Drywall is up!

The drywall was slow to start, but they came through in an amazing way. The schedule was to hang drywall on Monday, mud and tape on Tuesday and Wednesday, and texture on Thursday. I opened the shop for the drywallers at 7:00am Monday morning. They didn't show up until after 9:00, and there were only two of them. They took a 90 minute lunch at noon, and then packed up to leave at 4:00. I called their boss to let him know only half of the drywall was up. He thought he had until Saturday to complete texture. I have painters lined up for Friday morning, and let him know he has to be done by Thursday end of day. It put him in a tight spot since very little got done on Monday. He promised to be ready for our painters...
They finished hanging all of the sheetrock by 1:00pm on Tuesday, and had all of it taped and mudded today! Impressive, if you ask me...
Here is a pano of several images. They were taken with a 20mm lens, so there is some curve distortion, but you get the idea. Click on the image to see it larger:



and another:


I got started on the first table... This one is Padauk and Maple, with Alder apron and legs. Here are some photos of the table top fabrication:
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I glued up a second table top today, which is made of Canary wood and Purpleheart. It will also be a very pretty table.

Tracy and I are working on our job application, and putting an ad in the paper to hire some employees. Who would have guessed that a four line employment ad costs $215??? Crazy, but we have to do it.

Gotta run,
JD