Krfjkm
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Looks like you’ve got a couple of Big Green Eggs! Aren’t they cool!!
Above 1200 Sq/FT Chesnut Acres 1926 Dairy Barn (36x126)
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
We had quite a bit of wind and rain last night and then I heard the unmistakable crack. The good news is that the elm tree only damaged a few flowers.
Quick work with the chainsaw and Mr. Kubota took care of the rest.
The tractor has to be one of the most useful tools I own. The skid steer quick attach forks are well worth the money.
Quick work with the chainsaw and Mr. Kubota took care of the rest.
The tractor has to be one of the most useful tools I own. The skid steer quick attach forks are well worth the money.
jar944
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Looks like a few hundred $$ in lumber there..lolWe had quite a bit of wind and rain last night and then I heard the unmistakable crack. The good news is that the elm tree only damaged a few flowers.
Quick work with the chainsaw and Mr. Kubota took care of the rest.
The tractor has to be one of the most useful tools I own. The skid steer quick attach forks are well worth the money.
Spent the day working on insulating the return air closet. First up was a thin layer of closed cell foam to seal the seams and edges.
Next up was adding Rockwool Safe and Sound.
Once that was in place the return air filter was added to the plenum.
The plan is to build a door for the closet tomorrow and see how the noise level is in the wood shop. If it is too loud I will add a stub wall in the closet to redirect the sound again.
Next up was adding Rockwool Safe and Sound.
Once that was in place the return air filter was added to the plenum.
The plan is to build a door for the closet tomorrow and see how the noise level is in the wood shop. If it is too loud I will add a stub wall in the closet to redirect the sound again.
Spent a bit more time on the air return closet this week. The noise level wasn’t bad, but I wanted better. I added a 60” tall divider/wall inside the closet, which made a noticeable difference.
Next on the list was a door. I decided to go with new lumber on this instead of reclaimed. The main panel is 3/4” oak veneer plywood (it was the cheapest 3/4” plywood at Home Depot last weekend). The trim is maple left over from making the last table.
Added the last bit of reclaimed siding and trim to finish things off upstairs
Next on the list was a door. I decided to go with new lumber on this instead of reclaimed. The main panel is 3/4” oak veneer plywood (it was the cheapest 3/4” plywood at Home Depot last weekend). The trim is maple left over from making the last table.
Added the last bit of reclaimed siding and trim to finish things off upstairs
Jayman17
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Well now that sure turned out nice! I like the re-use of the old siding, really makes it look like it belongs. Well done!
Jay
Jay
jollygreengiant
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Someday I'll get a CNC machine, once I get my workshop finished and the price of them comes down. Until then I'm going to drool over yours lol.
I finished what I hope to be the last piece of the air return. I don’t have a hepa filter on the dust collector yet, so I added a set of filters where the return air enters the wood shop.
A short length of 2x4 pivots on a single screw to keep the filters tight in the opening.
I took a scrap piece of cherry and made a wedge to keep the filters snug side to side.
The filters now have zero movement and hopefully keep the air a little cleaner in the shop.
Building an outfeed table for my Powermatic tablesaw has been on the to-do list since I bought it 2 years ago. I had been using my Unisaw for ripping and the Powermatic for cross cuts, but now that the Unisaw has been sold it’s time to get started on the outfeed table.
I have some 16/4 mahogany that will do the job on the legs and the rest I will make out of maple.
A short length of 2x4 pivots on a single screw to keep the filters tight in the opening.
I took a scrap piece of cherry and made a wedge to keep the filters snug side to side.The filters now have zero movement and hopefully keep the air a little cleaner in the shop.
Building an outfeed table for my Powermatic tablesaw has been on the to-do list since I bought it 2 years ago. I had been using my Unisaw for ripping and the Powermatic for cross cuts, but now that the Unisaw has been sold it’s time to get started on the outfeed table.
I have some 16/4 mahogany that will do the job on the legs and the rest I will make out of maple.
I always worry about the lithium batteries from my cordless tools overheating while sitting on the charger. To alleviate that stress I installed a 20 amp 60 minute timer on that plug today. The install was pretty straightforward however it definitely filled the box.
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bradpac
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Excellent idea I will be copying. Plug in the battery and hit the button. A simple way to stay safe for sure.
Made progress on the outfeed table the last couple evenings. The legs are 3.5” square, the top rail is 6” x 1.5” and the lower rail is 1.5” square. I used (2) 12mm dominos on each end of the top rail and an 8mm domino on the bottom rail.
I assembled the ends of the table yesterday evening.
After work tonight I was able to get the rest of the rails in place.
I assembled the ends of the table yesterday evening.
After work tonight I was able to get the rest of the rails in place.
jollygreengiant
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That looks beefy. What wood are you using?
The legs are mahogany and the rails are hard maple. The top is 54” x 64” x 2.25” butcher block maple out of a high school wood shop. One of my neighbors listed it on marketplace last winter and I couldn’t pass it up. It’s splattered in paint, stain, and glue but for the most part in decent shape. The base needs to be stout because the top weighs over 200 lbs.
Started working on the outfeed table top yesterday. After lining up the top on the base, I marked the top for the miter slot extensions. I clamped a couple of guide rails to the top and used a handheld router with a 1/2 bit to add the slots.
The top was used in a high school for a couple of decades so it will need a little love.
Spent a bit of time with a Rotex sander and here is how it’s looks after 2 passes.
The top was used in a high school for a couple of decades so it will need a little love.
Spent a bit of time with a Rotex sander and here is how it’s looks after 2 passes.
02Xterra
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Very nice work!
bradpac
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Your outfeed table looks better than my dining table. Nice work and great choice of woods.
Jayman17
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I really like a generously sized outfeed table and yours definitely fits the bill. That will be a nice addition to your TS.
