Barn Rebuild

[8mpg]

Well... Im finally putting up some pictures of my build. This has been about 5 years of dreaming and saving. Finally got done. We had to work in an existing footprint essentially because we were grandfathered in. The goal was to take down the carport, build half the building so I had somewhere to store all the tools and what not...that didnt happen. Here are the pics from my build.

Quick specs on the new building:
1980sqft: 12' walls on the carport side, 10' with vaulted ceiling on the barn side
Framing - 2x6 walls with Zip sheathing for walls and roof
Concrete - 5" floors #3 rebar on 18" centers with LithiTek 4500/Ghostshield 8510 combo
Insulation -6" open cell spray foam roof deck, 4" open cell spray foam walls
Drywall with orange peel texture
200amp panel with dedicated circuit. (14) 230v outlets, (16)120v outlets
Lighting - Platonic Solid Lighting plan with 16 high bay lights and 10 strip lights.
A/C - Mr Cool 24k btu mini split, Panasonic ERV
Garage doors - Amarr insulated doors. (3) 9x8 and (1) 10x10

The old barn...built in the 40's. Sagging roof due to it being old and 4 layers of shingles. Concrete was bad and the block walls had shifted over the years creating bad cracks. When we bought the place, I painted the front in an attempt to make it look decent:

Attached was a RV carport:


We prebuilt all the walls and stack them under the carport...then took the carport down:



The next part of work happened over 1 week time. We were in a hurry to get the building back up and dried in:


Trusses showed up:

 

[8mpg]

The demo company wasnt even finished and dad and I started setting walls:





That was end of week 1. It went really fast with the lift and prebuilt walls. The demo company came a day later than planned but it all worked out

 

[8mpg]

While we had help with the demo, my dad and I did most of the work putting the building together. My wife and mom were a great help when setting the walls trying to get things lined up. Im so thankful the rental company only had a bigger lift and we paid for a smaller one. It was a life saver.

My wife's friend's husband is a framer and he and his buddies bailed me out several times. I'd still be building without them. They ended up sheathing all of the roof and did almost all of the siding.







That was the end of week 3? Something like that

 

[8mpg]

Fast forward about another month...nothing happened. Well...I say nothing but the interior concrete was poured and we got our garage doors in. No pics of that. I was going to paint it myself...but that didnt happen and Im glad I paid. I estimated 10 gallons of paint based on 350sqft/gallon. Boy was I wrong. The painter said 20 gallons. I thought he was crazy but he ended up using 19 and I have about 1/2 gallon left of the 20th.



I pulled all the electrical inside the building. Lots of 230v outlets, lots of 110v outlets. We had rigged up the old power wire running off the panel on the house. It was a "60amp" circuit running on 6/2 wire. No neutral, no ground rod. Allegedly is passed code back in the day. Wife wanted exterior lights. She made a great choice:

 

[fowldarr]

Looking good so far. I really like the exterior lights.

 

[8mpg]

Some time later we finally had the money and was able to get the electric company out to run a dedicated meter. It was expensive but I think in the long run its worth it. They had a brand new Cat 305 mini excavator for digging and boy it was going slow. So they called in another crew to help and brought out a worn out but great digging Komatsu to help. I dont know that much about heavy equipment but I learned real quick what pin slop was.


Cant see it well but we learned that a great bright white inside my house isnt the same under 5000k lighting. It looked VERY yellow.


$250 down the drain on paint...I went cheaper the 2nd time around. We went with gray instead. You can see the beginning of moving in. The cabinets are NewAge Pro 14 piece set from Home Depot. They were almost 1/2 price. The stainless tops are elevator doors from a local guy who is an elevator mechanic. Apparently they throw these things away. I paid $200 for 3 of them. They weigh about 100lbs each. They still had the protective plastic on it:



You can see the mill in the background. Its new to me. I have searched craigslist a long time and finally found one cheap. $300. Its a series 1 Bridgeport built in 1967. Its time to learn machining


So far the only thing Im slightly disappointed in is the concrete. You can clearly see the color differences as the concrete came from 2 different plants. The right side is the 2nd batch. Being cheap, I decided on Lithitek 4500/Ghostshield 8510 combo. I didnt truly notice the concrete color difference until we put in proper lighting and the drywall mess was gone.

 

[HOTFR8]

Impressive and nicely done.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Looks great, keep us posted as you go.

