Introductions and Howdy

["karen ivey" <kkiveylw@xxxxxxxx>]

Thank ya'll for this free and frank  conversation , you
have all been a great help in my thinking process.

Poured  the slab in my little workshop yesterday , and
moving in today ... concrete is a little green but I
cain't wait!   Was able to incorporate  many of the
ideas discussed here , even though  I did it on the
cheap , using leftover parts from my steam boilermaking
days ...built a Quonset type barn, 14 x 24, using ribs
of 1/2 x3 bar that some fella bent who did not catch
that the print called for 14' I.D, not O.D, and aluminum
tin that was stained and discarded.... I beam  from a
buddy , the only cost was in purchasing the self tapping
screws.

Any way , proud of my cozy hole , the wife is a little
less so .

I have been carving Limestone , and selling some pieces
right along, and now it is time to get a little more
serious about it .

I thank you all again for  the help you have provided
while I lurked around here , and look forward to picking
ya'lls brains like a welder picks his nose.

So , a Great Big Western Howdy from West Texas !

Kent Lee Ivey