Month: December 2020

The overhead door header wasn’t very adequate and it allowed the head of the door jam to sag about 1/2 inch. The header was just a 2×6 board that was held in place by only 7 nails. I replaced that with a 2×10 that rests on the door jams and nailed it into place with about 30 nails and flipped the old header over so the sag was a crown and nailed it to the new header with about 20 nails to add additional support to the header which has removed the sag that was present before. You can see the difference between the two blue lines of the before and after.

Once the header was done and the sag removed I lowered the door opener several inches to allow enough space to put insulation over the mechanism. The opener still needs to be adjusted a bit to allow enough clearance between the opener linkage and the joists.

These adjustments should allow for adequate height clearance for the machine to fit through the door opening.

Well One Manchester arrived at the port of Busan, Korea yesterday and the container was offloaded and is waiting for the next ship to arrive at port so it can be loaded and brought across the Pacific Ocean.

Got this email today saying there is an additional 5 day delay on the container in addition to the 2 days it was late leaving port…

Got a late start today but managed to finish insulating and covering the walls in the workshop. Moved the unused drywall off the floor and laid it against the back wall so it’ll be easier to work and move stuff out of the way.

Well the container was finally loaded onto the ship and the ship has departed the Qingdao Port

Finally got word from the factory that they are loading the machine into the shipping container.

The generator came today. The 2 wheeler tires just barely held air long enough to move the delivery from the end of the driveway to the saw horses. Had the boys help me lift it to the saw horses. Wasn’t sure they were going to be able to lift it. I slid it into the back of the car where it just barely fit. Getting it out of the car at the workshop was a lot easier than loading it. I put a couple of 2X4s on the back bumper and slid it down to the ground. Got it unlocked and set up.