JCQuick
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thanks mello
A small 100' x 200' in the woods?
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bobthesnob
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You sure you would want to break into this place? Seems like the perfect place for booby traps.
When I saw the revolver in that one pic, breaking in is out of the question
. I just don't understand why he filled the door with concrete.When you consider the timeline its even more impressive. Not alot of folks who could stick with it that long. I wonder how far he travels to work on it?
BikerBluesVTwin
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the weapon on the table looks like a Golck semi-auto pistol in either .40 or 9mm cal.
i would guess the concrete filled doors will keep the lions and tigers and bears out
i would guess the concrete filled doors will keep the lions and tigers and bears out
BikerBluesVTwin
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bad spelling.......Glock not Golck
you have to give this guy a lot of credit, this is one helluva project for 1 person
i would have trouble building a bread box
you have to give this guy a lot of credit, this is one helluva project for 1 person
i would have trouble building a bread box
You guys are pretty hung up on those door gaps.
Looks like he is working on getting a functional toilet first.
I don't think it would be too hard to fab up some rubber gaskets to seal up those gaps.
I just wonder whats so tall that it needs 16 foot doors to get in the place.
Looks like he is working on getting a functional toilet first.
I don't think it would be too hard to fab up some rubber gaskets to seal up those gaps.
I just wonder whats so tall that it needs 16 foot doors to get in the place.
Tech Guy
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Too bad he put a cheap lock on the man door. A dewalt and a 1/8 bit would take a few seconds to blow through it.
Tech Guy
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Was talking about the schlage deadbolt. Blow the cylinder and a screw driver will open that lock up. do it every day
TheShrine
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A bad thief and break a bad lock.
An average thief can break an average lock.
A good thief can break a good lock.
All locks do is keep an honest man honest!
wrigh003
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Wow. I'm still not getting over how this guy must have missed the boat on how a Quonset hut is supposed to be kind of a temporary structure.
I bet, though, that with all that concrete that's always in the shade, if he's got a place to plug in a fan or two, he probably doesn't need to run much (any?) AC- his barn is like a cave.
Impressive! But why...
And as for why to have a pistol on the table, heck, I would too, if only just in case for snakes.
I bet, though, that with all that concrete that's always in the shade, if he's got a place to plug in a fan or two, he probably doesn't need to run much (any?) AC- his barn is like a cave.
Impressive! But why...
And as for why to have a pistol on the table, heck, I would too, if only just in case for snakes.
Tech Guy
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I feel like the recession's going to mean taking on a second job. How well does burglary pay ?
Tech Guy
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Pays very well. The only good thing in my industry is when the economy tanks, crime starts rising which means more sales for me. Tough way to look at it but if the world was normal I would be out of a job.
Ok, then you would be one to ask.
I have a small home with a double front door(two doors right next to eachother), an attached garage, and a sliding glass door in back.
So basically I just have the deadbolt on the front door and the rear sliding glass doors are straight up 4x6 glass. It has the standard sliding door latch and I keep a dowel in the track on the bottom and a pin in the top corner of the frame to keep it from opening.
So... how would you secure my home? I just have a regular schlage lock on the front door. The garage doors have openers, and the back yard is fenced in and latched from the inside so you would have to jump it to get back there.
I also have a pump shot gun and more ammo than necessary. A night-vision camera system, and a regular alarm system with sensors on all the doors and windows, and motion sensors in the halls.
Doesn't matter much, if they break in they will grab whatever and run anyways.
Tech Guy
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Your right-if they want it they will go after it. Had two kids trying to get into my cars a month ago. Im in the shop watching them on camera. Motion light tripped and it didnt even phase them.
Titus
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Very cool, but by my math, it is 50x100.
Mellotron
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the only thing that bugs me on this is the guy has welder and he has steel why would he have to wait and buy a welding cart from HF????
Heh! Good point! Maybe his skills are limited to welding doors and depleting the worlds supply of Portland Cement.
