, building and re-building, and just fixing stuff since I was a kid. When I was 11 years old, I […]