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    Questions and Advice needed for first major welding project

    I just got started with welding and have a few small projects under my belt. Now I'm planning a larger project and would like some guidance. I've attached a picture of a square steel tube frame suspended shelving that I saw at a restaurant in DC. (I'm planning to build something in this style...
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    Convert an old wood stove into a welding table or steel shooting plates

    I recently removed an old wood stove from my log cabin and temporarily stored it in my workshop. I'm looking for suggestions on what to do with it next. Here are some of the ideas that come to mind: Use a plasma cutter to cut it into steel shooting plates Use it for constructing a welding...
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    Rustic pole barn

    I've mentioned getting this project started before, but finally finished the first phase. Had a rustic stamped concrete floor installed in the pole barn. The floor turned out beautiful. Now I've got some work ahead of me to repair some wood rot on the bottom edges of the barn walls. Old...
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    convert barn attic to a studio - what flooring barrier?

    I'm in the planning stages of converting an old pole barn into a nice looking garage/workshop and the upstairs into a studio. Here is a picture of a simple barn attic space that I'll copy: Right now it is not finished and has some plywood sheets laying on the attic floor, but some areas are...
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    Succession planning for everything you've built/acquired/collected

    Everyone has clearly spent a lot of time, money, effort on their interests (i.e. Work shops, tools, toys, etc). Has anyone discussed succession planning to make sure these efforts don't go to waste once we are gone one day? As much as I want my kids to learn about taking care of our cabin...
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    Adding a stamped concrete floor to a rustic pole barn

    I posted part of my plan in the New Member forum, but wanted to post here too to get some feedback. I have an old 1850s log cabin on 150 acres in WV. In addition to the cabin, there are a couple other rustic buildings including a 3-bay pole barn. I want to finish the pole barn by installing a...
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    just found this forum, and feel like a kid in a candy store

    I'm no stranger to forums, (I'm on several other forums for Tractors, ATVs, Ford Raptor, shotguns, etc) but I had never thought to look for a garage forum. I just stumbled on this site about an hour ago from a tractor forum. Couldn't have been better timing. (Actually I wish I had found this...
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