The shop I inherited in my home has electrical grounded outlets on several circuits every 4 feet around the perimeter of the shop and they are all 5 feet from the floor. No bending over to plug things in and all plugs are in site. Lucky to have inherited this. James Grebe R.P.T. from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com "Only my best is good enough" ---------- > From: Warren Fisher <fish@communique.net> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Shop Setup report > Date: Wednesday, December 10, 1997 9:51 AM > > Well Folks, > > With Dick and I both doing all we can in our spare time (what there is > at this time of the year), we've got the walls and rafters up and > paneling over the back wall so we can install the floor to ceiling > storage shelves we need to get all the junk out of the middle of the > shop. I put in the electrical outlets yesterday and will be running the > lines to the circuit breaker box today. Incidentally, if any of you > have any neat ideas about where to put outlets, I really would like to > hear about them! > > Since our shop is in a large area with 15 foot ceilings and is only 9 > feet to the tops of the rafters, we are going to put a large storage > area on top with a ladder on the outside for access so we don't have to > allow for attic stairs inside the shop! > > We will have a 22 foot long work bench along the left wall which will be > divided into 3 segments, 2 at 35" for standing and the other at 30" for > sitting. One of the 35's will have wheels on the back and handles on > the front so it can be pulled into the center of the shop if needed. > > For the rest of the walls, I found a salvage place selling 7/16" 4X8 > Chipboard for $5 a sheet and got enough to finish the job. That's all I > have time for today. > > Merry Christmas everyone! > > Warren > -- > Home of the Humor List > Warren D. Fisher > fish@communique.net > Registered Piano Technician > Piano Technicians Guild > New Orleans Chapter 701
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