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I just found the original sketch for the workshop. Was going to get a prefab and pop it on top of a platform. I think it may evolved a bit from this. :)

Sorry everyone, been very distracted with starting back at uni for the new year and finishing the lift of my ute, roo bar and a front tow hitch. Also been a bit preoccupied with updates on the ute conversion thread. http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?p=5348171#post5348171 I made sure...

Before getting an engineer involved, I would be locking in a budget. No point in paying for engineering services and then changing direction and having to start from scratch. I'm sure there are online calculators that will work out the loads and required concrete.

Thanks, If you tune in to the workshop build you will soon see the timber being used to build some barn style doors. The timber isn't anything fancy, just some fast growing pine by the look of it. Cost me a carton of beer and was originally a huge pallet for a dry cleaning machine. I would have...

This clearly a great option if budget allows. (slab could be insitu pour also) Huge usable lower rooms with consistent temperature, great floor slab to work off. Would be awesome if you can afford it. A short cut could be excavator driven screw piers with concrete beam perimeter and internal...

If going concrete all the way to the back you may need to go with a steel posts and bracing and precast concrete beams with an infill insitu slab. http://www.ultrafloor.com.au/SiteFiles/ultrafloorcomau/Metal_Deck_Typ_sections_A.jpg If you did go down the line of FC flooring, you could tile the...

Hey Stoney85, I followed you from your post on my thread (which is overdue for an update). What is your budget? Are you planing on doing all the work yourself? Do you have the skills/ability/time to do the work yourself? Do you have aesthetic requirements or is it just a shed? I know you want...

Thanks for the tips. Don't get me started on the difference between primitive and superior measuring standards. :) I do use inches as well as metric, though i generally use inches when giving rough dimensions to persons more advanced in years (like my father) Back when I was 18 I was an...

Time for wall sheets. The plan was to avoid paying thousands of dollars for scaffolding by sheeting the walls first in full lengths and then doing the roof. I was to screw from the ground up to the floor and my mate would screw the top of the sheet from over the top plate. We worked out a system...

I agree, when the danger is obvious we are more careful. A rotten or badly constructed hand rail is far more dangerous then none at all.

Thanks to all for the positive comments. Thanks RivennHewn, I am constantly amazed by the amount of material and how different your materials and techniques are compared to here, though I do understand some areas need deep walls for insulation and roofs that have to support heavy snow. We...

Thanks for all the positive comments, they help encourage me to keep uploading more. In the very beginning of the build I tried to keep daily forum up dates, but was just so knackered each build day I rarely got to it. Many people think driving out on the ramp is scary and dangerous, but it is...

Just had to take the car out on it. Should give a sense of scale. Now it was much easier to walk the timber flooring out and lay it. I would have prefered to do an infill floor after the roof was on, but given the height and risk of injury building the walls, standing the trusses and...

I am currently avoiding going outside due to the constant heavy rain we are having as a result of a double cyclone. It is perfect weather for a slow morning inside. Time to join the ramp to the driveway. One of the bonuses of using the corrugated iron for the form work is the great...

During the build process I was also on the hunt for roofing and wall sheeting. New Gavlanised corrugated iron was going to be about $12lm, but I tracked some down for about $2lm secondhand and pre-weathered. It took a few days to unload all the full length sheets of the trailer, sort...

This has been part of the cause of my delay in new posts. I am lifting my ute. This pic shows the rear done (and needing bigger tyres) and this weekend I am doing the front. Over here in Australia we had a Ford ute model called an RTV (rough terrain vehicle) and I have used all the suspension...

Thanks Thanks, I used a jackhammer with a star picket driver socket that slipped over the end of the tube. Thanks, was a tricky job. hey Radix2, We have a view of the neighbors bush back yards as our 'Cliff' is part of a valley/gully. We get to have acres of tress without having to buy a huge...

Hello to all, I have been exploring GJ for a couple of years now, but have been informed I never actually said hello in the introduction section. I found my way here after getting drawn into Gregor's KTM build over at ADVRider http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=461267 and then getting...

Thanks for all the advice so far, can't wait to cut something. :) That sounds like the way to go. What blades do you run and what type of work do you give it? Do you find the teeth cut into the tyre without a crown? Is tracking easy to set up with out the crown? Cheers I could also justify two...

Looks like a great project. I've always loved the GT40s, top looking and going machines. Nice work with such limited space.