Month: July 2013

Week of June 30

June 30:  Allen busts studs with table saw

Rescuing materials from Just Coffee during their move
Rescuing materials from Just Coffee during their move
Salvaged lumber
Salvaged lumber
Dumpster diving for lumber
Dumpster diving for lumber
Bruce and Allen, dumpster divers
Bruce and Allen, dumpster divers
Beautifully painted trailer frame
Beautifully painted trailer frame
Terre works on the deck for the trailer
Terre works on the deck for the trailer
Allen
Allenallen 3
Keith
Keithkeith drilling

keith steve allen

July 1:  We made the news!

July 2:  

noah birthday
Birthday celebration!
hap
Hap works on the wall studs
steve and luca

July 3:  We made the news again!

July 5:  Take a tour of our workshop courtesy of Bruce

Watch Noah shred some pallets.  It’s satisfying work!

Stack of pallets
Stack of pallets
Peter on a pallet run
Peter on a pallet run
Shredding pallets
Shredding pallets
Rescued this countertop and sink from the curb in front of Just Coffee - they're moving, and it needed a new home
Rescued this countertop and sink from the curb in front of Just Coffee – they’re moving, and it needed a new home

kitchen sink

We found some steel!
We found some steel!
Rae
Rae
A visit from City Alder Marsha Rummel
A visit from City Alder Marsha Rummel
ed and anne
Lumber rack

 

 

Week of June 23

June 23: Volunteer for two shifts at OM Build and receive a first edition OM Build hat! Elite list of hat earners: Keith, Betty, Chris, Luca, Steve, and Rae

Volunteer hat
Volunteer hat
House plans
House plans

June 28:

Storage rack for completed all panels
Storage rack for completed all panels
Terre and Steve work on the storage rack
Terre and Steve work on the storage rack

steve and terre

OM Truck
OM Truck
Building plans on our idea board
Building plans on our idea board
Betty and Chris are interviewed by a Capital Times reporter
Betty and Chris are interviewed by a Capital Times reporter

cap times interview 2

A full schedule thanks to our wonderful volunteers!
A full schedule thanks to our wonderful volunteers!

Week of June 16

June 17 (Day 10):

Betty operates the drill:  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4878924814937&set=vb.421215821319212&type=2&theater

schedule
Build schedule
steve and chris
Steve and Chris debating the location of the potty
trophy wall
Trophy wall

award

resolution

June 18: We built the first part of House #1 today, one of the two floor panels. Off to a great start, everything nice and square thanks to careful work by Rae and Keith!

June 19:

Our banner
Our banner
Floor panel
Floor panel
Pallet easel designed and built by Steve and Luca to facilitate pallet disassembling
Pallet easel designed and built by Steve and Luca to facilitate pallet disassembling
Planed pallet boards ready to use as flooring or siding
Planed pallet boards ready to use as flooring or siding
Wall of tools
Wall of tools