Recent content by Krispy

I know reviving an old thread is sometimes frowned upon. But 6.5 years after making this thread on this forum I have finally insulated and air conditioned the shop. I want to say thank you to all who weighed in. I went with spray foam and a window unit, and also properly wired the shop with...

Pulling in ambient air is still helpful, the inside of this building is a good 20-30 f higher than the ambient temp. Go climb in the attic of your house and see what I am talking about. I am just looking for specific methods of mounting fans like jackfre mentioned. If I could bring the temp...

I am finally getting around to trying to make my workshop more bearable to work in during the warm months down in Georgia. I think the most cost effective way to reduce the temp in my building is to pull the hot air out of the top of the building (primary) and secondarily create a draw that...

My Corvette factory exhaust is titanium, from the axle back. All the above is correct for Ti welding, same method we use. Here are a couple pics from when we "enhanced" my stock exhaust. Basically bridging the inlet to the outlet for some of the exhaust gas during high flow situations...

Thanks for all the input and suggestions. I would like to see some pictures of what has been done in similar situations so feel free to post them! We just moved in over the long weekend and at the moment all my free time is spent unpacking boxes but I hope to get to working on the shop soon.

Thanks for all the tips guys! I am torn on the insulation. My landlord (renting till we close on new house tomorrow ) seems to think cutting and placing foam board is best, but I had a summer job once with a company that sprayed foam insulation. The spray foam is nice, but expensive and not...

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I will be moving to a house soon that includes a detached metal building as well as an attached garage. The metal building will primarily be my workshop, and car storage for the "toy" car. I plan to spend considerable time here, working primarily in the spring and summer as most of my hobbies...