Slab was poured as planned last Thursday,
got all the totals for everything and come
in slightly under budget at $2.60 sq ft.
This included 75 tons stone for base, rebar for
footing, prefab wire mats, sawing stress lines
on 18' centers and some dirt work when the finishers
cleaned up.
Slab turned out great, smooth without being
glass slick(I'm too old to bust my ass on a damp spot.)
Block delivery is being held up by rain, should be able
to get them in sometime next week.
basilisk
--
A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:51:22 GMT, basilisk <[email protected]>
>> Pictures, we want pictures. If there's no pictures, it didn't happen.
>Here ya go, not much to see yet.
>http://www.woodwrangler.net/newshop.html
Nothing to apologize for. You've got the base for an outstanding shop.
That slab is about 2500 square feet. It should allow for a great sized
shop. I for one will be very interested in seeing more pictures as it
develops.
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:07:43 -0400, Dave wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:02:22 -0500, basilisk <[email protected]>
>>There will be plenty of cabinetry and storage to build, I want to actually
>>use the space to get a feel for where I want everything.
>
> Have you played with any setups to determine tool location? I'm
> thinking of something like the Grizzly workshop planner.
> http://www.grizzly.com/workshopplanner.aspx
Just drawings on paper, I'm going to play with Grizzly's planner a bit
looks interesting.
I'm not going to make the locations of the machines permanent, at least
not until I get a permanently installed dust collector.
I'm fortunate that I don't really need a dust "collector", but rather a
large blower, sawdust and shavings can go in the woods directly behind the
shop with no one but me being the wiser, it will all remain on my property
so no harm no foul.
I have a good idea where the machinery will be for good work flow.
basilisk
On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:43:19 -0400, Dave wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:51:22 GMT, basilisk <[email protected]>
>>> Pictures, we want pictures. If there's no pictures, it didn't happen.
>>Here ya go, not much to see yet.
>
>>http://www.woodwrangler.net/newshop.html
>
> Nothing to apologize for. You've got the base for an outstanding shop.
> That slab is about 2500 square feet. It should allow for a great sized
> shop. I for one will be very interested in seeing more pictures as it
> develops.
Will do.
Looks like block delivery is going to be held up until next week,
it is unusually cool and wet this August, rained again yesterday and last
night, more in the forecast for later this week.
What's needed is about 100 tons of gravel, but my ass is sore from
crowbaring my wallet out for the slab.
basilisk
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in news:d0975f4c-4675-41d5-
[email protected]:
> What's rain?
>
It's this odd weather condition that other places have. Apparently, water
falls out of the sky! I don't believe it myself, I think those people who
talk about it have never heard of Chicken Little.
Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
"basilisk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:42:53 -0400, Dave wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:32:01 GMT, basilisk <[email protected]>
>>>Slab turned out great, smooth without being glass slick(I'm too old to
>>>bust my ass on a damp spot.)
>>>
>>>Block delivery is being held up by rain, should be able to get them in
>>>sometime next week.
>>
>> Pictures, we want pictures. If there's no pictures, it didn't happen.
>
> Here ya go, not much to see yet.
>
> http://www.woodwrangler.net/newshop.html
>
Looks bare. I suggest some electrical outlets. Maybe some walls and a
ceiling too. :)
Will it be big enough for your needs?
<[email protected]> wrote:
> What's rain?
---------------------------------------------
It's that wet stuff that falls out of the sky in Northern California,
hits the ground, then is collected and pumped to Southern California
where it gets used.
Lew
basilisk <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:07:43 -0400, Dave wrote:
>
>>
>> Have you played with any setups to determine tool location? I'm
>> thinking of something like the Grizzly workshop planner.
>> http://www.grizzly.com/workshopplanner.aspx
>
> Just drawings on paper, I'm going to play with Grizzly's planner a bit
> looks interesting.
>
> I'm not going to make the locations of the machines permanent, at
> least not until I get a permanently installed dust collector.
