Oct 8. Scaffold

Ok, this is funny. I don't need a scaffold to build a drift boat. But I have a long list of honey-dos before I can get to the boat. One of them is to finish the insulation/sheet rock project I started on the living room ceiling a couple years ago. 

The ceiling is 13 feet up at the highest spot, and I was having trouble getting it done, even with the 30" by 6' by 5 1/2 ft high rolling scaffold I bought just for the purpose. So I decided to build a nice  8' x 8' x 6 1/2' tall scaffold out of wood that I had lying around, and two new sheets of plywood. I thought I could get some re-use out of that plywood when I was done with the scaffold, so I consulted the drift boat plans and found that they required 2 sheets of 1/2" ACX plywood and 2 sheets of 3/8" ACX plywood. So I bought all the plywood for the boat and used the two 1/2" sheets for the scaffold. 

Here is the frame for the scaffold. Notice that I built the scaffold around the dining room table, and left it there the whole time. In fact, I did all of the ceiling mud and paint without the use of drop cloths. Some small drips did get on the boat plywood, though. 

Here is the scaffold viewed from a ladder in the living room. It was great. It made quick work of the job. 

And here is the completed ceiling. Nice job, eh?

Another view. We once tried to hire this job out and couldn't even get any bids. So I had to finish it myself. 

But the funniest part is that Ken's drift boat used to be scaffolding.