Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT 3rd time's a charm with a 3 car workshop

[loganb]

That's great info and I'm happy that I was running a close path to what you said in your text. I will continue to read and watch I know I wont buy until after holidays, too many projects going to start another at this time. Only question is that I see I jumped to your shop thread, my bad, do you want to move to your 3D thread to continue. Thank you for the insight.

Glad it was helpful....and free to continue the nitty gritty details here or the 3D printing thread...doesn't matter to me!

As promised...some picture updates. Progress may slow a bit here as some family who have been staying with us are leaving which means additional help on the toddler is going away.

Delivery driver was good to me today:

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(3) different PETG filaments in 2 shades of blue and a white, along with (2) different flexible filaments in black for experimenting and seeing how it works. The first (3) rolls I got were all Prusament brand to try and limit my learning curves, but they're a roughly 50% price premium to some of the popular, well regarded filaments on Amazon so intentionally trying some different brands here to see what I think.

Also made it thru my 3rd roll of filament:

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Father in law wants to take an empty spool home to turn into a lazy susan parts organizer....good thing they've got 2 more weeks on the road visiting other family as it gives me time to get one printed up and ready to ship for a surprise gift for him when he arrives.

Did get (1) tool organizer printed today in my quest for "Good Iterating To Great" tool holders:

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It's got some pro's and con's for how I envision using it:

Pro's: It's probably the right size for the most common pliers....I was thinking I needed more slots but after looking I really don't. Especially when the drawer with the rest of them is close by.

Con's: I want to be able to store them handle down or up depending on the tool and the slots aren't wide enough for most of the pairs pictured to go handle down.

I'm going to use it for a bit but think the concept is inline with what I want, but will need to rework the model to accommodate my desire for wider slots.

 

[loganb]

Little time in the garage here and there last 2 days.

Finally got a 240V outlet wired off the new garage panel which meant I had to fire up the Delta Schwag

Meant I also found out how rough the blade guides on the saw were turning so off they came

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Little time and a bit of cleaning with a brush has them looking and turning much better

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Weekend is spoke for with other stuff so will likely wait till next week to put it things back on and give it a real try


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[loganb]

First I have to say I was quite disappointed to find there were no pics of the pair of 5020s on the farm.

Back on the farm for the weekend and this was the best shot of the pair I could get easily. The 2nd one we picked up has the cab, but both are parked away for the winter

Also a picture of it's lil sister, 3020 with the narrow front. Grandpa bought this one new many years ago, long retired from field work but still used for turning the occasional auger. Most commonly used as the narrow front and open cab is incredibly handy to back trailers into tight spaces

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[OutlawDrifter]

I have mowed a lot of field edges with a wide front 3020...also spend a lot of time with a 6-row ditcher and a 20' rotary hoe chasing the wind.

 

[loganb]

I have mowed a lot of field edges with a wide front 3020...also spend a lot of time with a 6-row ditcher and a 20' rotary hoe chasing the wind.

They were a workhorse in their day. This one spent most of its more recent time as the power unit for moving our piggy trailer. Growing up we had hogs(production livestock not hobby farm) and a roughly 8' × 20' hydraulic lift deck livestock trailer was what moved animals from building to building. That narrow front and the fact you could turn around and see almost directly over the hitch made it stupid handy for easily hooking up and getting in tight spaces.

We got out of the livestock business a while ago so doesn't see as much use anymore. Still handy for moving around trailers, the sentimental side will probably mean its never sold as I believe it was the 1st tractor grandpa bought brand new.

We are more spoiled in our mowing these days, either done with a batwing mower behind a 4240 or 8100 or with a front brush mower on the John Deere skidder. Either way they all have cab, AC and radio.

I did spend a couple of days a year on the ditcher preparing for flood irrigation but never had that much irrigated ground to take too long and Roundup and related chemicals was doing more of the work that plow, disc and ditching used to

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[loganb]

While on the farm it was nice weather so figured might as well let the kiddo start learning to drive....most kids start at age 2 right in something with a sticker price well over $300k right?