>
> I'm fortunate that I don't really need a dust "collector", but rather
> a large blower, sawdust and shavings can go in the woods directly
> behind the shop with no one but me being the wiser, it will all remain
> on my property so no harm no foul.
>
> I have a good idea where the machinery will be for good work flow.
>
> basilisk
>
I started out with the Grizzly shop planner, and eventually moved over to
Sketchup to get a good feel of how everything works. My shop is pretty
much arranged how the winning plan worked out, and I'm happy with it. It
was worth the time to set all this stuff up.
If you get in to Sketchup, be sure to check out the library for your
various tools. Not all of them will be on there, but in my case about
half of them were. If the tool wasn't in there, I just found something
similar.
Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:32:01 GMT, basilisk <[email protected]>
>Slab turned out great, smooth without being
>glass slick(I'm too old to bust my ass on a damp spot.)
>
>Block delivery is being held up by rain, should be able
>to get them in sometime next week.
Pictures, we want pictures. If there's no pictures, it didn't happen.
Lumber (and lots of miscellaneous stuff) storage and crowded by tools & wor=
k benches are my main issues, too. Additionally, with my shop still in the=
remodeling stage, all the dust collection is not yet in place, so cleaning=
up, in most areas, is an unpleasant additional job/inconvenience, in itsel=
f. This scenario is compounded when I have more than one project going at =
a time, i.e., another item to work around/avoid, which seems to continuousl=
y be the case.
As for as the rustic look of the shop decor, I've had the same sense for a =
long time. I have a start on that, though, with log posts as beam supports=
down the middle of the shop. I don't have too much concern with heating, =
so a pot belly stove is not on my wish list. I have thoughts of a porch sw=
ing under the backside overhang area, once all the lumber cache (mostly fra=
ming lumber & ply products, now) is either moved to the inside storage area=
s or used in the remodeling. I suppose, by the time I get the swing instal=
led, I'll be too old and lazy, so it'll be time for me to just go sit and d=
o nothing, anymore.
Sonny
Sonny wrote:
> That's gonna be one nice shop. ^5
>
>>
>> Saw the pictures of the "odd piece of pine".
>
>> Will put a snapshot
>> of a door of one of the cabinets on ABPW.
>>
>> --
>> G.W. Ross
>
> I don't have a better explanation, than he does, for Basilisk's odd
> pine, but the curly pine in your ABPW pic is very similar to root ball
> lumber, where someone milled the root ball and/or a large enough tap
> root of the tree. Of course, one rarely gets lengthy lumber from this
> source. Turners like root ball wood for its figure, also. Red maple
> and ER cedar has really nice figured wood in their root balls. I've
> turned pine knots and the figure is often really nice... you don't
> know what's inside until you turn it.
>
> Similarly: Here is a ER cedar jardinaire I made from tree trunks (ice
> storm damaged trees 25 yrs ago), where the curves are made by the wood
> having grown around where the limbs protruded, hence somewhat of how
> some figuring or the curly is produced. The limb's wood popped out of
> its "socket", pretty easily, leaving the surrounding curved wood
> intact. The cedar trees were about 60 yrs old, with trunks ranging
> from 24" to 40" in diameter. We cut the trees and were to burn the
> debris, but I reamed out one log section, with a chain saw, and it
> looked nice... I had previously made jardinaires with cypress stumps.
> The more I reamed, the better it looked, so I kept most of the log
> sections and polished them up. They've made for nice "furniture"/
> decor pieces. http://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/7742403882/in/photostream
>
> Sonny
>
Those are really beautiful!
--
G.W. Ross
A gentleman is a man who can play the
accordian, but doesn't.
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:44:26 -0400, Jack wrote:
> On 8/20/2012 8:02 AM, basilisk wrote:
>
>> Biggest priority for me is to get everything in one building, my
>> stationary tools are scattered between three buildings, jointer, planer,
>> bandsaw is in one place, RAS is on porch at house, scroll saw is in dining
>> room, drill press and wood lathe is in barn, welding equipment, additional
>> drill press is in yet another building and mechanic tools are where ever
>> there is a free hole to stick them. This has been unworkable for years.
