The Madness Starts Here

[j.a.f.e.]

We moved a few years ago and for the trouble I got both a garage and an office. I call the office Area 52 just because.

It's small room only about 10 x 11 but with care I can do what I need - the workbench I use for picture framing, lock work, various hobbies, electronics and more. Bigger or dirtier stuff I have a bigger workbench in the garage. The garage no pix for now but Area 52 I am ready for the tour. Please excuse the mess but I do work here and I took the opportunity between projects on the bench to take a few pix.

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The left bookcase is mostly science, cars, old textbooks, manuals and tool related. The display cabinet is just stuff I like looking at or has special meaning.

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The right bookcase is fiction mostly science fiction and Stephen King and some Terry Pratchert with a few of the classics tossed in.

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My workbench. I spend a fair amount of time here. I really don't have room for everything so I end up storing things in the shed or the garage and moving them in and out. Yes, that's one of the green backgrounds I take pix on and if you look carefully the alien is there as well.

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I framed pretty much everything in the room except for one piece P.L.D.G. did.

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The laptop I use exclusively for youtube vids mostly music. Country and western, bluegrass, Old Time and related and a little punk mainly. And of course ACDC.

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And this is where I made this post. The desktop computer is the first desktop I bought rather than build. It's kind of visible under the left side of the monitor at the other end of the USB extender. But it's small does what I need and was cheaper than the microprocessor and memory for a build would have been. It is currently running Ubuntu Linux soon to be Linux Mint.

[Uncle Buck]

I forgot that you are a bluegrass fan! I am a huge bluegrass fan and listen to a lot of bluegrass.  The first bluegrass I recall hearing was both Flatt and Scruggs, and the Dillard's. Decades later, Early Dillard's is my all time favorite closely followed by Flatt and Scruggs.

[j.a.f.e.]

Oh yes, love Bluegrass.

[jabberwoki]

The Jaf cave....

[Muddy]

The only time I listen to music newer then 1998 is when someone else puts it on.

[goodfellow]

Great place JAFE -- looks very functional and cozy at the same time. Congrats!!

[AbiggerGarage]

Wondering what the cars under the bills are?

[j.a.f.e.]

Muddy most of what I listen to is older but there's still a lot of good music being made. Junior Brown, The Tennessee Bluegrass Band and Foghorn String Band among them. Assuming you like C&W or Bluegrass.

Thanks Goodfellow. I call it home.

[j.a.f.e.]

Wondering what the cars under the bills are?

The first four are Minichamps Type III 1600 VWs the last is VW bug from a different manufacturer.


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The squareback is similar to a 73 I had. Almost the same color.

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[Muddy]

Muddy most of what I listen to is older but there's still a lot of good music being made. Junior Brown, The Tennessee Bluegrass Band and Foghorn String Band among them. Assuming you like C&W or Bluegrass.

Thanks Goodfellow. I call it home.

I recently stumbled upon Zach Top modern country music singer not singing modern "country".

[j.a.f.e.]

It's good to find someone making good music still. I'm with you not a particular fan of most contemporary C&W.

[Uncle Buck]

Very enviable space. The closest thing I have to that is my cluttered shop. A few details that I really liked are the wrench lamp, the piston and  rod shelf supports,  and the mini clamp on vises on the bookshelves. I think I would enjoy seeing those vises more closely.

[Uncle Buck]

It's good to find someone making good music still. I'm with you not a particular fan of most contemporary C&W.

A rare commodity these days with most of it not worth listening to.

[j.a.f.e.]

Thanks Uncle Buck.

The wrench lamp my wife got me some years ago. The wrenches seem to have started out as real tools but no markings to brand or COO.

The little vises were all swap meet finds I cleaned up and painted. I've actually used them a few times. But good eye!

You are welcome here anytime and get the entire tour.

As to the music - C&W seems to have taken a turn somewhere.

[Uncle Buck]

How about the piston and rod shelf brackets? Made,or bought?