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With large farm tractors often comes large open areas, and she had a good time and did pretty well "I steering" as she was calling it. With that tractor she wouldn't even need to reach the pedals for most operations so we could start them even younger

Lunch break got me back into the garage and put the bandsaw guides back on the saw which pointed out I needed a new throat plate...so on the next break from the day job and 10 minutes in CAD had this:

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And a walk downstairs because I don't have the wifi capability on the printer installed yet with 20 minute print time later:

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And installed:

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[nicholam77]

Nice! This may be a dumb question, but how do you go about taking measurements on the physical item to translate into CAD? A caliper? That ZCI seems like a perfect fit.

 

[loganb]

Nice! This may be a dumb question, but how do you go about taking measurements on the physical item to translate into CAD? A caliper? That ZCI seems like a perfect fit.

Thanks for joining on this busy week!

Spot on sir, the standard $25 Chinese knock off digital caliper was the tool of choice here. It does fit pretty well, there is probably .005" of slop in it, not sure if on my next one for a smaller kerf if I'll adjust the diameter or not to try and tighten it up. It was also designed as a 2.5" diameter hole, so on things that are nice, easily understandable dimensions it makes it easier vs some odd dimensions that make you 2nd(or 3rd guess) your dimensions

Either way, especially for this part...if it's not right...tweak the drawing and send Rev 2 to the printer. There was maybe 15 cents of plastic in that so if it's too sloppy or too tight, iterate and try again. Definitely something I'm still getting used to vs trying to get it all figured out the first time.

 

[tj675]

Ok that’s an awesome use of the printer, I’m jealous.

 

[loganb]

Today is one of those days I wonder about why I got back into a relationship with a fickle, ever changing, never consistent and impossible to satisfy woman

Yes, I mean you Mother Flipping Nature

Yesterday was gorgeous...59 degrees, mostly sunny, calm and clear. So nice I took most of the day off and worked on the garage

Today....

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Winds gusting to the mid 40's, horizontal blowing snow and 21 degrees with wind chill of 5.

I realize we all have to deal with Mother Nature, but why do I seem to always live with the moody, heat flash to cold flash in a blink of an eye version??? Damn family....

But I digress......let's get back to the point

As mentioned did take most of Tuesday off as it was a "Top 10 Day" as a former boss would call it...or at least a "Top 2 in December Day"

Wanting to start a couple new projects but have thought the rolling assy table top was looking a bit rough. 1/4" Hardboard over a torsion frame, it's been this initial sheet as the top since I built it at least 6 years ago and ready for a refresh

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Sharp eyes will pick out in the background why I'm not doing this on the MFT table...aka my Flat Surface Disease is out of remission and it's covered in ****!

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Much better!

More to come but it's Daddy Daycare today as toddler made the temp gun at daycare flash red so she got to come back home with me instead of being dropped off at "drop off" and looks like nap time is basically over....the golden 3 hours has ended

 

[loganb]

Other project I wanted to get started was the trim boards to hide the insulation fill holes in the wall. As a reminder the garage was nicely finished but exterior walls weren't insulated so I rented the blower and blew in fiberglass leaving this(picture taken before insulation blown):

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Didn't take as many pictures as I thought...but I stacked (2) sheets of 1/2" prefinished plywood on top of each other on the newly resurfaced assy table(on top of the 1.5" pink foam), ripped a clean edge and then cut roughly 7.5" wide strips.

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why 7.5" ?? The bottom of what I think was the lowest hole was around 6.5", but 7.5" was roughly the width of the track which made it easier to me to do as I haven't bought a 2nd short track & connector or the 115" one to make 8' rips easier. So I just **** the non-reference edge flush against the just cut edge, cut halfway down, moved the track and repeated.

Cut most of the (2) sheets up, will try and get all the pieces up before cutting down the rest of it but definitely feels more "finished". Installing with 16 gauge finish nails

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[loganb]

Short time in the garage today during nap time, trying to get some electric rough in done

Measure 52" to the bottom of the box, magically get my offset bends right the first time which is probably a Christmas miracle given this is the first time doing this in 3/4", sink a screw in the box and step back...wait....


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Still not used to having a floor that slopes out of the garage vs my last were flat...oops..go fix that

Pull out the laser to mark box height...dose the coffee...make some cuts...bend some stuff...

