How many of you do your own work?

[Bored&Stroked]

I do everything I can do myself - which covers everything mechanically. I don't do upholstery or difficult metal work.

[rockfla]

Bored&Stroked X2


When I got my, new to me, house and shop, 5 + years ago, I told my wife I was going to outfit my shop SO I can do everything I can possibly do, myself. I currently "can" do everything except paint and I am working on that and having my own paint booth. After paying BIG money for a "supposed" professional restoration at a shop in North Georgia and getting a moisture filled paint job....I will be mad with myself and have more money in my pocket than paying someone with NO moral compass or ethics to "screw me"!!!! I have a two post lift, machine shop capabilities - lathe, 2 mills, 2 ammco brake lathes, 20 ton shop press, a 1 ton gantry crane with a 1 ton electric hoist and 1 ton chain hoist. I have shrinker, stretcher, sheet metal brake, sheet metal shear, bead roller, 8” buffing machine, MiG, TiG and Oxy Acetylene, Sun 504, bead blast cabinet, parts washer, 16.9CFM 80gal compressor, engine run stand and a complete outfitted wood shop SO painting is the last order of business for my shop!!!! AND by and large I don't have to rely on anyone's help to accomplish what I need to accomplish or wait on someone else's scheduled. NOT to be braggadocios by any means

[Shoebox]

Originally Posted by rockfla

Bored&Stroked X2


When I got my, new to me, house and shop, 5 + years ago, I told my wife I was going to outfit my shop SO I can do everything I can possibly do, myself. I currently "can" do everything except paint and I am working on that and having my own paint booth. After paying BIG money for a "supposed" professional restoration at a shop in North Georgia and getting a moisture filled paint job....I will be mad with myself and have more money in my pocket than paying someone with NO moral compass or ethics to "screw me"!!!! I have a two post lift, machine shop capabilities - lathe, 2 mills, two ammco brake lathes, 20 ton shop press, a 1 ton gantry crane with a 1 ton electric hoist and 1 ton chain hoist. I have shrinker, stretcher, sheet metal brake, sheet metal shear, bead roller, MiG, TiG and Oxy Acetylene, Sun 504, bead blast cabinet, parts washer, 16.9CFM 80gal compressor, engine run stand and a complete outfitted wood shop SO painting is the last order of business for my shop!!!! AND by and large I don't have to rely on anyone's help to accomplish what I need to accomplish or wait on someone else's scheduled. NOT to be braggadocios by any means

WOW, that is pretty awesome!

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by rockfla

Bored&Stroked X2


When I got my, new to me, house and shop, 5 + years ago, I told my wife I was going to outfit my shop SO I can do everything I can possibly do, myself. I currently "can" do everything except paint and I am working on that and having my own paint booth. After paying BIG money for a "supposed" professional restoration at a shop in North Georgia and getting a moisture filled paint job....I will be mad with myself and have more money in my pocket than paying someone with NO moral compass or ethics to "screw me"!!!! I have a two post lift, machine shop capabilities - lathe, 2 mills, two ammco brake lathes, 20 ton shop press, a 1 ton gantry crane with a 1 ton electric hoist and 1 ton chain hoist. I have shrinker, stretcher, sheet metal brake, sheet metal shear, bead roller, MiG, TiG and Oxy Acetylene, Sun 504, bead blast cabinet, parts washer, 16.9CFM 80gal compressor, engine run stand and a complete outfitted wood shop SO painting is the last order of business for my shop!!!! AND by and large I don't have to rely on anyone's help to accomplish what I need to accomplish or wait on someone else's scheduled. NOT to be braggadocios by any means

Wow! Good for you, Robert!