RamRod E28 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 This thing needs to see the road this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Are the welds themselves burning out the seam dealer or is that just getting buried?The welding burns it out, some just takes longer. The TIG works well because I can add heat but not filler to flow the MIG weld out smoother and burn out impurities. YoungCR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 This thing needs to see the road this year!It will, As soon as the bathroom is done this is top priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted November 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 Well hello there. I am not in Wisconsin anymore unfortunately. I got a promotion/sidemotion and am working at the Hormel engineering R&D facility now. Basically a custom machine building shop that only supplies Hormel Foods. Very near Albert Lea Minnesota if anyone is ever passing through hit me up. We sold our House in Platteville to another BMW guy that I met on a cruise so the BMW tradition continues there. We rented a house for a little bit in Albert Lea while we were house hunting. We ended up buying a place in the country just into Iowa, yea surrounded by cornfields, pretty lame scenery after growing up in central Wisconsin and then living in Platteville but oh well. So we found a place with 2.5 acres on a blacktop road which was difficult to find. 2 bedroom ranch house that is structurally in excellent shape but it was a foreclosure so the price was right. We made a few modifications to the inside which were a little different because it was a modular home (ships in two halves and lifted with a crane onto the basement) So the center wall was pretty important because the trusses are two halves rather than spanning the whole house. We wanted it to be open between the living room and the kitchen/dining room. We took some siding off the end of the house and cut a hole to bring two 16" x 30' LVL headers which I glued/and lag screwed to the trusses so I could remove 17' of wall below. It worked great, I preloaded it upwards 1/4" while fastening the beam and when loaded it only came back down 1/16". Old view New View Also put in some rustic hard maple flooring and rearranged the kitchen cabinets to work with the new layout. There is a 2 car attached garage so the BMW has a resting place for now. It has a "chicken barn" that is 18x40' which isn't in great shape but I'm repairing to be dry inside. I put steel on the roof and replaced the rotten boards on the walls and repainted part of it. ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD a 32x42' barn from around 1920. The roof was beyond repair on the other side from leaking and rotting the roof. I found an Amish guy, Gideon, that would tear it down for free in exchange for the timbers. Here are a few pictures of the demolition. He did it in 5 days by himself with no power tools. You can see how bad the roof was bowed in. The arched beams were 7 stacked 1x2 boards held together with carriage bolts every 18". He is in the process of rebuilding it right now. Current status. I will be pouring a new floor with tubes for hydronic heat in the spring. The downstairs is just over 12'6" height so I can fit a lift. Side note, Amish guys have cool tools. Yes a dewalt chop saw with a gas engine. Everything else including the screws attaching the steel on the exterior he does by hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted November 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 Also we had another daughter, Evelyn, in September 2015, the house remodeling took place in October-December 2015. This is how I have felt for the last year... She was chillin on the floor while we worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 #spendingbigmoney Glad to see an update! Can't wait to see the e36 over in that new barn getting finished 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 I have always thought turning a barn into a shop, while keeping the exterior looking very much like a barn would be awesome. Judging by your pictures it certainly is! Looks like you guys are taking to the new place quite well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Your pictures aren't working for me! I need pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Most sigs and pictures don't seem to show up this morning=( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdesign Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 I think Photobucket is down too, and that's what I use to host most of my photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted November 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 They worked yesterday. They are on photobucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Looks like all of my flickr stuff is working. I stopped using photobucket when I would get pop ups and other unwanted things when going to their site. Nothing like some good ol' pron pop ups when at work..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted November 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 They seem to be back on tapatalk. Sent from my 831C using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Still not working for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Still not working either but they did work last night. FWIW photobucket sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Photobucket is down for maintenance. Went to their site and got the message I shamefully pay $3 a month just so my pictures dont die in my build thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 when imageshack changed from free to pay, i lost all my photos from since I joined the internet. at first i was mad, then I realized its probably better for some of my digital footprints to disappear forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted November 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 The outside is done. Sent from my 831C using Tapatalk KaiserRolls and Jdesign 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted November 16, 2016 Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted November 16, 2016 Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Earl said: Awesome! +1. going to be a sweet man room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted November 16, 2016 Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 Thats pretty awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted August 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 I still have this car, haven't touched it other than putting it in my sweet storage trailer. It was a little sketch getting it aligned to roll it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted August 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 The trailer came with the house, It is in the woods and the only way to get it out would be dragging it backwards. It is an insulated 48' in good shape so it works good to keep some stuff out of the garage. Some pics of the new house. It's on 26 acres, 19 of it is woods and the other 7 is an alfalfa field. Wood boiler for heat, there is also an LP furnace for backup. And the garage, 26' deep by 32' wide. The floor has pex in it but there is a leak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 Tons of space! I’d live to have a wooded lot some day. Good for you man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 Awesome man. All that acreage is sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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