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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #500 on: December 18, 2017, 03:38:04 AM »
I know this is your own build thread but I wanted to note how wonderfully appropriate that you're posting work on your modelling area under the "Land" section.

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #501 on: December 18, 2017, 06:36:19 AM »
1 box down, and a few snafus. Need an extra pack of cam lockers and some toggle bolts for sheet rock. Since I'm installing these in a way Ikea did not intend (ie 4 x free standing units), I'll need some more legs and and thought as to how to keep everything level for the counter top.

No swearies yet! Apart from trying to re-wire a behind-the-wall Cat5e ethernet Keystone jack the sheetrockers cut through, but I can't blame that cussing on Ikea.

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #502 on: December 18, 2017, 06:51:26 AM »
As stated - " I'm installing these in a way Ikea did not intend"
We now have an IKEA kit basher. :smiley:

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #503 on: December 18, 2017, 08:20:35 AM »
As stated - " I'm installing these in a way Ikea did not intend"
We now have an IKEA kit basher. :smiley:
Some folk will whiff anything!  ;)

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #504 on: December 18, 2017, 08:53:58 AM »
Been through a similar exercise on a smaller scale, seriously liking the way this is evolving

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #505 on: December 19, 2017, 12:25:23 PM »
Whiffing Ikea is not as rare as you might think!

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #506 on: January 22, 2018, 08:16:35 AM »
Getting there!



Firearms closet roughed in:



Hope to have it ready before the snow melts. The snow of 2018. (My wife made me specify a year this time when I told her it would be done "by summer")

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #507 on: January 22, 2018, 09:38:23 AM »
Closet, contents, and the rest are all a fine 1/1 project. :smiley:

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #508 on: January 22, 2018, 10:13:19 PM »
You must live in a tough neighbourhood Ginge    ;D

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #509 on: January 23, 2018, 02:37:11 AM »
You must live in a tough neighbourhood Ginge    ;D

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #510 on: January 23, 2018, 07:44:41 AM »
Wait ... that's just two shots of the same firearms closet. Are you sure that you can adequately secure the perimeter?
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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #511 on: January 24, 2018, 06:46:51 AM »
Why have one zombie apocalypse gun when you can have two at twice the price!

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #512 on: January 24, 2018, 10:16:04 AM »
Why have one zombie apocalypse gun when you can have two at twice the price!
Need more shotguns :)
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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #513 on: January 24, 2018, 10:45:05 AM »
Nah! Silent or silenced weapons are better, zombies are attracted to sounds, especially loud ones - just ask Max Brookes! ;)
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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #514 on: January 28, 2018, 04:03:31 AM »
Nah! Silent or silenced weapons are better, zombies are attracted to sounds, especially loud ones - just ask Max Brookes! ;)


I totally subscribe to that Zombie canon! Bolt action .22 with subsonic ammo..thhwwwpt


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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #515 on: March 25, 2018, 10:26:22 PM »
Modelling room nearly there. I still have yet to settle on a counter top surface. Once that's in, I can peel the blue wrap off the cabinets, attach the door handles, add the kick plates, and begin wiring the under cabinet LED. The grey panels are magnetic boards - I use them to hold instructions sheets and sprues to keep the work area clear.



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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #516 on: March 26, 2018, 09:56:33 PM »
Wow!

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #517 on: March 27, 2018, 12:53:53 AM »
Umm, can I rent space from you Graeme?  :D
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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #518 on: March 28, 2018, 05:07:17 AM »
Bugger renting....I'm interested in contracting him to build my new workshop!
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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #519 on: March 28, 2018, 05:39:23 AM »
@Graeme

I hope your arms are long enough to reach all the way to the back under the drawer units that you have installed. 

You know that is where the dropped parts will eventually land, all the way to the back :)
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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #520 on: March 28, 2018, 10:43:42 AM »
My own 2c.  1.  Throw caution and money to the wind, and go to some countertop store, explain your needs.  Were I to do it again I would want the surface to be solvent resistant, and a surface you can scrape the paint and glue off now and then.  The second idea is use some relatively smooth and solid surface like MDF, that you can take off and trash when they become too beat up.

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #521 on: March 30, 2018, 10:37:46 PM »
@Graeme

I hope your arms are long enough to reach all the way to the back under the drawer units that you have installed. 

You know that is where the dropped parts will eventually land, all the way to the back :)

Ooohhh, you know that is actually a really good point. I believe the kick plates I am installing snap on & off, but it might be an idea to leave off an entire panel (the one facing away from the main viewing angle), just to access stuff that falls behind the drawer. Cheers for that!

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #522 on: March 30, 2018, 10:38:44 PM »
Umm, can I rent space from you Graeme?  :D

There's room for three!  :D

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #523 on: March 30, 2018, 10:48:45 PM »
My own 2c.  1.  Throw caution and money to the wind, and go to some countertop store, explain your needs.  Were I to do it again I would want the surface to be solvent resistant, and a surface you can scrape the paint and glue off now and then.  The second idea is use some relatively smooth and solid surface like MDF, that you can take off and trash when they become too beat up.

Kim, indeed, I am considering now contracting this portion out. Even the cheapest formica option is $1500 installed. That's nearly 8% of the entire basement budget.

edit: I will have a 'sacrificial' work surface over top of the counter. Its MDF wrapped in vinyl, I'll see if I can find a photo.

MDF is not really an option in this case...and it goes back to the initial design phase. You see, a lot of my floor plans had the modelling area walled off, with access via 34" door. This had some great advantages: I could finish the room with cheaper materials, I wouldn't have to keep tidy (just close & lock the door), and I could make it more of a work area, ie, use MDF for a counter. Also, having a 4th wall in the room would give me another wall to butt a work surface up against.

The disadvantage was that it made the basement seem cramped. It's roughly 25' along the back wall, and splitting it into 2 x 12' rooms just made the whole area look tight. I decided that leaving it open, despite the advantage of a separate closed off room, would also make it more social. So when I go down to work on models, my kids will be close by in the TV / games area. And when the guys come over for a build night, we can have the war movies on in teh background. TBH, I'm still not sure if this was the right call, it was a design decision that took months to make, ahah!

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Re: Gingie's Build Thread
« Reply #524 on: March 30, 2018, 10:56:12 PM »
Kim - this is what I build for my last model room to protect the counter. Its board of MDF wrapped in green vinyl. Underneath is a cut-up yoga mat to protect the counter and provide some grip. Cutting mats go on top for building.

In this case, the counter was made from interlocking floor tiles of engineered wood. I finished the edge with metal tile trim channel...very uncomfortable to lean my wrists against that sharp edge.

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