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Business Meeting
Aug. 14th, 2017 09:27 pm Made good progress today on a couple of fronts. Finally finished the cutting bills and drilling diagrams for a pegboard add-on to the shop table that we're gonna use for layout work--the measuring, marking, punching for the cutting and drilling operations.
The pegboard will be the full length of the table and will be 30 inches above the curbing at the back of it. It'll hold all of the measuring and marking tools, used in laying out the given project, and will keep the tools within easy reach while keeping the work surface clear.
I also picked up extra page protectors, to keep our paperwork in good condition while it's on the shop floor, and also subject dividers and a binder to keep our drawings organized and in one place when they're not in use.
That's kind of what I did back in the day, when I was Chief Designer for the Gerrity/Wickes truss plant in Syracuse, but on a much larger, highly-computerized scale. Little did I know that THOSE were the days. "Too soon old, too late smart," as my old man used to say.
I did discuss the whole "employing the grandson" bit with my daughter when she was here for our "business meeting" on Sunday. I told her my idea of trying to make it a self-sustaining operation, at least as far as material costs are concerned and, beyond that, to recoup the costs of my grandson's very nominal hourly wage, if and when that became possible.
We actually had a good meeting, got some bills paid, tracked some income and expenses, and resolved the impasse we had unexpectedly encountered over her mother's estate. That was resolved by my writing two checks, so it was easy enough for her, lol.
Anyway, we tossed a couple of ideas around, very briefly, about the workshop business, with nothing actually resolved but some concepts suggested which may find life and substance in reality as things progress in the basement.
Apparently, my grandson has recovered from both his illness and his sports injury because he answered my inquiry about whether we were on for work, dinner, and soccer, tommorrow, in the affirmative.
So tonight, for a change and for now, it's all good...
LPK
@Dreamwidth
8.14.2017
The pegboard will be the full length of the table and will be 30 inches above the curbing at the back of it. It'll hold all of the measuring and marking tools, used in laying out the given project, and will keep the tools within easy reach while keeping the work surface clear.
I also picked up extra page protectors, to keep our paperwork in good condition while it's on the shop floor, and also subject dividers and a binder to keep our drawings organized and in one place when they're not in use.
That's kind of what I did back in the day, when I was Chief Designer for the Gerrity/Wickes truss plant in Syracuse, but on a much larger, highly-computerized scale. Little did I know that THOSE were the days. "Too soon old, too late smart," as my old man used to say.
I did discuss the whole "employing the grandson" bit with my daughter when she was here for our "business meeting" on Sunday. I told her my idea of trying to make it a self-sustaining operation, at least as far as material costs are concerned and, beyond that, to recoup the costs of my grandson's very nominal hourly wage, if and when that became possible.
We actually had a good meeting, got some bills paid, tracked some income and expenses, and resolved the impasse we had unexpectedly encountered over her mother's estate. That was resolved by my writing two checks, so it was easy enough for her, lol.
Anyway, we tossed a couple of ideas around, very briefly, about the workshop business, with nothing actually resolved but some concepts suggested which may find life and substance in reality as things progress in the basement.
Apparently, my grandson has recovered from both his illness and his sports injury because he answered my inquiry about whether we were on for work, dinner, and soccer, tommorrow, in the affirmative.
So tonight, for a change and for now, it's all good...
LPK
@Dreamwidth
8.14.2017