>>
>> There will be plenty of cabinetry and storage to build, I want to actually
>> use the space to get a feel for where I want everything.
>>
>> One of the first things I want to do is replace my tablesaw, the present
>> saw is a '51 delta 8' saw that the motor and sheaves have been upgraded
>> on, but has the original crappy fence.
>
> My table saw is a '54-56 era Delta contractors saw. I replaced the
> fence with 30" Delta T-square fence I bought on sale at Lowe's. I'm
> real happy with it. I grew up with a delta unisaw from same era, and I
> would not trade my contractors saw for that cabinet saw because my own
> cabinet is 100 times nicer and more functional than the unisaw cabinet.
>
> I built my own rolling cabinet with dust collection, and on the same
> cabinet is my jointer. The jointer fence is the exact height of the saw
> table. Along the entire 24 foot back wall of my shop I have a work
> table that is also the exact height of my saw table and jointer fence,
> and work bench, so I have plenty of support for long pieces on my saw,
> but I really like my jointer right next to the saw and the jointer fence
> supporting most work on the left side of the saw.
>
> Under the 24' work table I have my air compressor and cabinets and
> shelves to store stuff. The adjacent wall I have my lathe, grinder,
> scroll saw, drill press and band saw. These all fit nicely against a
> wall, leaving plenty of space for my disk belt sander, planer, shaper
> and router table.
>
> Here's a couple of pictures, perhaps they could spark some shop ideas.
>
> http://jbstein.com/Flick/TSBench.jpg
> http://jbstein.com/Flick/TSBench3.jpg
Nice, I'm going to keep the delta ts I have now and use it for
green material and short production runs, where set up time isn't a
factor.
I never could force myself to buy a really nice fence for so little saw
but looking back I should have done it years ago.
>
> Oh, yeah, I really, really like this wood storage rack.
>
> http://jbstein.com/Flick/LumberCart2.jpg
> http://jbstein.com/Flick/LumberCart.jpg
That would be very useful for shorts, the bulk lumber
will be stored in the barn.
Providing I can keep the wood boring bumblebees out of it,
I may have to install some sacraficial poplar anodes for them. :)
I plan to keep sheet goods in the new shop and am pondering
a lift to elevate a flat storage platform over head.
Complete with saftey chains, don't need ton of plywood
landing on me. (on second thought, with that written down it just
looks like a recipe for disastor)
>
> It holds a bunch of ply, lumber, and cut offs. Plans are everywhere on
> the net. I wish I would have built it 40 years ago. Much, much better
> than standard overhead storage, and takes up less space than I would
> have thought.
For sure less space than having it scattered all over.
>
> It sits perpendicular between the saw and the shop doors so I can load
> it easily, and get to the lumber with ease for cutting. It's on wheels
> but is so damn heavy it's a bear to move, it really needs steel wheels.
One roll up door will be perpendicular to my mitre saw setup to allow
material breakdown to lenght as it is unloaded.
basilisk
> >> Saw the pictures of the "odd piece of pine".
>
> >> Will put a snapshot
> >> of a door of one of the cabinets on ABPW.
>
> >> --
> >> G.W. Ross
>
> =A0They've made for nice "furniture"/
> > decor pieces. =A0http://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/7742403882/i=
n/photostream
>
> > Sonny
>
> Those are really beautiful!
>
> --
> G.W. Ross
>
Thanks, but I tend to think they are actually not my work. They are
nature's work. I just got lucky enough to exose their beauty, this
way, at that time. During the process of reaming them out, I simply
discovered what was there and it *happened (?) to be pretty darn
nice. Then, I found a way to showcase them.
*To state nature "happened" to produce something, pretty darn nice, is
a misnomer. Nature, IMO, seems to always produce something pretty
darn nice.
