Yet again, Jeff G. and Tony joined me in working on the new museum today. (Tony in particular has put in waaaay beyond his share of the work lately. He even worked here a couple of days during the week with one of his employees!) We did several small projects (along with Jimmy from the model trains group who helped me after-hours tonight), but today's big accomplishment is we finally finished the double doors. Paint is done, the lock is installed/working, reinstalled some previously removed door window trim, and upper/lower barrel locks are installed on the side without the handle. Smaller projects done: replaced lock in the 11/785 door, moved Bendix desk back into position, adjusted that desk's feet slightly higher so the file cabinet fits under it, moved George back into position, put a "door blocked, use other door" sign on the hallway side of the center door, put a trash can into the workshop area, further secured the front posts of the workbench, tested new printer, moved various things around :), and cleaned (but only a little). Some pictures are at snarc.net/temp-vcf/ because I forgot to bring the vcfed.org password with me.... Adam, me, and Corey will be here tomorrow. Going to focus on clearing lots of the clutter and that sort of thing.
Yes, it's great how those with particular talents are stepping up to help. The door really looks great! It was hideous looking before, but now it is is fantastic. It helps when something is done right instead of haphazardly. Great job Evan! We appreciate all your hard work to create the great new museum space! :) On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 1:12 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Yet again, Jeff G. and Tony joined me in working on the new museum today. (Tony in particular has put in waaaay beyond his share of the work lately. He even worked here a couple of days during the week with one of his employees!)
We did several small projects (along with Jimmy from the model trains group who helped me after-hours tonight), but today's big accomplishment is we finally finished the double doors. Paint is done, the lock is installed/working, reinstalled some previously removed door window trim, and upper/lower barrel locks are installed on the side without the handle.
Smaller projects done: replaced lock in the 11/785 door, moved Bendix desk back into position, adjusted that desk's feet slightly higher so the file cabinet fits under it, moved George back into position, put a "door blocked, use other door" sign on the hallway side of the center door, put a trash can into the workshop area, further secured the front posts of the workbench, tested new printer, moved various things around :), and cleaned (but only a little).
Some pictures are at snarc.net/temp-vcf/ because I forgot to bring the vcfed.org password with me....
Adam, me, and Corey will be here tomorrow. Going to focus on clearing lots of the clutter and that sort of thing.
PS. What are those dark green parts in the center of the door, you ask? We need a spacer between the handle and the door because none of us could make the door's width adjuster thingamajig work correctly. Matt C. from OMARC, who is a professional contractor, concluded that the handle company installed an important part upside-down. Fred said the handle was purchased online. We don't have time to wait for a replacement. Fred found a silver lining: he said many of the old Army doors had darker panels behind the handles to block finger scuffs and such... and making our own panels would give us the door thickness needed to let the handle clamp down tight. It's a kluge but it worked perfectly!
participants (2)
-
Evan Koblentz -
Jeffrey Brace