Looks like a Glock 22 on the table. Tough to tell if that's a long barrel. S&W 40 bullets if it is. Wonderful to shoot.
checkthisout
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I would never want a shop or garage that was not immune to rodent penetration.
Seems kinda pointless to build it that way with all that concrete only to have huge gaps in the doors.
Seems kinda pointless to build it that way with all that concrete only to have huge gaps in the doors.
Yall really want to break in to a MF'ers barn when he sleeps in a storage container,probably has an arsenal of weapons...showers outside in a tarp....BUILT THAT.....and obviously hasnt had any poo-nanny in a LONG DAMN TIME....F-that i aint goin near that guy you know he is in a bad mood
wrigh003
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My dad told me when I was a kid:
"Never get into a fight with an old guy. Old guys fight for different reasons than young guys, and they will put a hurtin' on you."
Of course, at the time, I probably thought 30-40 was old, so...
"Never get into a fight with an old guy. Old guys fight for different reasons than young guys, and they will put a hurtin' on you."
Of course, at the time, I probably thought 30-40 was old, so...
toadjammer
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I don't see huge gaps? If you look through the pics he has flashing that comes down and fills the gaps and in some of the later pictures he pours the butresses on the side door.
The gaps are in between the doors themselves and in between the building. Which if I was going through all the work this guy is going through, don't you think that he might of measured a little better to have a little tighter tolarence on the fit of those doors? To be honest this detail to me just is very strange, and also, I get nature and all, but he seems to like his furry friends a bit more than most.
I really enjoy looking what he has done though, especialy since he has done it all basicly by himself.
But it's kinda like watching the beginning stages of a person that later on kills 20 girls over a 10 year period.
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Hummmmmm (Queue theme music for deliverance here) hard to tell but would reckon a AK47 would slide through the gap where them doors meet really nice like and give ya 'bout a 270 degree defensive firing vantage point whilst protected ya is hinds sum steal and concrete. Damn shame a .22 would get ya through the tin roof though.
All kidding aside I admire him, he has done real quality work on his restorations and wish him the best, will defiantly be following his web page post.
All kidding aside I admire him, he has done real quality work on his restorations and wish him the best, will defiantly be following his web page post.
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checkthisout
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Ha ha. He's a bit too creative and persistent to become a killer.
He's focusing his energy on something he clearly loves to occupy his spare time.
I think your totally missing the fact that he just hung the doors and this thing is taking lots and lots of time. Check back in another 5 years and see how the gaps are between the doors.
cyclopsblown34
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Exactly, I can only guess, it will be critter tight in a couple of years. By reading what I have of his site, he must be retired and this is his retreat where he enjoys the solitude of working by himself.
I am pleased that many of you found my barn project interesting. It is a labor of love for if I tried to make a living doing this stuff I would surely starve to death.
Some folks like to fish, others to golf and some to build ships in bottles. I myself enjoy riding my motorcycles. Occasionally I will take off for a day, sometimes with other riders and sometimes by my self. When I return home that evening I will have many memories of the roads I’ve traveled and the things I’ve seen. But, those memories only exist in my mind. Once that day is over I will never get it back, it’s gone forever.
On the other hand, if I spend the day building something, that day lives on in what I build. Sometimes it’s just a small part of a larger project but eventually they all come together and then I have some tangible thing that I can hold, use, and see that represents my time, talent, and energy. I can always throw more energy at it and my talent increases little by little. But the time is finite, we may not know how much we have but we do know there is only so much of it. Building something is how I keep my days from disappearing.
And here’s a little piece of humor to go with that. I always say that I have so many projects going that I will have to live to be 150 to get them all done, I won’t be allowed to die. The catch is that you have to keep making progress ‘cause if you stop you loose all your credits and then you’re toast.
