The Chicken Coop
- Thread starter Rlastr
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The T&G looks really good.
GoldCar
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Your barn is absolutely magnificent. Very great work...
Thank you! The idea for this barn was to have a clean place to work (and store) equipment. But in four short years I out grew the place and had to build a tractor barn to store the bug stuff...
Place is coming out utterly amazing.
When you went back and attached the T&G pine between the rafters, how did you attach it ?
When you went back and attached the T&G pine between the rafters, how did you attach it ?
16 gauge nail gun. ...and thousands of cuts! I had a home builder stop by this weekend and he couldn’t tell it was installed after. Maybe he was being nice? Thanks.
On Edge
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Wow the floor looks great. This is still one of my favorite builds here on the garage journal! I'm glad to see the update. How is the epoxy floor holding up?
JDMjunkies.ch
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wow, this looks awesome. Love the roof design. very unique 
Augus7us
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You're shop is amazing. You've done a great job.
This may be the the shop I would choose if I could build any I've seen on here. And I've seen some amazing shops. This one is just my style and size. I could live in it!
-Clint
This may be the the shop I would choose if I could build any I've seen on here. And I've seen some amazing shops. This one is just my style and size. I could live in it!
-Clint
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Rlastr your build is coming along nicely.
That is one heck of a welding table.
That is one heck of a welding table.
Only problem with the epoxy floors - is that rubber tracks from the track steer stained the floor over the winter storage. The heat from the radiant floors must have been too hot where I parked the machine. Lessened learned, now I use a stip of carpet under rubber wheels ove the winter.
I’m tired of moving 2,000 lbs. of steel pieces around the shop! It’s time to build the welding table it was purchased for...
Blanchard ground 1” think top, 4” sq tube legs and 3” sq tube frame to start.
Blanchard ground 1” think top, 4” sq tube legs and 3” sq tube frame to start.
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BoilermakerFan
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Wow! The table and the ironworker look fantastic!
Boosted1
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Very nice table and iron worker!
Mike.ASC
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I just discovered your this thread. Very nice barn with excellent workmanship and materials. I especially like the cabinet doors with the corrugated metal and the cabinet you built for the stainless countertop/sink.
BoilermakerFan
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Haven't wired one, but I can repair them hydraulically. A customer had the exact same model. They killed two pumps, a valve, and the cylinder since they didn't clean out the reservoir when the first pump failed.
Good to know. The dealer said it’s important to watch and make sure the stroke limiter is set properly so the pump turns off at top of stroke. If not, the pump could over heat.
BoilermakerFan
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It will overheat because it will be dumping across the relief valve. It only becomes an issue when the reservoir temp goes over 140degF. Anything up to 130degF in the reservoir is normal and 110degF to 120degF is actually the ideal range for a hydraulic system. It's easy to check with an IR temp gun. Just shoot the tank near the return line. The pump will always run hotter, just the nature of the beast since it's trying to compress the fluid and pump it out against resistance. Hydraulic pumps have to send the flow somewhere... it either goes down the line, across the relief back into the tank; or in bad situations, onto the floor.
Once the stroke limiter is set and you release the foot pedal as soon as the metal shears, you should be fine.
The other issue my customer had was that they never sharpened the shear blade in over 20 years! It had worn down significantly so it wouldn't shear thick stock. It would just groove it and dump across the relief. So in a few years if you hear the unit straining to cut the stock it used to cut just fine, pull the blade and sharpen it. It doesn't get sharpened to knife sharp, but it needs a decent edge so it can cause the stress fractures to occur in the steel so it shears. You'll see the issue first on thicker and wider stock. Thin or narrow stock will cut fine, but the wide or thick stuff will not shear.
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Rlastr just awesome..
Thank you! The idea for this barn was to have a clean place to work (and store) equipment. But in four short years I out grew the place and had to build a tractor barn to store the bug stuff...
Gorgeous.