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And get this an hour later

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This run will be 120, then will turn the corner behind the saw bench and drop down to approx 38" high to bottom of box and run along that wall just above workbench height. Everything in 12 gauge, 4 circuits total(2 per wall) with each of the outlets in the boxes on different circuits

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[tj675]

Looking great! Merry Christmas

 

[harley jim]

Merry Christmas logan

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[loganb]

Merry Christmas TJ, Jim and all the other GJ junkies wandering thru here! Hope you have a wonderful weekend and that this is as close as you get to the Corona!



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[nicholam77]

I feel you on the weather, we got some of that action, too! Glad to see you still making nice progress on the shop, can't wait to see what next year has in store!

Merry Xmas Logan, hope you are having an excellent holiday with your family!

 

[loganb]

Thanks sir! I hope to have a small package on its way to you this week...was waiting on some new filament to try and its here.

While I'm at it...can I ship the snow forecasted for between 4 and 10" on Tuesday afternoon/evening your way as well? I hear you folks in Minnesota love it so much and feel lonely when its not around???

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[loganb]

Success....1 more things put away and out of my way for the winter. Was hoping to have gotten it into the lawn shed but that wasn't going to happen this year

Looking to potentially get both vehicles into the garage on Tuesday as forecast says snow totals between 4 and 10" depending who and when you look...yay for new snowblower!



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[loganb]

So end of the day decompressing while listening to "Greenlights", the Matthew McConaughey autobiography and looking back at the phone on what got accomplished today in my Google Photo's documented life

Menards run as they were the closest stocking the needed cover plates put me back into business wiring some stuff and with my makeshift wire caddy got the rest of the wire pulled for the current run of conduit

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Cover plates installed and all wired up on the first couple boxes...still need to strap the conduit down. Running everything in 3/4" for these wall outlets, will probably do 1/2" for the light circuits when I get to those
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Bingo...just what I wanted to see....everything wired in 12 gauge, using 20A Tamper Resistant outlets. Left and right receptacles are on different circuits, planning for 4 or 5 outlets per circuit, GFCI as the first device on each circuit
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Going to need to review my priority list for when the TV hookup gets done in the garage so I can watch Chiefs football easily while in the garage all the way thru their Superbowl appearance....today was way closer then it should've been but will take an ugly win and the 1st round bye. At least I can be cleaning and putting **** away with the game on then

Now that the heart attack inducing game is over...
The holiday treats are thankfully being depleted....more countertop is visible and I got on a cleaning and putting stuff away kick while the kiddo was playing with some new toys in the living room. Really aggravates the wife when I get "twitchy" as she calls it and start cleaning up little stuff that's been hanging around much too long. Seems to correspond with days where she gets very little done and I involuntarily seek to "balance it out" and get more done.....

Got tired of the Amazon Spy Hub I mean Echo Dot and associated cord being a mess on the countertop....so couple minutes on thingiverse found me a model I though would solve my problems:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1843593

Printed:

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And installed....not loving cable mangt and think it's a miss on the model to not have better cable mangt built into the back of it but I was irritated at this time so didn't do a better job than a quick zip tie. I did pay nothing for it so shouldn't complain too much...

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Think that's the highlights other than getting boxes from the daughters gifts tossed out....fingers crossed her teething fever is over and she's back at daycare tomorrow so I can spend the day on the day job!

Make it a great week ya'll!

 

[nicholam77]

Thanks sir! I hope to have a small package on its way to you this week...was waiting on some new filament to try and its here.

Well that's exciting!

While I'm at it...can I ship the snow forecasted for between 4 and 10" on Tuesday afternoon/evening your way as well? I hear you folks in Minnesota love it so much and feel lonely when its not around???

No thanks, we'll be getting our own by the sounds of it! But in a way you're right, since up until now it's been unusually warm here, I feel like people were actually kind of happy that it snowed for the holidays. Myself included.

 

[loganb]

About 4" of some super fluffy stuff on the ground so far....last night they were forecasting 5 to 8"...at this rate going to be the high side of that range

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[loganb]

4 new 120V circuits now usable...and almost done. Need to move the metal pegboard up about 1" to get the last box in, but otherwise done and that will wait till later.