Some of you have noted that the barn project is a work in progress. And this is true. It is mildly amusing that a few have become fixated on the gaps around and between the doors. Those are fill in projects for when I am held up on other more high priority items due to weather, materials, etc. All in good time; however, those !@#$% mice are truly going to drive batty until then.
I chose the cheapest deadbolt that I could find at Home Depot. I like it because it’s shiny, like a fishing lure. The main doors will have padlocks as well and the ones I have chosen for them are chrome plated and real shiny. Can we see now?
Others have noted that they don’t understand why I did other things this way or that. You have to realize that sometimes I just don’t know what I’m doing, I often don’t. I’m just making this stuff up as I go along. Sometimes it works, sometimes I have to adapt.
The purpose of the barn is to provide a facility to build in, something I have dreamed of all my life. For me, that will be my bikes and cars. However, for my heirs it may be for something else. It will have to be capable of being left for extended periods of time as they live their lives until it once again fills a need. Life is a chess game. I was never able to step out with a few bold strokes and make a winning move. Instead I had to prepare by moving my back pieces out into well defended positions and wait for opportunities to present themselves. I hope they will find a use for the barn someday long after I’m gone. If that happens my days will live on. In the meantime it will need to survive on it’s own with as little attention as possible.
My thanks to Chip and Jason for bringing to my attention that the web pages of my project were posted on the Garage Journal forum. It was never my intent to have the pages receive this much attention, they were only intended to be for family and friends. When someone inquired as to my progress I would simply e-mail them a link and they could see. If you notice, there are no links to the barn pages on my website so the only way to get to them was with a link provided by me.
This is not to be taken as criticism of Mpire for posting the original link. In his place I would have done the same thing, find something interesting and say “hay guys, take a look at this”. However, a good part of the security of the barn is anonymity and so now I find my self, much to my chagrin, in the same position as a young girl who, in the excitement of spring break, flashes her chest for the camera only to find, a week later, her attributes plastered all over the WWW. The WWW is a wonderful thing. It puts us all in contact with others who share our interests. But one should never forget that it is wide open, something I foolishly thought I could control. All I can do now is my best at damage control and learn from my mistake.
And so, I thank you all for your interest and kind words and wish you all well on your own projects,
Art.
Some folks like to fish, others to golf and some to build ships in bottles. I myself enjoy riding my motorcycles. Occasionally I will take off for a day, sometimes with other riders and sometimes by my self. When I return home that evening I will have many memories of the roads I’ve traveled and the things I’ve seen. But, those memories only exist in my mind. Once that day is over I will never get it back, it’s gone forever.
On the other hand, if I spend the day building something, that day lives on in what I build. Sometimes it’s just a small part of a larger project but eventually they all come together and then I have some tangible thing that I can hold, use, and see that represents my time, talent, and energy. I can always throw more energy at it and my talent increases little by little. But the time is finite, we may not know how much we have but we do know there is only so much of it. Building something is how I keep my days from disappearing.
And here’s a little piece of humor to go with that. I always say that I have so many projects going that I will have to live to be 150 to get them all done, I won’t be allowed to die. The catch is that you have to keep making progress ‘cause if you stop you loose all your credits and then you’re toast.
Some of you have noted that the barn project is a work in progress. And this is true. It is mildly amusing that a few have become fixated on the gaps around and between the doors. Those are fill in projects for when I am held up on other more high priority items due to weather, materials, etc. All in good time; however, those !@#$% mice are truly going to drive batty until then.
I chose the cheapest deadbolt that I could find at Home Depot. I like it because it’s shiny, like a fishing lure. The main doors will have padlocks as well and the ones I have chosen for them are chrome plated and real shiny. Can we see now?
Others have noted that they don’t understand why I did other things this way or that. You have to realize that sometimes I just don’t know what I’m doing, I often don’t. I’m just making this stuff up as I go along. Sometimes it works, sometimes I have to adapt.
