Took the first step towards building my shop

[Frank S]

I hauled my Clereman Layout drill out of the trailer and positioned it beside my Leland Gilford 6 drill

A couple weeks back
then Last Sat. I drug out my Cincinnati horizontal mill from the container

So today I cut a hole in the side of the container and removed an old 1916 Lablond16inch lathe and the American Vertical Mill base that was behind it
Next I removed the small stack of lumber as well

I don't' think even I knew how many boards I had in there


These are the boards that my friend brought me last week.

And these are the ones Jane and I picked up while curb shopping at the True Value

So I decided to remove the stuff from on top of the container and build a mezzanine floor instead of having stuff lay on the roof of the container



I laid a 4x4 oak dunnage in every other corrugation then air nailed 2x4s on top of them then covered with OSB Hey it is not the best flooring but nothing ever beats free lumber

Incase you are wondering why I cut the door opening it was not just to remove the machines
I will add a header and case the sides then build a door out of the piece I cut out and add a rubber seal , then I plan on building 2 bulkhead partitions spaced a few feet apart with a door in each of them and about 40 sq feet of intake and pass through filter area . in the very end of the container I will construct a Plenum box with about 60 sq feet of exhaust filter area duct in a 7200 CFM exhaust blower add explosion proof lighting and have a small 8x20 x 9 ft high spray booth the area between the bulkheads will be the paint mixing area.
the blower will be sufficient to have a 20 second air change at a cross flow ventilation.
If I can come up with the type of grating I want then I will make the booth a semi down draft.
The exhaust filters will insure comparable air purity to that of an industrial spray booth