All 12 gauge/20 amp GFCI on first outlet and tamper resistant plugs. Each wall is (2) circuits with left and right outlets on separate circuits. 5' between outlets on the longer wall, 4' on the shorter wall behind the chop saw as that will be future work bench wall and wanted them closer there.

Next up is cleanup and then get 3D printer moved into garage as need to print some smelly stuff...thats hopefully tonight



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[harley jim]

Good progress Logan, glad you got some shop time in. I haven't had much time all week.

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[loganb]

Good progress Logan, glad you got some shop time in. I haven't had much time all week.

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Thanks Jim...though not as much progress as I thought

Got the 3D printer moved out and running, went to plug the wall mounted shop vac into the new outlet and it popped the GFCI immediately without even being turned on....****. Of course it was the circuit the printer was on as well!

Fortunately Prusa has built in power loss recovery so boot it back up and it could pick back up....but not sure why it did that... t

Tomorrow will get to pop all the cover plates back off and see if anything jumps out at me. I did check all outlets with the plug in checker and they all checked good....so mystery is afoot!

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[loganb]

Needing to figure out permanent heat solution as well as air movement in the garage and while going thru HD this morning saw this on clearance

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Had been looking for 20" oscillating wall mount units bit for 1/3rd the price I bought both and will give a shot

Unpacked
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And temporarily on a shelf to see what I think.

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If I like these will think thru wiring them up on plugs with a switch to make it easy to turn on and off. Any input from the crowd if the oscillating function would be worth it?



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[loganb]

Also working on a work project with the 3D printer and trying out vapor smoothing. Using ABS printed parts, exposing them to acetone vapors helps smooth out the filament lines/layers and give a shinier finish.


My make do fuming container:

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Not a great picture but it's improving the finish but enough issues in the printing causing some voids I don't think they'll be usable as is.

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The prior revisions were all primed & painted which I can do again bit was trying to avoid it with 80-ish of the parts needed.

Have a new roll of ASA material which is generally viewed as a more modern successor to ABS with improved printing and still able to vapor smooth so will be trying that out in a couple hours.

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[harley jim]

Logan I'm not sure on the oscilating feature, myself I think I would like it. My exhaust fan got a smart switch, if I'm welding and it gets smokey I tell it to turn on and keep welding. The switch on my heater is inaccessible when it is hot so it got one also.

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[XJSuperman]

I prefer a ceiling fan for a constant air movement. Less focused than the smaller fans like you are trying. I feel the air moving but don't have to stand in and out of the "beam" (for lack of a better word) coming from a small fan.

 

[loganb]

Been a bit since I tossed an update out....last 2 weeks was a whirlwind of work stuff but it's past and back to my "day job" at work so to speak

My "day job" is in it's most basic terms...selling windows and doors, specifically to larger scale apartments, senior living, schools etc...basically everything that's not a single family residence. I enjoy the challenge of the larger jobs and it suits my technical background as it's more of a business decision and much less emotional....suits the engineer in me well. And as you can probably imagine when you're building a project with a total cost in the $100-200M range...well $hit sometimes happens and even if it wasn't your fault....you may get asked to help...hence the whirlwind.

Through a combination of errors, none of which was mine or even my company's....a bunch of doors on a large project ended up smaller than they should have been...they were exactly what was ordered and what the design team drew...but should have been bigger and it was a major issue. Thru a combination of prototyping greatly assisted by the GC who had a very vested interest in getting this resolved and helped out by my 3D printer we found a workaround solution that got what we needed by modifying some hardware...only problem was to get it done on the timeline needed I couldn't use the normal company "Model Shop" team to do the mod's....so I spent several days in the garage working on it....