The original 8 trees were lined in front of my grandparent's old
home. Mom bought the homestead (from the family - she had 10
siblings), when her parents passed away. Today, only 2 of the
original trees remain. Being taught to be nature minded, from an
early age, I found it was like discovering the beauty of nature, not
otherwise noticed, in one's own front yard.
Sonny
That's gonna be one nice shop. ^5
>
> Saw the pictures of the "odd piece of pine".
>=A0Will put a snapshot
> of a door of one of the cabinets on ABPW.
>
> --
> G.W. Ross
I don't have a better explanation, than he does, for Basilisk's odd
pine, but the curly pine in your ABPW pic is very similar to root ball
lumber, where someone milled the root ball and/or a large enough tap
root of the tree. Of course, one rarely gets lengthy lumber from this
source. Turners like root ball wood for its figure, also. Red maple
and ER cedar has really nice figured wood in their root balls. I've
turned pine knots and the figure is often really nice... you don't
know what's inside until you turn it.
Similarly: Here is a ER cedar jardinaire I made from tree trunks (ice
storm damaged trees 25 yrs ago), where the curves are made by the wood
having grown around where the limbs protruded, hence somewhat of how
some figuring or the curly is produced. The limb's wood popped out of
its "socket", pretty easily, leaving the surrounding curved wood
intact. The cedar trees were about 60 yrs old, with trunks ranging
from 24" to 40" in diameter. We cut the trees and were to burn the
debris, but I reamed out one log section, with a chain saw, and it
looked nice... I had previously made jardinaires with cypress stumps.
The more I reamed, the better it looked, so I kept most of the log
sections and polished them up. They've made for nice "furniture"/
decor pieces. http://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/7742403882/in/phot=
ostream
Sonny
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:02:22 -0500, basilisk <[email protected]>
>There will be plenty of cabinetry and storage to build, I want to actually
>use the space to get a feel for where I want everything.
Have you played with any setups to determine tool location? I'm
thinking of something like the Grizzly workshop planner.
http://www.grizzly.com/workshopplanner.aspx
On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:36:41 -0400, Jack <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 8/19/2012 3:05 PM, basilisk wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:05:57 -0400, Jack wrote:
>
>>> Awesome shop there basilisk! If it were me though, and I was building a
>>> woodshop, I'd like a wood floor on top of the cement, about 5" above so
>>> I could run dust collection and so on under it. I'd like the wood to be
>>> rustic, wide oak planks. I'd also like log walls... like a log cabin,
>>> just for the heck of it, with a nice pot belly somewhere.
>>
>> I'm 100% with you on the looks and emotion part of log walls and wood
>> floors, but the practical part of me requires it be as fireproof as
>> possible.
>>
>> Part of what I do is metal work, it doesn't mix well with wood floors.
>
>That's OK, the only thing my shop has on my above list is the pot belly,
>and it ain't a stove:-)
>
>> Finally got most of the blocks delivered, except one load.
>> It has rained 2 inches since Friday.
>
>> I have a mason lined up, he is not the cheapest or fastest but he
>> does excellent work, he is trying to retire on me, but I squeezed
>> on more job out of him. :)
>
>It would really be nice to be building an entire shop from scratch. All
>my shops have been fit into something already there. I'd probably go
>nuts trying to figure out exactly what I wanted... I'd call it the Bill
>syndrome. Mike knows what I mean...
Built my original shop to 16x32 and it was roomy till I started buying
tools. Got to where I couldn't go thru the shop without getting a
bruise. Had to store my 3, 15 gallon gravity feed vessel all grain
brewing system to make way for a band saw. Then added 10x12 add on
to get chainsaws ect out of the shop. Finally added a 12 x 30
addition and still have storage problems. Planning on blatantly
ripping off Swingman's storage ideas. I think you can drive yourself
nuts trying to have a perfect plan. I tried planning and this and
that and finally since everything is on wheels went out and moved
things around. I have a basic plan but the most important things
seems to be storage, jigs, supplies, fasteners ect. Doesn't matter
how good yiour layout is if your storage relies on tool and bench top
storage. Now if they can just get my left leg working again. Been
doing physical therapy and it feels like I'm training for a marathon.
