hot rod garage in the works. 38x56

[E.rodz]

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Nice job on the bike. I bet your son is as proud as can be!!! Looks like he is going to have a great future in store.

Now tell me that's not a real tat on his arm

lol. you should have seen the tat up close it was 2 hearts with his name on one and his girlfriends name on the other.he thought it was temp.but after walking around in the sun all day. the tat. has dissapeared but now you can still se it from being white and his arms are all burned. I tryed to warn him not to put another girls name on his body but he would not listen.

 

[Rando]

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lol. you should have seen the tat up close it was 2 hearts with his name on one and his girlfriends name on the other.he thought it was temp.but after walking around in the sun all day. the tat. has dissapeared but now you can still se it from being white and his arms are all burned. I tryed to warn him not to put another girls name on his body but he would not listen.

LOL great advice my wifes been asking me to get her name tated on me todl her not a chance LOL

 

[Darkboones]

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I love this thread. You are my kind of man doing it all your self and your attention to detail. I will be coping some of your ideas. Can't wait for more updates! Is radiant heat only in the paint both?

 

[E.rodz]

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I love this thread. You are my kind of man doing it all your self and your attention to detail. I will be coping some of your ideas. Can't wait for more updates! Is radiant heat only in the paint both?

the radiant heat is just in the 12x56 addition the sheet mtl. fab area dust creating eqip and the paint booth. when I built the 26x 30 addition the tubing at that time was $2300 just for the tube alone and was pretty new so I 1 could not aford it 2 did not trust it. my bad wish I would have but the rest of the shop can be heated with the house furness insted.I will be posting more updates soon so keep checking back.

 

[E.rodz]

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got a little more done in the paint booth hope to have it finished soon.theres just not enough hrs in the day.man does work get in the way of my garage finishing and fun.lol.

had some .063 aluminum cross broke for the door skins hopefully this will make it easy to clean.the doors from hell are almost done building doors from scratch out of recycled lumber just took forever. I never had intended on finishing the car port ever.so I did not take the time to do alot of finish work and I payed dearly for my corner cutting and lack of forsite.

hope to finish the rest soon.just rounding up more sheet mtl. fittings to finish the rest of the system.

 

[gdf_77]

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Man I love the shop. As has been stated above your attention to detail is awesome.
On a personal note, the children of the world need more Fathers like you. I hope that I will be able to spend more time with my kids after this deployment. My daughters have been involved in a couple of my projects, and those are the ones that stick out in my mind. Passing on information and knowledge is the only way that this world can get better. Keep up the good work.

 

[shotgunfatcat]

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There is something wrong with all these pictures.....where are all the beer cans? The window sills should be completely full, a couple half crushed scattered on the ground, a few on the step ladder, some more on the benches, etc. Most jobs go a bit faster with some barely water, and if you do screw something up, you don't care as much. Other than that, it looks great, wish I had the time and money to pull something like that off. Good luck with the rest of it and .

EDIT: I see one can in a coozie a few pages back, not sure of its origin though.

 

[E.rodz]

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Man I love the shop. As has been stated above your attention to detail is awesome.
On a personal note, the children of the world need more Fathers like you. I hope that I will be able to spend more time with my kids after this deployment. My daughters have been involved in a couple of my projects, and those are the ones that stick out in my mind. Passing on information and knowledge is the only way that this world can get better. Keep up the good work.

there is no better time that I have found yet that is better spent than with your kids my other projects got put on the back burner witch was ok with me my stuff can wait.

There is something wrong with all these pictures.....where are all the beer cans? The window sills should be completely full, a couple half crushed scattered on the ground, a few on the step ladder, some more on the benches, etc. Most jobs go a bit faster with some barely water, and if you do screw something up, you don't care as much. Other than that, it looks great, wish I had the time and money to pull something like that off. Good luck with the rest of it and .
LOL.I have to clean up all the cans on a regular basis a guy just cant take on big projects with out it.there are ideas in the bottom of every can. some ideas are just better than others!
EDIT: I see one can in a coozie a few pages back, not sure of its origin though.

 

[E.rodz]

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hoped to get the paint booth duct work done before starting on the exterior of the house but insurence co. says I have one month to get all the work done as in replace roof, siding,gutters,ect ect.so guess the shop will have to wait again.going to make some serious changes to the house now.maybe some day I can work on my car again!

 

[Bib Overalls]

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Get that lawn mower out of your paint booth now. If it finds a home in there you will start storing more stuff along side it and you will never have it available for it's intended purpose.

 

[RUMBLON]

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just a little progress to report last week was the worst week ever lost a very dear friend to a scum of the earth kind of guy.burried my good friend and a great police officer.joe bergeron we will miss you dearly. finished painting the inside of the paint booth and did I mention I hate sanding mud on a ceiling.still have alot to do to finish but pretty functional.

after the fire dept showed up to put out the garage fire or just alot of sheet rock mud dust.we got things cleaned and prepped for paint.

hope to get to the ducting soon but need to finish the chopper bike first.

Hey your shop looks great. Sorry to hear of your friend. Being a police officer since I was 21, now 48, it never gets easy, as I have been to many a cop fiuneral. I also have a HOTROD hsop, all MOPARS, gas pumps, coke machines, ect.

I have a question, are those pavers in your paint booth and do they exytend inside? Do you keep the floor covered and what exhaust system are you using for the booth, an explosion proof system ect? I have a garage inside of my shop with its own garage door. Painting is still legal here in Nevada for now.

Great kjob, looking forward to mor epics and I will have to document my shop and post it all some day. I am currently re-doing my font shop area as it snot a work area longer and will be a place to keep cars, sit, smoke stogies and dream.

RUMBLON--

 

[E.rodz]

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Get that lawn mower out of your paint booth now. If it finds a home in there you will start storing more stuff along side it and you will never have it available for it's intended purpose.

the only problem is the mower is so big its the only place that it fits.its not ideal but this is just my hobby shop and I don't paint all that much so I just have to live with the inconvience.I do store the mower somewhere else for thewinter though.I think i need a bigger garage. lol.

Hey your shop looks great. Sorry to hear of your friend. Being a police officer since I was 21, now 48, it never gets easy, as I have been to many a cop fiuneral. I also have a HOTROD hsop, all MOPARS, gas pumps, coke machines, ect.

I have a question, are those pavers in your paint booth and do they exytend inside? Do you keep the floor covered and what exhaust system are you using for the booth, an explosion proof system ect? I have a garage inside of my shop with its own garage door. Painting is still legal here in Nevada for now.

Great kjob, looking forward to mor epics and I will have to document my shop and post it all some day. I am currently re-doing my font shop area as it snot a work area longer and will be a place to keep cars, sit, smoke stogies and dream.

RUMBLON--

the pavers end at the entry doors then concrete with the heated floors. the doors seal up awsome just took me forever to make them.the fan that I used is mounted outside you can see it in earlier post picts. the motor is completely seperate from ex. it moves alot of air.works good so far and its not done yet.depending on what I am painting I just lay plastic down for ease of clean up and the plastic works as a dust magnet too.just fold it up and toss it when your done.

 

[E.rodz]

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told myself that I would not start any more projects until I finished some of the projects that I have in the works.that did not work the hail damage on the house has to be done now.so myself and my boys and a handfull of friends.this is the kind of job that you really find out who your friends are. full roof tear off.house 16 sq. garage 20 sq. plus all the steel roofing on the car port.after getting some outragious bids for siding and roof. I decided to do all of it myself. I will post up picts of the new project soon.

 

[E.rodz]

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ok so I have some issues with staying focused. not done with the paint area. and now on the roof and siding project.just can't leave well enough alone and need to make change at the same time.changing the roof line to look like a old barn type of roof with a loft door and access to store seasonal items and car parts.let me know what you think of the project.

 

[E.rodz]

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almost finished the roof on the house should be able to finish it up tonight after my normal job.hope to get the roof on the garage by this weekend and then on to the rock on the house.so far I have hired out a friend to help me shingle the roof and thats it house and garage labor is all done with myself and a handfull of friends.this is the kind of project you really find out who your friends are.tore off the siding and the roof of both and my phone never rang all weekend.all of my so called friends I have helped out in the past never showed up.suprize but yet I will be the first person they will call when they need help.I love karma! wish me luck hope my body can take a couple of more months of this! I am not as yong as I once was.is it normal to be this sore? lol.

 

[E.rodz]

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man roofing in july/august just plain *****.but still making progress.finished framing the roof peak last night and 85% of the roofing on house and garage is done.still lots more to go.as soon as we finish the roof we will be doing the cultured stone on the house to match the garage.then siding on the house and garage.


things are starting to come together now.still a long way to go!

 

[E.rodz]

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waahooo finished the roof last night!!kind of happy about that went from 95f and 90% humidity to pouring buckets of rain.but we did get it done and it looks great.now its time to jump on the fieldstone and the siding!

 

[E.rodz]

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just a little peek at my mess. every time I clean out a area it gets filled up with another project. this is a roof extension awning for the patio side of my house. the whole garage is filled up with everything for the exterior of the house and garage.hope to have it done in a few weeks. right now it ***** working 18 hrs a day 8 hrs at my normal job and 10hrs at home working getting a little burnt out but still trucking on.


paint booth full of cedar siding

awning going up.

 

[E.rodz]

I hate insurence companies!!!!!

man I hate insurence companies been super busy at work for my normal job and forced to take time off of work unpaid to finish my roof ,siding and gutters.trying to replace windows,doors and insulate the walls better while it's apart.but the insurence co.says I need to be done by tomarow no exceptions or they keep 25% of the money.so I have been working my *** off to get everything done to apease them.most of the big stuff is done but the puttsy stuff takes more time.weather is changing fast and need to get everything buttoned up before winter gets here!

in the prosess of building a loft door for the garage was thinking that with all the cedar going on it needed somthing to accent it and remembered my best bud and neighbor gave me a sheet of old copper for making circut boards. took it down from the attic and cleaned it up with a scotch brite pad and a grinder bought some hammered hindges and brushed some copper paint on them took the cedar frame that we made and divited it up with a grinder and some 36 grit and clear sealed it.bought some rivets (brass) and fabricated a buck and rivited the copper to the plywood doors.


ended up looking somthing like this after clear coating. I love it wish my buddy Hank was still alive to see what I used the copper for.

 

[twokidsnosleep]

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Just read through and now following along. Hot rod garage is coming along nicely.
Like that you do it all, are a family man and have your priorities straight with kids first. Great message to remember to make time for the kids.
Very cool

 

[E.rodz]

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Just read through and now following along. Hot rod garage is coming along nicely.
Like that you do it all, are a family man and have your priorities straight with kids first. Great message to remember to make time for the kids.
Very cool

thanks for the input . it is alot faster to do it yourself rather then have yor kids help but hopefully in the long run I can pass some skills that I have picked up along the way and hand them down to my kids.went to pick up a used miter saw last week and ended up buying a motorized bicycle so we can build another chopper bike. life is good!

 

[E.rodz]

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huge score on craigs list this weekend! picked up three 14 foot 6x8 real size cedar beams and two 4x6 cedar beams for 60$ going to use theese for a cedar truss on the end gable of the garage.

 

[4StarCstms]

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What a Score!!

 

[twokidsnosleep]

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Woohoo making sawdust!
I bet that smelled awesome....after all the dust settled.
Love the smell of cedar
I cut up some oak logs on the bandsaw today it smelled like someone puked in my garage.

 

[E.rodz]

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ooohhh shiiittttt!! I hate when you clear coat pieces and they don't dry! went a little backwards last night and had to strip down the loft doors and the lights that I cleared the night before apparently catlyst goes bad used some old catlyst for the clear and 24 hrs it was still wet! had to dissasemble the doors and start all aver again so much for installing them last night. . did get some of the timbers cut up and plans for the truss started. hopfully this will look as good in person as it does in my head already.

 

[E.rodz]

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cut up some of the big beams and things are starting to take shape now.here are some picts of the stansions for holding the big beam and the lifting beam.


kind of funny took the nice lumber and chunked it up and burnt it to make it look old and weathered.

took the nice alum. plate and beat the hell out of it with hammers and hatchets.

after painting them black dry brushed copper and then cleared them with a flattening agent.

theese are after staining them.hope this works!

 

[colt zantop]

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wow...those do look "old and rustic" nice job! cant wait to see the finished product!

