SECOND PAGE OF TEXT --- Bill's Woodshop

Here is the FINAL [? smiles] picture showing the source of power for the new woodshop. This very limited picture, limited because it is virtually impossible to show everything that is behind all the work that went into getting this portion finished. There is more to an electric service than just mounting a breaker box--believe me! (By the way, you are OK--the picture is NOT upside down, the insulation is; and the height of the box is a little lower than normal, that's OK too.)

As you saw in the previous pages, Jim Wheeler was the master mind or no less than Project Engineer and I played the part of Gopher.  Once the building was enclosed and interior wiring strung there was yet the final connection of electric power to be done.  Enter 2nd Project Engineer, JOHN C. BRANT, JR. of Canal Winchester.  John and his wife, Ann, are good friends of ours at the church where we worship in Lancaster; and he became aware of my need for someone to do the finishing touches of "connecting the shop" with electric!

There is MORE to connecting a shop with electric than merely mounting a box like the one pictured at the top of this page -- and John Brant virtually did it all.  Oh, as in Jim Wheeler's work, I was there a little to "gopher" this or agree to that but sometimes John was at the shop location all by himself doing what needed to be done.  FIRST of which was to figure out what was needed.  Everything John did was "perfect to a T" -- plans, re-thinking of plans, list items needed and revision of the list. Following a precise list of items needed, work to be done was as involved as the materials list. John dug a narrow ditch (sufficient in depth) to bury the supply line from the garage breaker box to the woodshop and after later covering the ditch was done in such a manner to almost disguise a ditch had ever been dug.  John's electrical wiring talents not need take a backseat to many professionals as straight runs in the box made the "beginning and end" of wiring obvious and not the usual guess work. Preparation of "addresses" for each box was also done by John so "whoever" opens up a junction box or breaker box will not have to guess how to identify circuits or lines run.  A HEARTY THANK YOU to such friends as John Brant and Jim Wheeler, as well as my brother-in-law (Bob Steel) and other acquaintances who put in their two cents of opinions and suggestions from the start.  As of October 6, there just remains some very minor finishing detail (like insulating & covering area around electric breaker box) and it is now time to begin moving in my woodworking equipment and tools!   #####

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