In action shot...the work isn't bad and is basically some 3D printed stuff and drilling out (2) threaded screw bosses in a handle to allow it to be attached differently...and lots of repackaging/kitting of hardware

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Also had to order the smallest head diameter 12-24 machine screw I could get on McMaster, chuck it into a drill and turn the head down...on a grinder lol. Not the most precise but for what it was worked fine...then some primer and paint to pretty it back up
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In the midst of opening up 80-ish hardware packages and rekitting the necessary hardware while trying to hit the overnight FedEx shipment deadline:

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Did catch a pretty sunrise on the way to drop off the kid at daycare. We live on the developing edge of the metro area so it's a mix of developments pockmarked with fields who have held out for the right offer to sell and raise houses instead of corn which is why we're looking across a soybean stubble with a sidewalk and streetlights adjacent to it. Even with the 70% or so increase in corn prices over the last 90 days....still more profitable to grow houses.

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Did get the hardware modifications done and the mess cleaned back up:

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While working in the garage did get some time to see how the fans previously posted worked out....not impressed and they've been returned. Too loud and not quiet what I'm wanting, new idea is to put (2) ceiling fans on the shortest drop possible. I think that'll be more what I'm looking, now to find the right ceiling fan....unfortunately it won't be a big *** or even a knockoff

Also better experienced the air leakage I've got around the big garage doors....however thanks to @OutlawDrifter I've got the solution and have it installed on the single door...maybe will get it up on the double door today so I can fix this light leakage:

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More details on OutlawDrifters thread on the post linked below:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8859802&postcount=703

 

[bj383ss]

Thanks for the update. You are a major asset to your company as it appears your home workshop just saved their "***".

I do not see a sunrise pic though

That is a great idea from Outlaw drifter. I don't have a very large air gap but the double door does have just a little light peaking through. I am not as concerned about cold air as I am hot. I hope to be finishing the rest of the attic insulation this spring so I can really reap the benefits this summer.

Bret

 

[loganb]

Thanks for the update. You are a major asset to your company as it appears your home workshop just saved their "***".

I do not see a sunrise pic though

That is a great idea from Outlaw drifter. I don't have a very large air gap but the double door does have just a little light peaking through. I am not as concerned about cold air as I am hot. I hope to be finishing the rest of the attic insulation this spring so I can really reap the benefits this summer.

Bret

Well it at least helped put me in a better position to earn a greater position of future work with that account as it helps demonstrate we're truly trying to sell solutions and be a partner and not just a material provider.

Yeah...my fault on the sunrise pic....didn't get the tag in...fixed now...

So far I'm happy with the insulation benefits....after blowing in the walls and the attic, a little 1500W electric desk heater is keeping the garage in the 55 to 60 range here in Omaha...hasn't gotten brutally cold for days on end, but it's been doing fine keeping the space comfortable which has allowed me to procrastinate on the mini-split decision!

Thanks for taking some time out of the router table build to join in!

Couple more quick updates...trying to get more stuff sorted through, trashed/stored etc as appropriate. I thought I downsized a lot this year for the move and still finding stuff everyday I wonder why I moved it....

This wall had (2) of those 3' x 3' cubby's when we bought it which we(me) promptly stuffed full of **** as we tried to unpack and now they're in the way so got the 1st one down...hoping to get rid of it on FB marketplace for free with little effort. Hoping to get the other one down and the contents "re-homed" so I can clean up this portion of the wall with fresh primer and paint.

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Longer term plan is a TV on that diagonal portion of the wall, and maybe the mini-split interior unit...still not sure on that one yet. Either way trying to get the **** "unpacked" and stuff out of the way so I can get some more painting done and be ready to run some surface mounted conduit for a new light switch

Also trying to keep 3D printer turning...

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Those are (2) different prints of the same access hole cover for the Makita tracksaw, gray one is in PLA the right one is actually a flexible filament and these are going out to Nick for trial in his shop documented here:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348298&page=52

They're a design of someone else's so curious to get another member's feedback and Nick's done some nice stuff with his saw and one of the users that helped push me over the edge to get mine! I personally like the flexible version more, but need to make some modifications to the design to work better in that material I think

 

[loganb]

Quick Sunday AM update.....

Plans were for a mini-split to be quickly installed this fall...unfortunately other stuff has gotten in the way....primarily my procrastination because this little 1500W max heater is doing a great job!

