Recent content by Railman67

The best lift I ever worked under was a 12k bendpak 4 poster with two 6k trolly jacks. The trolly jacks were awesome for just about everything. This was a new lift 12 years ago. I'm not sure if the quality has changed since then. I've had hands on experience with bendpak, rotary, and atlas. I...

I went with heavy steel doors with steel frames for two reasons. First, wood frames are prone to rot here in Georgia due to the rain and humidity. Second, for the security. The frames are bolted to the building framing. That being said, if someone wants in they'll get in. The doors won't be the...

I really appreciate everyone that has offered insight into my situation. I know without seeing things first hand it's difficult to do so. The general opinion here seems to be that 100 amps will be adequate to run my shop. An electrician should be able to accomplish that for less than 10k. I...

Dont over think it. If you haven't done many it seems daunting, but it's not. All you need is a paint marker Make reference marks. Take pics if you need to If the cams aren't held fast, when the belt is off, sometimes the cam will relax a little one way or the other, depending on where the...

I was in a similar situation as you. 30's, bought a cheap house, wanted a shop. Etc. The wife was tired of me cussing about working on stuff in the yard. I shopped several options. Home equity loan, retirement loans etc. I had about 12k saved up, had good credit, and found a unsecured loan...

The local EMC engineer said he could do it all quick and cheap, but not without a permit. The county dictates the permits. They override the emc here in this specific county in middle Georgia (the inspector actually laughed and said," if you were in any other county or a city limit within this...

Thanks for all of the replies. I have a 200 amp service to my house right now. As far as loads in the shop, a 220 exhaust fan, 5hp compressor, (12) 4 bulb t5ho fixtures, (4) 2 bulb t5ho fixtures, radio, and refrigerator are what will be running the majority of the time. As far as welders, I...

You're situation sounds very similar to mine. I do not need a permit to run another leg from the house out, I just have to have a disconnect.

It's just a meter on the house, no disconnect. The county's suggestion was to do as said above. Upgrade the service to a 340, put in a disconnect, and run a leg to the shop. The issue w it is the service and disconnect will have to be moved to another side of the house. If they were put in the...

Thanks for all of the replies. I have a 200 amp service to my house right now. As far as loads in the shop, a 220 exhaust fan, 5hp compressor, (12) 4 bulb t5ho fixtures, (4) 2 bulb t5ho fixtures, radio, and refrigerator are what will be running the majority of the time. As far as welders, I...

Yeah it's just me. I honestly don't care what size the panel is, as long as things work and don't burn up in my house. There's a wall mounted exhaust fan that pulls 7.5 amps on 220, the lights, and a compressor that will be on most of the time. Would 100 amps be enough to cover that and an arc...

One guy said he could condense the panel in the house and possibly get 100 amps out there. The power company and another electrician said the voltage drop would be to great running that far. That's why he wanted the ground mount transformer. I work on cars and have mig, tig, plasma etc and would...

Hello all. I'm at a loss. I've always wanted a shop. I saved and worked at it, and finally built one. 40x60 enclosed 200 ft behind my house. Anyway, I always thought that would be the hard, the expensive part. Well, I'm finding out I was very wrong. The power company sent an engineer out and...