Had a bit of a late start today on getting started this morning because we were all a bit sore. Doing the cut doesn’t seem like it would be that much work, but at this point I would liken it to spending 8 hours walking on hands and feet with restricted breathing I.E hot yoga. We had a few visitors drop by to check on progress including Andy from United Moving and Storage who has the contract for metal removal at CK. And a member of the first basketball team to win all Kitsap who is we committed to giving a couple of off cut boards to so he can have a trophy (the original was lost).
Today was another productive day and the floor is about 75%-80% into strips but we went thorough at least 8 blades today. It s a trade off between the new thin curf blades that cut way easier and the older thick curf blades that the carbide doesn’t shatter. Today was all about how to get as much done as possible in the time window, so much so I can honestly say I ran out of blades and had to go pick up more. I never thought I would say this about a big worm drive saw but if I ever do this again I will likely flip a big 220v table saw upside down and weld some wheels to it because doing this kind of work the Makita worm drive is just under-powered.
There is still a lot of work to be done before Saturday between cross cuts to make panels and running a reciprocating saw down the straights to make sure we have the firing strip cut loose its going to be tight. On move day in addition to loading we will likely need to down staples and strip firing strips because we are simply running out of time mid-week. We attempted splitting tasks with hired help from Express Personnel didn’t wind up being productive as we hoped because of the differences between work types/management overhead so this is going to be pushed into this weekend. I.E. bring a hammer and pry bar because it will be used on Saturday if you are helping.
Tomorrow I plan to be 100% done with the stripping before lunch and be making progress on the panel-ization with the hopes to round out the day with the reciprocating saw nipping the last little bit of the firing strips. Fingers crossed!
