I spent the morning moving tons (literally) of shop supplies and hardware from the detached garage where it has been stored for the last two and a half years into the new house’s basement. A constant light rain only added to the drudgery of the task. Currently, the mechanical room and shop are the only two rooms that are ready for occupancy, all others have yet to be painted. As I have yet to create any permanent storage solutions in the shop it is getting quite crowded so I opted to temporarily store much of what I moved in the mechanical room.

Having successfully tested my first pneumatic blast gate earlier in the week, I moved on to the assembly and testing of the remaining units during the afternoon. I still have to fabricate and attach the arm that connects the pneumatic cylinder’s piston to the blast gate.