 

[930dreamer]

Nice build.

 

[fdrunner]

I wish I saw that deal on the cabinets!! Wish it was still had that deal would jump all over it

 

[1/2 Cup]

8mpg that's awesome..

 

[Xti04]

Nice build!

 

[bczygan]

Hell of a project!

Bill

 

[jblnut]

Looks really nice !!

A couple messy oil changes and a few years of use and you won't even notice the different colored concrete.

 

[RogueFab]

I just can't get over how much bigger it looks. It looks so much bigger than 1980 square feet inside. Excellent work, and very fast work too.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Very nice you have.

You bought a Bridgeport for $300 ?

 

[8mpg]

Thanks for all the comments guys. Its been a lot of work that is starting to feel like its paying off.

NUTTSGT - yes, I got the Bridgeport for $300. Its a little worn and needs to be repainted. Im sure it could be scraped in but it'll be a great learning machine.

 

[southalabama]

I'm impressed. I'm seldom impressed. The interior design has a nice clean but classic vintage look to it.

And I'll repeat what others have said the exterior lighting is excellent.

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Spectacular! Great job. I love it. Did you have to demo the old slab from the barn, or did you pour right over it? Bummer about the color difference. Are you planning to cover it up with epoxy or race deck or something similar?

 

[8mpg]

Forgot to update this thread.

I used Ghostshield 8510/ Densifier combo on the floors. They will stay the way they are. The new slab is poured over the other with a bonding agent.

Couple new things:
The mill is rebuilt and air compressor shed is 1/2 done but plumbed


Built a welding table


Built a Jeremy Schmidt designed belt grinder. Still need to make drawers for the bottom to hold all the belts

 

[andsonsvd]

8mpg, what a great job you have done I love the style.

What is with the copper coil for the air compressor run? also any pics of the compressor shed?

Shane

 

[theundermount]

first off the shop looks amazing and secondly the floor finish looks fantastic yes you can see the color difference now that's its empty but fill it up with all your stuff and I bet its barely noticeable. the finish looks great

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[el monte slim]

This barn rebuild is awesome 8mpg! So is the work you're already doing in it, especially the belt grinder and welding table builds. My jaw dropped when I read that you bought the Bridgeport for $300. If you don't mind me asking, I have some questions regarding the rebuild of the latter:

Is that a newly installed DRO?

Did the ways need to be scraped?

Were their any major issues that needed to be addressed?

How much do you have invested in all the improvements to the mill?

 

[tapout187]

Wow this is an awesome build, super impressed! I love the welding table, do you mind if I ask the dimensions of it and the material you used, it looks fantastic! How thick is the top is it cold or hot rolled?

 

[8mpg]

8mpg, what a great job you have done I love the style.

What is with the copper coil for the air compressor run? also any pics of the compressor shed?

Shane

I saw a guy on here do it. The idea is to let the air cool when running the compressor hard to let the water condensate back into a liquid. Copper is a great material to cool the air. The more copper line you have, the more the air will cool and condensate. Its 50' of copper in a small area. Lots of guys here do copper pipe up and down the wall but each down needs a drain for the water. This setup uses gravity and pools all the water in one spot.

This barn rebuild is awesome 8mpg! So is the work you're already doing in it, especially the belt grinder and welding table builds. My jaw dropped when I read that you bought the Bridgeport for $300. If you don't mind me asking, I have some questions regarding the rebuild of the latter:

Is that a newly installed DRO?

Did the ways need to be scraped?

Were their any major issues that needed to be addressed?

How much do you have invested in all the improvements to the mill?

The DRO is new and from Alibaba. It was like $200.
The ways could be scraped for sure...but they were not. Its a hobby mill, not a professional one. I have read online that it runs $3k or more to scrape one in.
No major issues. Some small broken things like knobs and the auto downfeed needed a new part. It was very dirty like most old equipment. I didnt read enough and took it down to the bare casting. Wish I didnt but there was no turning back.

Wow this is an awesome build, super impressed! I love the welding table, do you mind if I ask the dimensions of it and the material you used, it looks fantastic! How thick is the top is it cold or hot rolled?

The table is made out of random pieces of metal from the carport that I took down. 6" C channel for the perimeter rectangle that holds the plate top. The legs and lower frame is 3.5" box tubing which used to be the uprights from the carport. The top is new and is 1/2 hot rolled plate. Its 4x8