Jay
Jay
An outfeed with character beats boring mdf or something everytime.
Its before condition reminded me of the local college. They built a new gym and turned the old one from the 30's over to the theatre groups. The paint they slopped all over the old gym floor building props was a crime against humanity IMO. The tables were just as bad, about 4x worse than your top was.
Its before condition reminded me of the local college. They built a new gym and turned the old one from the 30's over to the theatre groups. The paint they slopped all over the old gym floor building props was a crime against humanity IMO. The tables were just as bad, about 4x worse than your top was.
Summer projects tend to lean toward taking care of the property and less time spent on the barn. One of those summer projects, the last two years, has been establishing a proper vegetable garden.
We started with a 25x25 garden that the previous owners left for us. The 6ft wire fence does a good job with the deer so we decided to carry that going forward.
I used 6x6x10’s for the main fence posts and T posts in between.
I ended up pulling the two posts on the far side of the picture and moved the fence 10 ft to the left.
The garden sits at 50x100 now but it’s like a garage, never quite big enough.
We started with a 25x25 garden that the previous owners left for us. The 6ft wire fence does a good job with the deer so we decided to carry that going forward.
I used 6x6x10’s for the main fence posts and T posts in between.
I ended up pulling the two posts on the far side of the picture and moved the fence 10 ft to the left.
The garden sits at 50x100 now but it’s like a garage, never quite big enough.
ambenz
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That's a lot of garden! Do you have a big family or are you planning to make a road side cart and sell fresh produce on the honor system?
A road side cart would be a cool project. Incorporate a lemonade stand or make it duel purpose as a school bus stop enclosure.
Hope you will have a lot of hands during harvest, and just to water and weed! Lot's of work. I am getting a bumper crop of minion cherry tomatoes already, with one plant, in a small raised garden bed. Picked a pint so far with a good couple of bushels still on the vine.
The T posts for hanging lines looks as if you might start growing grapes. Can wine making be in your future?
Getting back to the shop, enjoyed seeing the pictures of the signs you made, the progress on the vacuum system, and just the old school bones of the barn. It was interesting to see how the windows open, the tall ceilings in the hay loft, and the troughs in the floor.
Brings back a lot of childhood memories of visiting my Aunt and Uncles farm in Wanatah, Indiana. Thanks for that and keep the pictures coming!
A road side cart would be a cool project. Incorporate a lemonade stand or make it duel purpose as a school bus stop enclosure.
Hope you will have a lot of hands during harvest, and just to water and weed! Lot's of work. I am getting a bumper crop of minion cherry tomatoes already, with one plant, in a small raised garden bed. Picked a pint so far with a good couple of bushels still on the vine.
The T posts for hanging lines looks as if you might start growing grapes. Can wine making be in your future?
Getting back to the shop, enjoyed seeing the pictures of the signs you made, the progress on the vacuum system, and just the old school bones of the barn. It was interesting to see how the windows open, the tall ceilings in the hay loft, and the troughs in the floor.
Brings back a lot of childhood memories of visiting my Aunt and Uncles farm in Wanatah, Indiana. Thanks for that and keep the pictures coming!
For the most part we eat and can the veggies and the left overs are given to our parents or the chickens.
The lines you see hanging are for hops. My sister in law’s father gifted us some Centennial Hops the spring after we moved in. Here is a shot of what they look like this evening.
We do have some Concord grape vines over by the garden, but not in the garden. I extended the grape trellis last spring and it looks like this years crop should be pretty good.
jollygreengiant
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Are you selling the hops or using them to brew with?
BORING HOP YARD
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Centennial Hops are a great hop to grow and brew with.
IPA's, Pales, Blondes, Ambers can use the Centennial hop character for bittering, aroma, finish and dry hopping.
It one of the best all around hops you can grow.
If your growing them to brew with you would want to get down to 4-5 bines growing up the trellis so the plants puts all the energy into those bines to produce the best hops.
Hard to sell hops to brewers due to the variation in the amount of bittering year to year.
Big growers send hops to a lab to get tested for alpha and beta acids levels.
Brewers use these level to determine how much to tweak the recipe hop amounts.
Its easy to brew good beer but very hard to brew the same beer twice.
Sorry if I got off track, TJ the garden looks killer!
IPA's, Pales, Blondes, Ambers can use the Centennial hop character for bittering, aroma, finish and dry hopping.
It one of the best all around hops you can grow.
If your growing them to brew with you would want to get down to 4-5 bines growing up the trellis so the plants puts all the energy into those bines to produce the best hops.
Hard to sell hops to brewers due to the variation in the amount of bittering year to year.
Big growers send hops to a lab to get tested for alpha and beta acids levels.
Brewers use these level to determine how much to tweak the recipe hop amounts.
Its easy to brew good beer but very hard to brew the same beer twice.
Sorry if I got off track, TJ the garden looks killer!
jar944
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Summer projects tend to lean toward taking care of the property and less time spent on the barn. One of those summer projects, the last two years, has been establishing a proper vegetable garden.
We started with a 25x25 garden that the previous owners left for us. The 6ft wire fence does a good job with the deer so we decided to carry that going forward.
I used 6x6x10’s for the main fence posts and T posts in between.
I ended up pulling the two posts on the far side of the picture and moved the fence 10 ft to the left.
The garden sits at 50x100 now but it’s like a garage, never quite big enough.
Nice.
A vegtable garden and accompanying greenhouse are on my wife's short list. Just need 40 hours in a day to make it all work..lol
The hops are just for fun but once my to-do list gets a little shorter I would love to get into brewing.
I very much appreciate the tips! Thank You for the kind words on the garden.
We have a small greenhouse that we use for starting the seeds 6ft x 6ft x 8ft. I had plans to make a much larger greenhouse, but this gets the job done for the most part.
