My shop, home away from home....

Well I can't find the memory stick for my camera or I would have taken some pictures today. I put another long day in today, between the shop time and office time 12 hours. I have quite the stack for my polishers to get moving on. So for tomorrow we should have at least 8 pans shipping out.  My father in law got me some BIG boxes which was huge for me. I was getting down to the last of the boxes I had. I'm going to cut out early, 5ish) tomorrow night and take the family out to eat. I've been pretty much absent for the last month and am looking forward to spending time with them.  If I find that memory stick, pictures WILL be on here soon.

Monday 14hr day

No pics today, but have made some good progress today. Finished a custom bottling tank for Karl, formed and welded some pans. I started @ 7:30 this morning and decided to call it quits at 9:30 this evening. I'm thankful for all the help I've been getting lately. At this pace I will hopefully be caught up with all orders up to today. I'm excited. One dissappointing thing today though. I ordered some more metal and found out I won't have it for over a week. ARGHHH!!!  I have some back up 22ga 2b (mill finish) that I will have to use until I get some more bright annealed in. I'm glad I bought those 6 extra sheets. I have to get taxes done in the morning and then its back in the shop for the rest of the day.

I will try to take some pictures of the progress tomorrow.

Progress and pics

As I've been posting. I have been very busy in the shop. Here are a few pictures of the progress I made this week. Today I had my helpers for about 6 hours, so that helped quite a bit. Last night's work cutlisting payed off, as it was "shear madness" today...ha ha. We burned through six 10ft sheets today, and will be ordering more on Monday.

7 finish pans with lids and trays

(4) 2x3 divided pans and preheaters

This one I was working on today. The seams are welded, and one divider in, the other still needs to be put in, but will be ready to ship hopefully Monday.

Exciting Friday night.

I had a few errands to run tonight, so I didn't work in the shop. I did spend a few hours cutlisting the 35 pans I hope to have welded this week. I'm praying that all goes smoothly. I will not be taking any more custom size orders until I get caught up. Its my layoff week coming up again, so I'm hoping to get a solid 10-12 hrs a day in the shop in.

On another note  I'm on Facebook now. You can search me under WEGNER METAL WORKS LLC. I thought it would be neat to add some of my customers as friends if they would like. Just to add some more personal contact. Maybe a little more informal than the blog or website. I've had several people comment on the pans, but didnt want to set up a blogger accounts. I'm thinking more people have Facebook accounts than blogger.

Update on pans

Sorry for no updates lately. I've been working 10-14 hour days between the shop and answering emails, shipping...etc. Yesterday I had a crew come and help in the shop. We made some serious progress. I'm just about caught up to a week ago. Its going to be a long week, as I'm working my regular job during the day and will be working late each night to keep the pace going.  Here are a few attempts at pictures in the photo shop. The back drops still need to be ironed so don't pay attention to that.

Wednesday progress...boring I know

I've been putting in some 10+ hour days trying to catch up on my week off. Yes, I am taking notes for next season. I will be more prepared.  I didn't take any pictures yesterday, but have a few from today. My helper was here today, so I got to weld ALL day. These pans are done, just need to be polished, prepped and packed.

Monday's progress

Well I opted for the later starting time but got a solid 10 hours in the shop today. My helper didn't come in today, so I spent some time shipping out 3 pans. I made good progress today,and ignored all emails until I was finished for the day. Here's some progress pics. I cant wait to unwrap a fully finished pan for some better pics.

They still need to be wiped down before shipment, but are ready to go.

Stack of 2x2's

2 of the 2x3's that I worked on today