Mike M
On 8/12/2012 9:51 PM, basilisk wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:42:53 -0400, Dave wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:32:01 GMT, basilisk <[email protected]>
>>> Slab turned out great, smooth without being glass slick(I'm too old to
>>> bust my ass on a damp spot.)
>>>
>>> Block delivery is being held up by rain, should be able to get them in
>>> sometime next week.
>>
>> Pictures, we want pictures. If there's no pictures, it didn't happen.
>
> Here ya go, not much to see yet.
>
> http://www.woodwrangler.net/newshop.html
>
Awesome shop there basilisk! If it were me though, and I was building a
woodshop, I'd like a wood floor on top of the cement, about 5" above so
I could run dust collection and so on under it. I'd like the wood to be
rustic, wide oak planks. I'd also like log walls... like a log cabin,
just for the heck of it, with a nice pot belly somewhere.
--
Jack
Add Life to your Days not Days to your Life.
http://jbstein.com
On 8/19/2012 3:05 PM, basilisk wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:05:57 -0400, Jack wrote:
>> Awesome shop there basilisk! If it were me though, and I was building a
>> woodshop, I'd like a wood floor on top of the cement, about 5" above so
>> I could run dust collection and so on under it. I'd like the wood to be
>> rustic, wide oak planks. I'd also like log walls... like a log cabin,
>> just for the heck of it, with a nice pot belly somewhere.
>
> I'm 100% with you on the looks and emotion part of log walls and wood
> floors, but the practical part of me requires it be as fireproof as
> possible.
>
> Part of what I do is metal work, it doesn't mix well with wood floors.
That's OK, the only thing my shop has on my above list is the pot belly,
and it ain't a stove:-)
> Finally got most of the blocks delivered, except one load.
> It has rained 2 inches since Friday.
> I have a mason lined up, he is not the cheapest or fastest but he
> does excellent work, he is trying to retire on me, but I squeezed
> on more job out of him. :)
It would really be nice to be building an entire shop from scratch. All
my shops have been fit into something already there. I'd probably go
nuts trying to figure out exactly what I wanted... I'd call it the Bill
syndrome. Mike knows what I mean...
--
Jack
Add Life to your Days not Days to your Life.
http://jbstein.com
On 8/20/2012 8:02 AM, basilisk wrote:
> Biggest priority for me is to get everything in one building, my
> stationary tools are scattered between three buildings, jointer, planer,
> bandsaw is in one place, RAS is on porch at house, scroll saw is in dining
> room, drill press and wood lathe is in barn, welding equipment, additional
> drill press is in yet another building and mechanic tools are where ever
> there is a free hole to stick them. This has been unworkable for years.
>
> There will be plenty of cabinetry and storage to build, I want to actually
> use the space to get a feel for where I want everything.
>
> One of the first things I want to do is replace my tablesaw, the present
> saw is a '51 delta 8' saw that the motor and sheaves have been upgraded
> on, but has the original crappy fence.
My table saw is a '54-56 era Delta contractors saw. I replaced the
fence with 30" Delta T-square fence I bought on sale at Lowe's. I'm
real happy with it. I grew up with a delta unisaw from same era, and I
would not trade my contractors saw for that cabinet saw because my own
cabinet is 100 times nicer and more functional than the unisaw cabinet.
I built my own rolling cabinet with dust collection, and on the same
cabinet is my jointer. The jointer fence is the exact height of the saw
table. Along the entire 24 foot back wall of my shop I have a work
table that is also the exact height of my saw table and jointer fence,
and work bench, so I have plenty of support for long pieces on my saw,
but I really like my jointer right next to the saw and the jointer fence
supporting most work on the left side of the saw.