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It isn't even on all the time and still keeps the garage between 55 and 60 with outside temps for most of Dec in the mid 20's to low 30's. With the 10' ceilings definitely need some ceiling fans to help cut down on stratification and pushing the warm air down to my level. Still planning a hyper-heat minisplit, but as there aren't any DIY hyper heat units have to break down and pay someone to do it all, or find a tech to come out and commission it. Yes I could vac it down myself...but I don't need another set of tools that I don't intend to use again


Also got next round of garage additions off the 3D printer:

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Set of brackets for some tracksaw guides, model from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:703165

Nick gives a great demo of how they're used here in a recent post. Ironically enough I saw his post shortly after I hit run on my printer for the same thing! Now to get the rest of the parts for them!

Have a great day all...and Go Chiefs!

 

[OutlawDrifter]

loganb, happy to help with the link, and thanks for credit!

I have noticed a huge difference in my shop already.

Glad you found a work around to the problem at your day job. Hopefully upper management remembers that later on!

Your garage must be really well insulated for the heater to work that efficiently.

 

[loganb]

Your garage must be really well insulated for the heater to work that efficiently.

I'm pretty surprised myself at how well the little heater is holding the temp. Standard 2 x 4 construction with blown in insulation in all exterior walls and the attic, but it's dramatically helped by the fact it's pretty protected and shares substantial common walls with the house. 2/3rds or so of the ceiling has living space above it(and the other part is insulated to R50 or so) and just shy of 50% of the total garage walls has house on the other side. The garage door wall is also facing southwest so it misses the brunt of the wind, if I was on the other side of the street with a north facing door I bet the minisplit would already be hooked up!

 

[nicholam77]

Great work and nice updates Logan!

Super stoked to try the dust insert, thanks for doing that!

55-60 degrees already sounds like a dream to me. I'm happy if it's 30-40 in my detached space but I'll still go out there unless it dips below 20!!! Fortunately it's been above average so far this winter.

That 1500W heater... is that 120V or 220V?

Nice work on helping your company. Hopefully they remember you went above and beyond.

Curious to hear your thoughts on the 3D printed parallel guides someday when you have a chance to use them. Personally I had no issues. Mine were done on a super cheap printer that a friend of my brother's had. No idea what the filament he used. Yours will come out even better I'm sure with all your know-how and higher-end machine. One tip on the hardware, the Thingiverse listing suggests square nuts (which I did locate), but I found regular 1/4 20 hex nuts work just fine, too, and are a little easier to find!

 

[tj675]

Nice work putting that printer to good use. That great news on your heater. My wife got the December electric bill and asked me when we were getting a mini split, lol.

 

[loganb]

That 1500W heater... is that 120V or 220V?

120V, actually the heater the wife had at her last job at her desk...so absolutely nothing special about it! I've considered just picking up a 4k BTU electric unit, Menards has a couple in that range for under $100 bucks and calling it done since I have the electric capacity, but I don't want that bill and it doesn't fix my desire for cooler in the summer....so going to try and hold true and do the mini

Curious to hear your thoughts on the 3D printed parallel guides someday when you have a chance to use them. Personally I had no issues. Mine were done on a super cheap printer that a friend of my brother's had. No idea what the filament he used. Yours will come out even better I'm sure with all your know-how and higher-end machine. One tip on the hardware, the Thingiverse listing suggests square nuts (which I did locate), but I found regular 1/4 20 hex nuts work just fine, too, and are a little easier to find!

I appreciate it but you're giving me a bit too much credit! lol

I have had similar thoughts on the hardware, actually debating on putting an order together at my favorite hardware store(McMaster-Carr.com) for some various size square nuts to have on hand specifically for 3D printing purposes

Nice work putting that printer to good use. That great news on your heater. My wife got the December electric bill and asked me when we were getting a mini split, lol.

And your answer was "ASAP since you've approved it" right lol. Which way are you leaning on yours? I'm probably looking at a 12k BTU Hyper Heat, need to get a couple installed quotes this week to see the price difference vs Ingrams or some of the other online retailers

 

[tj675]

And your answer was "ASAP since you've approved it" right lol. Which way are you leaning on yours? I'm probably looking at a 12k BTU Hyper Heat, need to get a couple installed quotes this week to see the price difference vs Ingrams or some of the other online retailers

Going to have the Mitsubishi dealer come out for a quote. From what I can tell a 30-36k unit will probably be needed. Like you I was looking for a hyper heat DIY, but there are none to be found.

