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Mine was anchor plates then welded to it.
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Rreemo I can't tell from the pics. Did they bolt your I beams down or did they anchor a plate into the concrete to weld them to? I am wanting to build something like a 30x50 for a shop and section off a small portion for a reloading room ~15x30. I also need to be able to fit the lift in there too.Leave a comment:
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Thank you, funny you mention the purlins, I went to Mueller and picked up 4 more for the roof because I wanted 4' centers instead of 5' centers. The girts were necessary because of the 14' height. They were running behind so I had a family friend do the electrical. The interior pic is super old, once I get things sorted out I will try to update this thread. I got my lift in, I built a 24x10 room inside for a clean room and an office + storage on top. The rest of the place is a mess ATM, I need some slat or peg boards, some more metal tables, etc.Originally posted by Rreemo View PostI can only wish for cowskin status....maybe one day!
That looks like a nice shop! I like the way you setup the space, and I really like those windows! Wish I had done horizontal sliders like that. Looks like you ended up with all the right purlins too. Did they do your power also?
Man, it just takes time...I'd say for the first 4-5 months, all I did was work on that damned shop in my extra time...I didn't get anything else done, and it killed my bank account too. I've come to realize that the initial cost of the shop itself is about half of the overall cost.
...and I've still got more that I want to do. I'm planning to put up some interior wall & peg board this winter, and I've decided to extend my driveway around one side and add an awning on that end, so that I'll have a better place to park my trailer. I'm also toying with the idea of adding a front awning too. Been shopping tire machines and plasma cutters now....just keeps adding up. Ugh.Leave a comment:
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I can only wish for cowskin status....maybe one day!Originally posted by Baron Von Crowder View Post
That looks like a nice shop! I like the way you setup the space, and I really like those windows! Wish I had done horizontal sliders like that. Looks like you ended up with all the right purlins too. Did they do your power also?Originally posted by Mach1 View Post
Man, it just takes time...I'd say for the first 4-5 months, all I did was work on that damned shop in my extra time...I didn't get anything else done, and it killed my bank account too. I've come to realize that the initial cost of the shop itself is about half of the overall cost.
...and I've still got more that I want to do. I'm planning to put up some interior wall & peg board this winter, and I've decided to extend my driveway around one side and add an awning on that end, so that I'll have a better place to park my trailer. I'm also toying with the idea of adding a front awning too. Been shopping tire machines and plasma cutters now....just keeps adding up. Ugh.Leave a comment:
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damn, nice pics, thanks for posting!! my junk needs a lot of work still
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I also bought a new 80 gallon Quincy compressor, had them extend a 5'x5' pad with the foundation, and built an outside shack for it. I used black iron pipe from the compressor into the back wall of the shop, and then picked it up there with a 3/4" kit from Rapid Air. I recommend that stuff as well, really easy to work with, and quite a savings over doing it all with iron pipe. The kit was a little short on some things, I did have to buy some additional clips and an additional manifold for my overhead hose reel, plus some pipe adapters, but overall still way less than using iron throughout, and much easier to install.
The Shack serves 2 purposes....1) it saves the space that the compressor would take up inside, and 2) No Noise! This is a pretty quiet compressor to begin with, but I don't hear it at all being in it's own space now.
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This is my bench area across the back wall - LED work lights installed over the benches....they are the 4' fixtures that you can get at Sam's or Costco...last time I was in there, they were around $32each. You can also see my disco LED lights up on the top purlin in this pic
You can see how bright they are on the back wall in this pic....
This is the after hours look....
Temporary heater has since been replaced with a 4-ton Carrier AC/Heat Pump....
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Work tables - Steel tables are what you want, if you can find them cheap enough. I got lucky and stumbled upon a company that was going out of business (they remanufactured automotive AC compressors), and scored these heavy steel tables on the cheap....
Cleaned them up and used my grinder with a heavy wire brush, then coated them with a product called Aluthane (also recommended by the epoxy guy above - he gave me a free sample). This stuff makes an amazing coating on anything steel...I've hammered, beaten, rebuilt a trans on one, slid engine blocks across, etc. and it's holding up perfect! Apparently this product got it's start coating grain silos up north. Very good stuff....
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Since I never did add any before, here's some pictures throughout the process. A couple things to point out and advise on....
- Floors - If you are going to do it, be sure that you do your floor coating early-on, before you move anything in, and I recommend a solids based epoxy vs a water based like UCoatIt, or the big box store stuff. I purchased mine from a small operation called "Progressive Epoxy Polymers inc."....they are in New Hampshire, and the guy was extremely helpful over the phone. He is an expert on Epoxy in-general, and actually started off specializing in marine applications. I spent just a little under $1000, but did end up with an extra gallon, so could have gotten by a little cheaper. Prep is the biggest thing, and I cannot stress that enough. I spent 3 days prepping...the actual application of the epoxy only took 3 of us about half a day. You want that concrete clean and porous before you start applying.
It has been down over a year now, and it's holding up great so far.
This was the day it went down....
About a month later....
And this is how it looks now....
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