Under the 24' work table I have my air compressor and cabinets and
shelves to store stuff. The adjacent wall I have my lathe, grinder,
scroll saw, drill press and band saw. These all fit nicely against a
wall, leaving plenty of space for my disk belt sander, planer, shaper
and router table.
Here's a couple of pictures, perhaps they could spark some shop ideas.
http://jbstein.com/Flick/TSBench.jpg
http://jbstein.com/Flick/TSBench3.jpg
Oh, yeah, I really, really like this wood storage rack.
http://jbstein.com/Flick/LumberCart2.jpg
http://jbstein.com/Flick/LumberCart.jpg
It holds a bunch of ply, lumber, and cut offs. Plans are everywhere on
the net. I wish I would have built it 40 years ago. Much, much better
than standard overhead storage, and takes up less space than I would
have thought.
It sits perpendicular between the saw and the shop doors so I can load
it easily, and get to the lumber with ease for cutting. It's on wheels
but is so damn heavy it's a bear to move, it really needs steel wheels.
--
Jack
Add Life to your Days not Days to your Life.
http://jbstein.com
basilisk wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:42:53 -0400, Dave wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:32:01 GMT, basilisk <[email protected]>
>>>Slab turned out great, smooth without being glass slick(I'm too old to
>>>bust my ass on a damp spot.)
>>>
>>>Block delivery is being held up by rain, should be able to get them in
>>>sometime next week.
>>
>> Pictures, we want pictures. If there's no pictures, it didn't happen.
>
> Here ya go, not much to see yet.
>
> http://www.woodwrangler.net/newshop.html
>
> basilisk
>
Saw the pictures of the "odd piece of pine". It IS odd, but nice
looking. Reminds me of a restored house in Tifton, GA which belonged
to a timber baron years ago. Each room is trimmed and the furniture
is made of a different kind of wood. There was one room trimmed in
curly pine. Never heard of it before or since. Will put a snapshot
of a door of one of the cabinets on ABPW.
--
G.W. Ross
You've certainly got smooth skin -
between the wrinkles, that is.
On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:05:57 -0400, Jack wrote:
> On 8/12/2012 9:51 PM, basilisk wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:42:53 -0400, Dave wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:32:01 GMT, basilisk <[email protected]>
>>>> Slab turned out great, smooth without being glass slick(I'm too old
>>>> to bust my ass on a damp spot.)
>>>>
>>>> Block delivery is being held up by rain, should be able to get them
>>>> in sometime next week.
>>>
>>> Pictures, we want pictures. If there's no pictures, it didn't happen.
>>
>> Here ya go, not much to see yet.
>>
>> http://www.woodwrangler.net/newshop.html
>>
>>
> Awesome shop there basilisk! If it were me though, and I was building a
> woodshop, I'd like a wood floor on top of the cement, about 5" above so
> I could run dust collection and so on under it. I'd like the wood to be
> rustic, wide oak planks. I'd also like log walls... like a log cabin,
> just for the heck of it, with a nice pot belly somewhere.
I'm 100% with you on the looks and emotion part of log walls and wood
floors, but the practical part of me requires it be as fireproof as
possible.
Part of what I do is metal work, it doesn't mix well with wood floors.
Finally got most of the blocks delivered, except one load.
It has rained 2 inches since Friday.
I have a mason lined up, he is not the cheapest or fastest but he
does excellent work, he is trying to retire on me, but I squeezed
on more job out of him. :)
basilisk
--
A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse
On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:32:54 -0400, Lee Michaels wrote:
> "basilisk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:42:53 -0400, Dave wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:32:01 GMT, basilisk <[email protected]>
>>>>Slab turned out great, smooth without being glass slick(I'm too old to
>>>>bust my ass on a damp spot.)
>>>>
>>>>Block delivery is being held up by rain, should be able to get them in
>>>>sometime next week.
>>>
>>> Pictures, we want pictures. If there's no pictures, it didn't happen.
>>
>> Here ya go, not much to see yet.
