Recent content by Dunkz

Cheers, I'll add BLO to my shopping list. I've never worked with a bare metal table before so I'll see how I get on. It is my fabrication table though so will get things welded to it regularly. Dunno if that's an issue with BLO or not. I've already had a near disaster, the fuel tank on the s13...

With having all my stuff moved across it was about time for the first project. Years ago my work was changing out the workshop for much newer, much poorer quality benches, cupboards and tool chests. I took the opportunity to claim myself one of the heavy duty benches they were scrapping. Since...

Yeah, I've tried a few options, I was posting with tapatalk but the image function was disabled, I prefer to have the images appear in the post rather than as a thumbnail. I only use my phone these days, its very rare I get time to fire up my computer but would probably make life easier. The...

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I actually stayed clear of the area during the open, apart from road signs I wouldn't have known it was happening. Me and a friend went down to Silverstone to watch the classic, excellent weekend. I'll get some photos up eventually. I've uploaded some photos to Flickr to see if it's going to...

Building something is no issue. I have no experience on structural engineering and so I want to make sure that what ever route I go down to build it that it'll be fit fot purpose is all. :) Sent from my SM-G930F using The Garage Journal mobile app

I guess you need to work on your guessing skills then. I built it myself. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=370358 Sent from my SM-G930F using The Garage Journal mobile app

Thanks for all the suggestions and ideas so far guys, hopefully get time to sit down at the weekend, read through everything properly and make some notes. Homerr: the pads under the steel are 600mm deep and 1200mm square. The floor is 150mm deep. Should be able to get engineered lumber easily...

Thanks, I love the way the cladding turned out. Soon as I finish the shed the house is getting a similar treatment so it all ties in. Yeah, a month to go. I think folk do pretty well with renting their houses out or air bnb as it is these days. Maybe I'll stick a bed in the shed and recover some...

They'll be a wall down the centre separating the spray booth from the workshop anyway, I guess I'll need to sit down and do the math to see what its gonna cost me between block, wood or steel but what you've said sounds about what I was thinking. I've already spent a fortune on the garage so the...

Hi, thanks for that. Some good info there and in the link. I guess ideally putting supports down the centre line is no issue. Keeping the spans open certainly for the right hand bay would be preferable but I could reduce it down to say a 3m opening. If I'm needing to add supports at either side...

My point was that if im 1.8 tall and I sit down, im gonna total a lot less than 1.5 so height is not an issue. As ive said before, please dont concern yourselves with the height, im only interested in the construction. Ive already had scaffold up at the height the mezz would be at and I was...

Thanks for the advice, I knocked up the drawings below when I first decided to build a garage over a year ago. This shows the spray booth with the trailer inside which will be fully enclosed for obvious reasons and as Ive gone on Ive decided to fully enclose the workshop too. It gets cold here...

Its 3.6m to the eaves and 4.2m to the centre. I'm not concerned about head height, I'll not be using it as a dance floor. Just storage mostly. Sent from my SM-G930F using The Garage Journal mobile app

Hi guys, I'm looking for some help and advice. I'm just about ready to move into my new workshop I've spent the better part of a year building and I'd like to add in a mezz level at the top end. I've no real knowledge about what is required strength wise. Its use would be for storage to keep...