El Taller Nuevo

[AngelGdo]

My dad and I are building a small garage/machine shop/lab/engineer's place, and we would like to share our progress. Please feel free to make any comments, or leave suggestions.


Thanks for having the time to look at our thread,

ANGEL

 

[AngelGdo]

Every designers’ dirty little secret is that they copy other designers’ work. They see work they like, and they imitate it. Rather cheekily, they call this inspiration.
— Aaron Russell



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[AngelGdo]

The first day was pretty productive as we laid down the structure for the slab, and proceed to pour the concrete.



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[larry_g]

The first was pretty productive as we laid down the structure for the slab, and proceed to pour the concrete.

Your supposed to put the bodies under the concrete and then keep the bodies buried in the concrete secret!

lg
no neat sig line

 

[AngelGdo]

I wouldn't do that to my own body hehe


While the concrete cured, we went ahead and built a small tent to protect us from the weather. Once that was ready, we started working on the templates for the metal trusses.

Bottom Metal Truss:




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Notice that the design has a little rust here and there. I forgot to cover the material for a couple of days, and now's a pain in the **** to clean it up.

Does anybody know a good product to get rid of rust? I was planning on doing electrolysis, but my dad thinks I would blow myself up w/Hydrogen! hehe


Building the templates and the first truss:



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My first decent arc weld



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Fun stuff!



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[AngelGdo]

While the concrete cured, we went ahead and built a small tent to stay away from the rain and fabricate the metal trusses.

In order to facilitate the construction of the trusses, we also made several templates in order to speed up the welding process.

Bottom Metal Truss.

Noticed that I added rust to the design. I forgot to cover the metal, and it got pretty rust in a matter of days. Does anybody know a product to remove rust?

I was thinking about using electrolysis to separate the rust, but my dad thinks I would blow myself into pieces with Hydrogen. I guess I'll have to prove him wrong hehe



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[AngelGdo]

While the concrete cured, we went ahead and built a small tent to protect us from the weather and also started working on the truss templates.




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[JimVonBaden]

Very cool so far! I am looking forward to the rest of it!

Jim

 

[AngelGdo]

Very cool so far! I am looking forward to the rest of it!

Jim

Thanks!

 

[Nighttrain]

Now this is going to be a neat build. Welding up the rafters and hand built from the floor up ..Great job.

 

[Bib Overalls]

How much do you think you are saving by welding up your own trusses? If you add up materials; steel, cutting expendables and welding expendables and subtract that from the cost of manufactured trusses plus shipping I think you will find yourself working for less than minimum wage. But then again, most minimum wage jobs are short on personal satisfaction.

 

[AngelGdo]

Now this is going to be a neat build. Welding up the rafters and hand built from the floor up ..Great job.

Thanks! I'm having tons of fun, and I'm also learning a lot from it.

 

[laser3kw]

applause to you!
keep us posted with your project. Great job

 

[neel2008]

Man this would be awesome to do.....If I had a free unlimited steel supply lol

 

[AngelGdo]

How much do you think you are saving by welding up your own trusses? If you add up materials; steel, cutting expendables and welding expendables and subtract that from the cost of manufactured trusses plus shipping I think you will find yourself working for less than minimum wage. But then again, most minimum wage jobs are short on personal satisfaction.

That's a very good point, we might not saving a significant amount of money on the metal trusses. However, building things with your very own hands and ingenuity, provide an emotional fulfillment and pride that's often accompanied with a valuable learning experience.

I used to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity during summer, and I had the opportunity to work with an old man whom told me this, " My rates are as follow: $50 per hour, $75 per hour If you watch, or $100 per hour if you help."

In that same manner, helping my dad in any of his mad-scientist projects is kind of priceless to me.

 

[AngelGdo]

applause to you!
keep us posted with your project. Great job

Will do, Sir!

 

[AngelGdo]

Man this would be awesome to do.....If I had a free unlimited steel supply lol

 

[AngelGdo]

Texas had an interesting weather today, it starting raining as if the end of the world was near and then it suddenly turned into a paradise as the sun warmed the ground and I prepared for a productive day.




Perfect day to weld some stuff!




And thus, the night arrives and the roof is now almost done! My dad was pretty surprised when he got home from work, and saw the progress made.





Last but not least, I was just offered a Physics internship to do research on semiconductors and this guy simply can't stop smiling!

So here goes a random Physics picture to celebrate

 

[BeachBoy]

wow, very nice build, I'll use the forum jargon and say "subscribed"

 

[bdkw1]

So here goes a random Physics picture to celebrate

And now My head hurts.

Nice build, love the trusses!

 

[AngelGdo]

Thank you very much, I'm glad you guys like it!