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Andy Kurek

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Nov 23^rd, 2010 at 9:31am

I finished a couple small projects and decided to clean my shop a little. While it was semi-clean, I decided to take a few pics.

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Re: Wisconsin Basement
Reply #1 - Nov 23^rd, 2010 at 9:34am

Here are a few pics, looking to the left. The last is my pellet stove which sits just outside of my shop. Keeps it a toasty 72 degrees in blustery cold winters.-Andy

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Chuck Beland WR Addict Offline I got my eyes on you. Posts: 12,873 Gender:	Re: Wisconsin Basement Reply #2 - Nov 23^rd, 2010 at 6:22pm Andy, Very nice use of space. smiley=beer.gif
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Ken Ward WR Noob Offline I Love WR Posts: 0	Re: Wisconsin Basement Reply #3 - Nov 23^rd, 2010 at 9:58pm Nice little setup smiley=beer.gif smiley=beer.gif
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JimQuarles WR Addict WR Patron Offline WR Rocks, BIG Time! Posts: 13,194 Glendale, AZ Arizona USA Gender:	Re: Wisconsin Basement Reply #4 - Nov 23^rd, 2010 at 10:52pm What's a basement??? Never seen one of them out here. JimQuarles
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David Hamann WR Administrator WR Patron Offline papadave Posts: 5,701 Pasco WA Washington USA Gender: Jet 1014VSI	Re: Wisconsin Basement Reply #5 - Nov 23^rd, 2010 at 11:21pm neat setup. smiley=thumbsup.gif
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Ðave Wendell WR Addict Offline Posts: 815 Charleston, SC South Carolina USA Gender:	Re: Wisconsin Basement Reply #6 - Nov 24^th, 2010 at 1:43am Love the evidence hider!
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Vaughn McMillan WR Addict Offline Does this nose make me look fat? Posts: 3,797 Albuquerque USA Gender:	Re: Wisconsin Basement Reply #7 - Nov 24^th, 2010 at 4:21am Looks like a comfy place to play, Andy. smiley=thumbsup.gif Jim, a basement is a big hole under someone's house. It's so big you can stand up in it and everything. Strange, huh? I don't understand it either. Out here, they build up or sideways, not down.
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Scott glass WR Addict Offline Wood is my Gold! Posts: 1,589 Depoe Bay Oregon Oregon USA Gender:	Re: Wisconsin Basement Reply #8 - Nov 24^th, 2010 at 7:49am That pellet stove not only looks good but will be the different between putting all those fine tools to work or not. Most of my tools are in my garage and won't see any use for months now. Heating it would cost a small fortune and since I rent this house I am not spending money on it.
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Andy Kurek

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Re: Wisconsin Basement
Reply #9 - Nov 24^th, 2010 at 12:20pm

I thought everyone had a basement?------Except where it is wet.

I bought the pellet stove last winter. The basement will stay about 55 degrees in the winter without the stove. Now I heat the basement, and of course the heat rises and helps out with the heating bills for upstairs. The other day my wife went down and turned the stove to a higher setting and was 85 degrees down there.

I am really proud of my shop and enjoy spending my time there. I didn't mention that the smaller jet lathe was my wifes. She loves to turn too.....just not as much as me. Grin

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David Hamann WR Administrator WR Patron Offline papadave Posts: 5,701 Pasco WA Washington USA Gender: Jet 1014VSI	Re: Wisconsin Basement Reply #10 - Nov 24^th, 2010 at 12:52pm a hobby you can share with LOYL is a great hobby. enjoy your time spent together. just think Jim. if you dug a hole under your house and built your shop there, you could have a "cool" place to turn.
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Vaughn McMillan WR Addict Offline Does this nose make me look fat? Posts: 3,797 Albuquerque USA Gender:	Re: Wisconsin Basement Reply #11 - Nov 24^th, 2010 at 4:00pm David Hamann wrote on Nov 24^th, 2010 at 12:52pm: ...just think Jim. if you dug a hole under your house and built your shop there, you could have a "cool" place to turn. You bring up a good point, Dave. Seems it would make a lot of sense to have a basement in a desert house.
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Carol Kinney Active Member Offline WR Rocks with the best! Posts: 125 Gender:	Re: Wisconsin Basement Reply #12 - Nov 24^th, 2010 at 4:01pm Very nice Andy, you did a great job with your basement shop. Looks very comfortable I love basements but where I live it would just be a second swimming pool! Dig down 3 feet and you'll hit water
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Re: Wisconsin Basement
Reply #13 - Nov 24^th, 2010 at 5:08pm

Is cleaning your shop before a picture in the same category as combing your hair before picture taking? Like the shop is so clean that you must have gussied it up otherwise you don't have a hobby besides cleaning. Nice shop btw. Besides hiding out in a basement in winter it also stays cool in summer and it is a place for your wife to send you and still stay in touch, for me like trial separation. Thanks for sharing the pictures. smiley=beer.gif smiley=thumbsup.gif

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Buck Nemitt WR Addict Offline Lovin It Posts: 655 Toronto,Ohio Ohio USA Gender:	Re: Wisconsin Basement Reply #14 - Nov 24^th, 2010 at 6:49pm Very nice shop set-up , once had a gator hunter from Louisiana come here [Ohio] to hut deer with my family and it was the first he ever had been in a basement, he loved it.
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