The purpose of the barn is to provide a facility to build in, something I have dreamed of all my life. For me, that will be my bikes and cars. However, for my heirs it may be for something else. It will have to be capable of being left for extended periods of time as they live their lives until it once again fills a need. Life is a chess game. I was never able to step out with a few bold strokes and make a winning move. Instead I had to prepare by moving my back pieces out into well defended positions and wait for opportunities to present themselves. I hope they will find a use for the barn someday long after I’m gone. If that happens my days will live on. In the meantime it will need to survive on it’s own with as little attention as possible.
My thanks to Chip and Jason for bringing to my attention that the web pages of my project were posted on the Garage Journal forum. It was never my intent to have the pages receive this much attention, they were only intended to be for family and friends. When someone inquired as to my progress I would simply e-mail them a link and they could see. If you notice, there are no links to the barn pages on my website so the only way to get to them was with a link provided by me.
This is not to be taken as criticism of Mpire for posting the original link. In his place I would have done the same thing, find something interesting and say “hay guys, take a look at this”. However, a good part of the security of the barn is anonymity and so now I find my self, much to my chagrin, in the same position as a young girl who, in the excitement of spring break, flashes her chest for the camera only to find, a week later, her attributes plastered all over the WWW. The WWW is a wonderful thing. It puts us all in contact with others who share our interests. But one should never forget that it is wide open, something I foolishly thought I could control. All I can do now is my best at damage control and learn from my mistake.
And so, I thank you all for your interest and kind words and wish you all well on your own projects,
Art.
Mellotron
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Art,
Glad you made it in. Thank you for taking the time to chat a bit about your hobby. Also, your desire for anonymity is understood especially since you have since removed the pages from your website. However, after reading your post, it's more than clear you wish to leave a piece of "you" in this great big world. You sharing your hobby surely has left an indellible mark in my mind. So much in fact that I was bookmarking your pages in excitement of what you would share next. I think I speak for most of us here that we are all on the edge of our seat wondering how you are going to proceed with the septic system or even the door gaps. And the fact that you have come forward to chat made me even more excited because now you can explain all the things you have created.
Alas, if this is the end of the chapter, I understand. I wish you well in your ongoing effort to make some good memories.
PS. Im still pissed off that you can dig so easily in the dirt there! My Lava rock is pure hell!
Cheers,
Eric
Glad you made it in. Thank you for taking the time to chat a bit about your hobby. Also, your desire for anonymity is understood especially since you have since removed the pages from your website. However, after reading your post, it's more than clear you wish to leave a piece of "you" in this great big world. You sharing your hobby surely has left an indellible mark in my mind. So much in fact that I was bookmarking your pages in excitement of what you would share next. I think I speak for most of us here that we are all on the edge of our seat wondering how you are going to proceed with the septic system or even the door gaps. And the fact that you have come forward to chat made me even more excited because now you can explain all the things you have created.
Alas, if this is the end of the chapter, I understand. I wish you well in your ongoing effort to make some good memories.
PS. Im still pissed off that you can dig so easily in the dirt there! My Lava rock is pure hell!
Cheers,
Eric
wayoff
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I am truely sorry I missed it.
lpbf_cj428
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Art,
Thanks for sharing.. even unintentionally! You sir are the ultimate DIY guy and I for one enjoyed every bit of your build project. You have great taste in bikes too.
All the best,
Rob
Thanks for sharing.. even unintentionally! You sir are the ultimate DIY guy and I for one enjoyed every bit of your build project. You have great taste in bikes too.
All the best,
Rob
Vernmotor
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Aww bummer I was waiting to see more pics of how you went along.
Come on! you can feed us some updates as you go >>> ???? please
Come on! you can feed us some updates as you go >>> ???? please
jwhcars
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Great build Art...... enjoy your retirement and may all your projects go well and fill you with pride and satisfaction. I am sure most on here would enjoy an update from time to time...........I hope you feel comfortable enough to share your progress with us.