Ok, long time no post in this but I'm getting further... I've moved a bunch of junk into the shop and done some projects but still running off an extension cord which is annoying but workable...
A couple weeks ago I had the electrician come over and get things moving on the electrical side again, it's what I need to get done to get the permit finalized... I've been waiting because electrical stuff is expensive, now it's coming down except conduit and I can pay for it so screw it... The current estimate is $4500 with me digging the trench from the power pole to the shop plus whatever the power company will charge... but I'm going to put a 320A service to the shop and later down the line remove the meter from the house and run off the shops meter which will get rid of the overhead line going to the house that is in an annoying location with a really dumb tension wire to go laterally a few feet...
It's now been like 10 months since the floor was poured and it is still in good shape, the saw cuts worked great, just hairline cracks at the post ends of the cuts like there's supposed to be, it is really nice to have a level place to work on stuff... It would be nice if I could weld without playing dumb games... one of the pictures is my first weld in the shop that had my welder hooked to the generator with a fan by the exhaust blowing it out the door... the last pic is me FINALLY finding a use for those rear window gun racks, the top one looks scary by current standards but it is just a .177 pellet gun for yard pests, the 20 ga shotgun under it is for the same use, mainly subterranean...
Since it's been a while on updates on this post here's some pics: