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If you store a bunch of flammable/hazardous/oxidizer/acid material in any building you should consider getting a NFPA sticker/sign for you door. It will tell the FD what the expect and warn them of any hazards.

It is an alternative disinfection technology. Traditionally free chlorine has been used (either as Cl2 gas or sodium hypochlorite - bleach) but to reduce disinfection by products and meet the EPA Stage I and II DPB rule some utilities are mixing or switching to alternative disinfection...

Call your local truss manufacturer. They should have span tables for their products or an engineer on staff to help you get what you need. For steel you would need to probably hire a local engineer.

My new Monarch Series 61 13"x30" G1K I like your paint job I my have to consider that color when I get around to repainting mine. a South Bend 9" and a Power King rescued from the trash prior to being restored.

Here are the new toys we just picked up for the shop. I will be putting up restoration threads when we get started. Monarch 13" Lathe. Cincinnati ML #2 Horizontal Mill. Cincinnati No. 2 Grinder. The green grinder in the background and another that is stored outside are for parts. I...

Here are a few more pictures of the inside of the shop and a few better pictures of some stuff already shown. The mill and hoist for lifting the rotary table. The workspace in the metal area. The computer and electronics station. A better picture of the small parts/stock storage...

If the missing riser bothered you that would certainly be an option. We like the ease of use by just being able to slide a board in and be ready to go. That saw gets a lot of use and if the riser was removable/hinged it would probably be left out or open. You would think that it has plenty...

You need to hire a local, licensed (PE/SE) structural engineer. Just a heads up but this will be very expensive to build. When we do structural decks use $1000 per CY installed (in Arkansas) to do our cost estimates and that does not include the structural steel supports.

I use a mix of small bin cabinets and Arko-Mils bins depending on the size. I don't have any but if you are looking for something like the card catalog holders some folks use you might also look for computer punch card cabinets. I have seen a lot of them go in university surplus as old...

Thanks. The space under the stairs can kind of be a dead zone but we figured that putting the miter saw there would allow us to use the space and not loose another whole wall for that tool. Yes he is and I hope so too. We purchased to hood as surplus from the university. It is a chem lab...

In my day job we spec a lot of ductile iron pipe that is coated in a coal tar epoxy (which looks the same) so my first thought when I saw the underlayment was that is was a coal tar based primer product product. The filler function was a bit of a surprise. It is all a learning experience...

The base and column are back from the sandblasters and have some bondo on them. I was a little surprised when we started removing the finish that there was what I would call "pre bondo" made of some sort of paint with a shale filler (lead we found out was also a filler option) covering a...

Here are some pictures of the current state of the interior. I was going to take a few more but the shop is kind of a mess getting ready for some new toys that should be arriving today. Sorry for the poor quality of some of the pictures they were taken with a cell phone. Here is the welding...

Nut and Bolt Storage Here are some closer pictures of the nut and bolt storage.

Sure. We installed the sheetrock around the stairs. The fit is ok but the intention at the time was to cover the small gap with a trim board. Has not happended yet and I doubt it will. Josh