>>
>> http://www.woodwrangler.net/newshop.html
>>
> Looks bare. I suggest some electrical outlets. Maybe some walls and a
> ceiling too. :)
All in good time, blocks should be delivered tomorrow.
>
> Will it be big enough for your needs?
At least for the foreseeable future, I have a barn across the drive
from the new shop that will(and does already) serve for lumber storage
and all the
assorted lawnmowers, weedeaters, tillers and other stuff that shouldn't
be in a wood working shop :) My sons atv work will remain banned to the
barn.
basilisk
--
A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:42:53 -0400, Dave wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:32:01 GMT, basilisk <[email protected]>
>>Slab turned out great, smooth without being glass slick(I'm too old to
>>bust my ass on a damp spot.)
>>
>>Block delivery is being held up by rain, should be able to get them in
>>sometime next week.
>
> Pictures, we want pictures. If there's no pictures, it didn't happen.
Here ya go, not much to see yet.
http://www.woodwrangler.net/newshop.html
basilisk
--
A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse
On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:40:36 -0700, Mike M wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:36:41 -0400, Jack <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On 8/19/2012 3:05 PM, basilisk wrote:
>>> On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:05:57 -0400, Jack wrote:
>>
>>>> Awesome shop there basilisk! If it were me though, and I was building a
>>>> woodshop, I'd like a wood floor on top of the cement, about 5" above so
>>>> I could run dust collection and so on under it. I'd like the wood to be
>>>> rustic, wide oak planks. I'd also like log walls... like a log cabin,
>>>> just for the heck of it, with a nice pot belly somewhere.
>>>
>>> I'm 100% with you on the looks and emotion part of log walls and wood
>>> floors, but the practical part of me requires it be as fireproof as
>>> possible.
>>>
>>> Part of what I do is metal work, it doesn't mix well with wood floors.
>>
>>That's OK, the only thing my shop has on my above list is the pot belly,
>>and it ain't a stove:-)
>>
>>> Finally got most of the blocks delivered, except one load.
>>> It has rained 2 inches since Friday.
>>
>>> I have a mason lined up, he is not the cheapest or fastest but he
>>> does excellent work, he is trying to retire on me, but I squeezed
>>> on more job out of him. :)
>>
>>It would really be nice to be building an entire shop from scratch. All
>>my shops have been fit into something already there. I'd probably go
>>nuts trying to figure out exactly what I wanted... I'd call it the Bill
>>syndrome. Mike knows what I mean...
>
> Built my original shop to 16x32 and it was roomy till I started buying
> tools. Got to where I couldn't go thru the shop without getting a
> bruise. Had to store my 3, 15 gallon gravity feed vessel all grain
> brewing system to make way for a band saw. Then added 10x12 add on
> to get chainsaws ect out of the shop. Finally added a 12 x 30
> addition and still have storage problems. Planning on blatantly
> ripping off Swingman's storage ideas. I think you can drive yourself
> nuts trying to have a perfect plan. I tried planning and this and
> that and finally since everything is on wheels went out and moved
> things around. I have a basic plan but the most important things
> seems to be storage, jigs, supplies, fasteners ect. Doesn't matter
> how good yiour layout is if your storage relies on tool and bench top
> storage. Now if they can just get my left leg working again. Been
> doing physical therapy and it feels like I'm training for a marathon.
>
> Mike M
Biggest priority for me is to get everything in one building, my
stationary tools are scattered between three buildings, jointer, planer,
bandsaw is in one place, RAS is on porch at house, scroll saw is in dining
room, drill press and wood lathe is in barn, welding equipment, additional
drill press is in yet another building and mechanic tools are where ever
there is a free hole to stick them. This has been unworkable for years.
There will be plenty of cabinetry and storage to build, I want to actually
use the space to get a feel for where I want everything.
One of the first things I want to do is replace my tablesaw, the present
saw is a '51 delta 8' saw that the motor and sheaves have been upgraded
on, but has the original crappy fence.
basilisk