I now have doors all the way round the shop so I can close it up to the worst of the wind.
the latest door is 17 ft by 17 ft to complete the 48 ft wide opening
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I now have doors all the way round the shop so I can close it up to the worst of the wind.
the latest door is 17 ft by 17 ft to complete the 48 ft wide opening
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Link opened with Day 1, a bare frame with a scant roof, 29 Nov 2018. [I]Everyone who knows me are probably familiar with my work shop or lack there of conditions.[/]
Who can say this isn't extraordinary accomplishment; occurring along with large quantity of tools, some connected to the construction, some not, and outside work taken on!
I enjoyed his build. Frank is so lucky to live in a FREE country, that does not have building authorities inhibiting his quality constructions as his methods are not in the International Building Code manual.
One thing with the west doors being so huge and constructed of relatively lightweight materials as compared to most door of this size they are meant to have flex in high winds. Just like a sail sheet on a boat stretches in the wind but will remain effective. The other day my neighbor brought something over for me to machine for him he drove his truck inside and since the wind was blowing pretty good I closed the doors and secured them. Not long afterwards while he and I were standing in the shop talking there were a few huge wind gusts. Billy asked is my truck safe inside here with that door flexing like it does.Quote:
Originally Posted by metric_taper
Sure I said part of the reason of the Latice design in the pipe work is to allow the door to bow in the wind but not fail We later learned that there had been a few 50+ MPH gusts directly out of the west Had the door not been secured it may have been some of a problem but a ridged door of that size would have been a problem if left unsecured as well. I have opened and closed the door in 30 MPH winds without problems
Looking great Frank. You bring in full rigs I am guessing with that height. I know you have the length to do that. Although a tractor and trailer might not fit. I can't remember the other shop dimension.
You can get away with a lot different construction versus up here. You have to account for show load here to. Makes roofs a little more beefy. And frost. You have to sink supports deeper, about 5 feet for southern Ontario. Oh and heat! It gets cold here in the winter, although up till now we have had relatively warm weather above 32 up until today. High in the mid 40's.
You have a great shop. Basically a pole barn. A well made pole barn at that.
Yep it is a pole barn alright, the steel poles are buried in the ground to about 6 to 8 feet average all of them have at least 1 truck rim welded to their bottomsQuote:
Originally Posted by mwmkravchenko
Just got done reading the whole thread. Lots of work here! I admire the level or repurposing of materials and the efforts. Curious if you have a current update on the shop?
Not really, I've just been using it Sometimes I get to thinking I need to add another 60 by 100 feet to the back of it and a 40 by 50 to the south of the big front doors but right now 3 things keep changing my mind Time materials and taxes well 4 when you get right down to it. Kind of hard to justify spending the money for the materials since my useable repurposed stock has dwindled to the point, I wouldn't have enough to add on a 20x30 additionQuote:
Originally Posted by bimmer1980
Yeah, that!
I have been receiving inquiries about what has been going on with my shop lately.
Life and work seem to take precedence over doing much to it. Although a few months ago I had a large motor Grader come in for some minor repairs late on a Friday afternoon the guy said he would pick it up on Monday And for me to use it if I needed.
So, I scraped off 12 inches of my parking lot Roughly 200ft by 120ft
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Then on Monday when he came to pick it up, I ordered 180tons of gravel base
Pic of the first few loads
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After spreading. 180 tons yielded roughly a 6" thick layer the fantastic thing was the night after I had finished spreading the base we had an extremely rare amount of rainfall. For the first time in what I am told over 30 years we received 5 inches of rain in under an hour and 7 inches total in 24 hours That is more than a third our average annual rainfall in 1 day.
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MY south field under water for the first time in 30 years
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First time water has ever flowed through this culvert
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My parking lot after the rain
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This garden tractor came in today
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the disk plow needed a little work
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Always crib things up when having to work around machinery
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Next Spring I hope to increase the parking area to at least the size of a full acre
When I started building the shop I utilized a salvaged electrical panel but over the years I had added so many circuits it was becoming a mess inside It was a 3ph panel but I was using only 2 legs since that part of the shop is only single phase. The problem happened about t months ago when 1 of the legs I was using went dark. So, I shifted the breakers around to the other leg temporarily to have power over the weekend until my new panel came in on Monday.
What a mess
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Much better and I still have 4 available spaces
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Last year I started construction on a bathroom for the shop maybe next year I will get it finished Once completed it will be ADA compliant complete with washer, Dryer, a 48 by 52 inch shower High pedestal toilet and a wheelchair accessible double sink. I'm 71 now and who knows I may need it someday. I have a couple of truckers who drop by for work having shower and laundry facilities available for them without them having to feel like they would be imposing can't hurt.
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Recently I added a sub panel to one of the center posts of the building I ran 6 ga wire to it so I can plug my welder in without having to have the extension cord run all the way across the shop Also on the back side I added a 20-amp 220 outlet to run my plate roller from
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I also now have my 3 ph 480v wired in To power my Cleereman layout jig drill
the way I achieved 480 3 ph on a simple 240 split ph supply if I paralleled 2 rotary phase converters tp give me 10 K 220 3ph then with a magnetic contactor I switch on my 12 KVA transformer
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Cribbing up heavy things you are working on is a good practice. Nice to see you are getting ahead Frank. Even if slow, it's still progress.
Mark