I will probably have my electrician get power put in place when he comes out to wire the dust collector.

 

[loganb]

Now that heart rate has calmed down from the Chiefs/Browns game....Yay Chiefs...back to work...kinda

So looks like I opened myself into a project....but hey that is the goal...this may involve Ikea though so hopefully that doesn't DQ it from counting around here!

Wife has decided, and I don't disagree that she'd like a "legit" adult looking bedroom set...where things match and stuff.... I thought the whole mismatched furniture thing was in style...guess not. She is an interior designer...so that probably has something to do with it but it helps cause we can get awesome deals on furniture through her work...so sure let's do it

To aid in helping the bedroom look "nice" I'm pushing that we get rid of the dresser(s) in the bedroom and move that storage into the large but oddly shaped walk in closet so I was told if I can come up with a plan that she approves of we'll do it....challenge accepted! Flat Surface Disease affects many outside of the garage and our dresser tops are not immune!

So we're blessed with a large walk in, in fact the whole house has large closets with functional, but not especially adaptable or flexible wood shelves. Essentially it's an "L" Shape with fairly equal leg lengths:

Her side, nothing crazy but roughly 76" on each side of full length hangers

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My side which has double hangers on the back, then a full height hanger bar on the right hand side which isn't visible here...and the walk area is being encroached on with shoes...I honestly wish that was all of them

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The outside of the area in question:

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See that roof angle? Yeah it means we've got an odd, but 48" deep area behind the "right hand" side of full height hanging on the wife's side:

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That roof angle starts at 31" up so it's a decent sized space...right now holding suitcases which don't need to be there by any means...so it's wasted

My thought is to put some type of "built-ins" in what's currently the wife's part(which may become mine), change to double hangers on the other side and rearrange shoe storage to put a lot of that in the higher sloped ceiling area where it's not taking up as valuable of "normal" space. To help figure out how to use that dead space most I figured why not...let's model this in CAD!

So to Solidworks I go:

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not too long later I have walls!
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And adjusted the colors on a couple of the walls to make it easier to just keep straight what's what and not be lost in the sea of beige-ish:

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Some of you may be guessing what come's next....yup to the printer...cause why not? Hadn't yet printed something like this and hadn't played with the scale tool in Solidworks to enable printing something like this to an actual scale...which turned out to be 1/2" = 1' here:

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Printed it upside down to make the door openings and a header easier and not having to worry about potentially needing supports. Wasn't sure if the roof angle would print well or not but it printed great without any supports...yay!

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For what it is(a toy if we're being honest), highly functional...some aesthetic things and a shift I want to figure out what caused...but for 3.5 hours I'm pleased.

While that was happening, I was playing on Ikea's site to see what I could do on their designer...and something like this is what I was roughly thinking for the drawers at least:

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Adjustable height shelves would probably fill the space on the left to the wall...maybe? Not sure yet...so let's see how much of that casework I'd have to cut up...

With transparency adjusted so we can pretend we can see thru walls:

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And a view from "inside" the space to the side of the window looking at the challenging corner:

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And that's where I'm at so far...so what ideas does the GJ hive mind have on how to maximize that storage space in that back area? Top ideas I'm spinning on right now are:

1. Custom drawers at 40-44" deep with lesser used stuff in the back
2. 24" deep casework and access door on "end" to slide stuff in that back 24" from the other side of the closet

The drawers would give more "usable" room but those would be darn spendy drawers with the plywood and full extension slides for that size. Other option is simpler, but not as convenient....so what says the brave few who got this far in the pictures ? Open to any and all ideas...wisest which would be get less stuff but I'm not going to broach that idea!

 

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Ouch....just doing some research on what 40" or so full extension drawer slides would cost....I knew they'd be spendy but I wasn't expecting most to be $100+ a pair.

Cheapest I found was $70/pair for 165 pound weight limit which would be fine for this application. Going to have to consider drawer sizing carefully there if I decide to go after full depth drawers on that bottom 30" or so.