 

[E.rodz]

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wow...those do look "old and rustic" nice job! cant wait to see the finished product!

hope to get things in place before the weekend!

Woohoo making sawdust!
I bet that smelled awesome....after all the dust settled.
Love the smell of cedar
I cut up some oak logs on the bandsaw today it smelled like someone puked in my garage.

I think the whole nighborhood still smells like cedar. I am with you I love that smell.

What a Score!!

you got that right somtimes i do belive thing happen for a reason.

 

[E.rodz]

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some more progress cut the big beams and made a splice joint and dowled it with some 3/4 aluminum rod. I think this ought to be strong enough.takes alot longer to cut this stuff went a little old fassion and used a bow saw to cut them with a little alum stock for guides.we are so spoiled in todays world power tools rule. guess I should not have ripped my bandsaw apart until i was ready!



hope to get the joint screwed and glued tonight.maybe som more rustic sanding.

 

[RUMBLON]

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Great score. I love craigslist and check it daily for numerous things. I have scored so much stuff around here (nothern Nevada) where foreclosures are the highest in the nation and people are liquidating.

last year I scored a brands new Husky compressor for $100.00 and I mean new. It wentin my compressor room with the two other uprights. Like you I do body an dpaint so three compressors means air is always there.

Im keeping an eye on the post, looking forward to seeing what progressing.

Dave

 

[E.rodz]

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Great score. I love craigslist and check it daily for numerous things. I have scored so much stuff around here (nothern Nevada) where foreclosures are the highest in the nation and people are liquidating.

last year I scored a brands new Husky compressor for $100.00 and I mean new. It wentin my compressor room with the two other uprights. Like you I do body an dpaint so three compressors means air is always there.

Im keeping an eye on the post, looking forward to seeing what progressing.

Dave

always nice to pick up somthing you can use at one hell of a deal.makes one big smile on your way home.like winning a lottery! hope to post up more updates after this weekend.

 

[E.rodz]

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I forgot to post up picts of the stansions to hold up the main beam and the lights. just playing with some ideas.hope this will look and funtion as well as it does in my head.lol.

 

[E.rodz]

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wow what a weekend kicked some **** this weekend and got all the beams up. the plans of just putting some 2x8 on for decorations changed to 6x8 real beams when I stumbled into a awsome buy on craigs list. decided to make the beams fuctional to be able to lift at least 500# to load snowmobiles into the back of a truck.hope to find a picking beam soon.

big beam spliced and a past time event burning some rustic look into it with one hand free to hold beer!


wooohooo everything fits its starting to take some shape now!

not done yet but starting to take some shape.time to sit back and enjoy a few beers

 

[naki kid]

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that rustic look, looks KOOOL.Poor old chevy collecting dust. just like my cars at the moment.Ray.

 

[E.rodz]

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that rustic look, looks KOOOL.Poor old chevy collecting dust. just like my cars at the moment.Ray.

first time in months that I have been able to get my car out of the garage. drove it to work today. hope to have the major construction done in the next couple of weeks.

 

[4StarCstms]

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Coming along nicely! Love the beams

 

[Hemihead2]

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The beams look great - very creative. BTW, I really like the use of the lift as part of your scaffolding. I did the same thing while putting up a ceiling (12' up) in my shop.

 

[colt zantop]

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looks killer! nice work!

 

[T>D>C]

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Love the pic of the Belair in front of the old brick building. You got skills!

Sorry if I missed it but what is your day job?

T>D>C

 

[E.rodz]

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Coming along nicely! Love the beams

thanks for the ataboy hope you will like whats coming next.

The beams look great - very creative. BTW, I really like the use of the lift as part of your scaffolding. I did the same thing while putting up a ceiling (12' up) in my shop.

kinda funny was looking for some scaffolding to barrow from work just as i was looking into the garage and thought to my self never mind I think the one i have will work great.sometimes the answer lies right in ront of your face and you don't even know it .

looks killer! nice work!

thanks stay tuned for more to come

Love the pic of the Belair in front of the old brick building. You got skills!

Sorry if I missed it but what is your day job? I work as a union millwright .heavy machine mover/fabricator/. ps thanks for the intrest. hope you will like whats next.

T>D>C