I have the basement. Not just Tek scopes, though there are quite a few
(fewer now that I've given some away), but also microscopes (too many),
surveying instruments, and my collection of space program hardware. My
stuff is generally confined to the basement and one-half of the garage.
However, if my wife likes the way something looks, it is allowed "upstairs"
to our living space. We have a Mars Mariner rocket engine in its transit
frame (red anodized aluminum) with a glass top I put on so it can serve as
an end table. Also the Apollo emergency escape rocket Q-ball nose - has a
sort of sculptural look (it is plated aluminum). If I tell people it's a
warhead, they believe it so I have to tell them what it actually is. It
sits on a granite cube that was machined out by an aerospace company (I
don't know which one - no tags on it) that was used as a gyro test fixture.
The other less interesting-looking stuff is in the basement. Lack of space
is the reason the Tek scopes I use most often are the portable ones - a
2336, a Sony/Tektronix 335, and a newer TDS 3054. I think they look neat,
but my wife is less enamored of them than I am.
My wife long ago said what we really need is a farm. A small house for us
to live in and a barn for me to keep stuff (and for her to have a crafting
space). The main reason for not doing it is getting to work. As it is it's
about half an hour each way which is tolerable, but the nearest reasonably
sized and priced farm is going to be more like an hour each way at a
minimum. My workdays tend to be 12-14 hours, so that makes a workday too
long. It would have been about the same commute time for my wife as well.
Now that we are retired (me; semi-retired) we likely could have done it,
but we're getting a bit too old to take on a big project.
Steve H.
On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 1:13 PM Lawrance A. Schneider <
llaassllaaass@...> wrote:
Hi Chris,
Did you mill the lumber and drive the hammer yourself? Etc?
I had the trees milled by a local farmer; stacked the for two years as I
had no kiln. I'm a 100% disabled vet and did NONE of the roof work; I
repeat NONE!!! of the roof work. Otherwise, I designed, pounded the nails,
plumbed, and wired the entire thing. My ceiling is 7' high so I can simply
reach over my head to wire and pump. Friends would help with things that
require more than 2 hands.
Relative to what must be your better half, I'll never finish the second
house. We were living in the garage and my wife said 'I'm moving in
tomorrow.". This was before one of the windows had arrived. Well, the
window arrived that day and indeed she moved in; she kindly invited me to
join her. But there were things that were not finished; windows sills,
cabinets half complete, plaster not sanded etc. I will tell you that I
WILL NEVER FINISH THE SECOND HOUSE. To do any work requires moving tons of
crap and then trying to work around the mounds of crap to get to what you
want to finish; to do something that would normally take a few hours
requires days of work. If you do choose to fulfill your dream, FINISH
BEFORE YOU MOVE IN.
"living room"? Mine granted me a room in the corner with no window. My
scopes and generators, computers etc. are there, hidden from anyone not
specifically asking to see.
larry
