Above 1200 Sq/FT Garage Refurb®

[BuickFarmer]

All that work and then sell it. Can't you keep it for awhile just to admire it and the work you put into it then sell it. I know, the "then sell it" is the part that generally gives trouble.
Nice work!!

 

[NUTTSGT]

All that work and then sell it. Can't you keep it for awhile just to admire it and the work you put into it then sell it. I know, the "then sell it" is the part that generally gives trouble.
Nice work!!

I know it sound stupid but I have a chance for several people to see it, they can walk away from it (or with it) and I don't have to deal with CL tire kickers in the future. In fact it might already be sold. A friend was telling another friend about it.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Eric, that is one sweet drill press

Regards

 

[NUTTSGT]

After getting it all done today and addin gthe new cord, I found something out. I knew the erason the belt was "figured 8" was because of the motor not running the proper direction. I assumed that I could simply reverse it and put on a new belt. My assumption screwed the pooch as the motor can't be reversed.

 

[Strouty]

That stinks, time to look for another motor.

 

[mdbeck1]

After gettin git all done today and addin gthe new cord, I found something out. I knew the erason the belt was "figured 8" was because of the motor not running the proper direction. I assumed that I could simply reverse it and put on a new belt. My assumption screwed the pooch as the motor can't be reversed.

Can you.... Enlarge the mounting plate for the motor, turn the motor over and mount on the enlarged plate? Of course that messes up the look a little bit.

Hmmmm... build a countershaft to run the motor to and.....

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'll get a couple of pictures posted up tomorrow but there's no longer a need to worry about the motor. The drill press is gone.

 

[bill_rollins]

Well this is my very first post, and I must say that this very thread is the reason I joined garage journal as Im refurbing my barn into a garage for me. Eric I have very much enjoyed this thread and look forward to more of it. Also I am in Bellevue Ohio and also use to drag race at Norwalk in my 83 stand get. Thanks for the post.

 

[Kevin54]

Sounds like a certain design of a pike pole. If you ever have to rip down drywall, they work wonders. All of out pike poles have a fixed point/hook.

In the picture is one of the old ones that broke and somebody shortened it up. I mounted it to the door. Look similar to that ?

Eric.....Is this at your house or the Fire Department? I think that bench is super cool with the fire hose wrapping it like that.

 

[Kevin54]

Well this is my very first post, and I must say that this very thread is the reason I joined garage journal as Im refurbing my barn into a garage for me. Eric I have very much enjoyed this thread and look forward to more of it. Also I am in Bellevue Ohio and also use to drag race at Norwalk in my 83 stand get. Thanks for the post.

Welcome to Garage Journal. If you would, could you put Ohio into your profile? No need for a city. It just helps when asking or answering questions at times. Thanks very much, and again Welcome!!!!

I don't know if you are interested, but a group of us usually get together and hit up the swap meets. We are having a get together at Canfield on April 30th and you are more than welcome to come.

Eric....the same goes for you to. I'm inviting again. And sorry to hijack.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Well this is my very first post, and I must say that this very thread is the reason I joined garage journal as Im refurbing my barn into a garage for me. Eric I have very much enjoyed this thread and look forward to more of it. Also I am in Bellevue Ohio and also use to drag race at Norwalk in my 83 stand get. Thanks for the post.

Welcome to GJ. I'm glad you enjoyed the thread.

Eric.....Is this at your house or the Fire Department? I think that bench is super cool with the fire hose wrapping it like that.

Kevin, that is the bench I made for up at the station, so yes, that is a TV room up at the fire station. The top is a section of the old floor that was removed back in the late eighties and the tools were old equipment I used. The hose and couplings were stuff I bought at city auction.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Sorry for the delay but here's a few pictures of the finished drill press.

Here it is going back together with the base and table mounted on the column.


The finished product.

 

[drivesitfar]

Nutts: looks awesome now. sure you don't want to keep it or do you already have a nicer DP? WELL DONE

Just curious what you are cleaning your wrenches with? simple green or do tell? also to make all that steel so shiny what grit disk were you using on your little air tool?

 

[NUTTSGT]

Nutts: looks awesome now. sure you don't want to keep it or do you already have a nicer DP? WELL DONE

Just curious what you are cleaning your wrenches with? simple green or do tell? also to make all that steel so shiny what grit disk were you using on your little air tool?

Drill press is gone, cash in hand. I have a small bench top Skil and a floor model (17" or 15" can't remember) older Craftsman.

The wrenches I was using some Evaporust or whatever it is called then I switched to vinegar. I also used a wire brush/brass brush and scotchbrite pads.

On the drill press, I used a strapping disc to knock the rust off, flap discs on the 4.5 grinder. Then cleaned that up with sanding disc and scotchbrites and die grinder. On the column, I also used some Mother's and a foam pad on the grinder to try to give it a nice quick shine.

 

[drivesitfar]

NUTTS: thanks for the 411. you did a great job on the DP and i'm sure the funds will go to buy other tools you need more. congrats.

 

[pblanton]

NUTTS: I just finished reading your thread and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have a shop behind my house and am itching to fix it up nice like you have. I even started a thread about it a while ago, but my photos weren't hosted anywhere good and are no longer available online.

I need to go take a few pictures and start up a new thread, and commit to stopping while I am working on a project, to take pictures and post them online. I get so much enjoyment reading about other people's projects and I'm sure people would enjoy reading about mine.

I spent two evenings reading up on your shop and you have really inspired me.

 

[NUTTSGT]

NUTTS: I just finished reading your thread and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have a shop behind my house and am itching to fix it up nice like you have. I even started a thread about it a while ago, but my photos weren't hosted anywhere good and are no longer available online.

I need to go take a few pictures and start up a new thread, and commit to stopping while I am working on a project, to take pictures and post them online. I get so much enjoyment reading about other people's projects and I'm sure people would enjoy reading about mine.

I spent two evenings reading up on your shop and you have really inspired me.

Thank you for the gracious compliments, they are appreciated.

You might want to try using Photobucket to host your pictures, it seems that Imgur no longer allows linking to GJ as we have a classified section here.

Best of luck to you on your shop, get a vision, make a plan, set goals and reach them one at a time.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I finally finished something that I have been putting off. . . . the ductwork is completely wrapped.



The fiberglass I had wrapped around the duct work prior to today. The first thing was to wrap the fiberglass with the original foil covering. I tried to tape the seams with duct tape to close them up. After that was done, I cut pieces of the Reflectix bubble wrap and went over foil covering. I taped the Reflectix with some aluminum foil tape, again, doing all the seams.

Will it help, I think so. How much, not sure, but the heat coming out of the register on the other side seemed to be warmer. I should have taken temp readings but I didn't.

Once I was finished, I came in the house, tossed that shirt and pants in the washer and hopped in the shower. I remembered this time not to throw my boxers in the washer with the other clothes.Last time, I tossed them in with the two sets of dirty fiberglass laden work clothes and got itchy **** cheeks.

 

[xtremek]

.......I tossed them in with the two sets of dirty fiberglass laden work clothes and got itchy **** cheeks.

PLEASE DO NOT post pics of itchy **** cheeks. Nice job on the vent, I would think it'll make a big difference.

 

[NUTTSGT]

PLEASE DO NOT post pics of itchy **** cheeks. Nice job on the vent, I would think it'll make a big difference.

You're in luck, no pictures. Funny thing is, I was at work at the FD one day when I had those boxers on and had to literally to upstair and change them, they were driving me nuts.

I washed the shirt and jeans twice today, both cycles, extra rinse and spin.

 

[racer-john]

Eric, I noticed something that upset me: all your receptacles are incorrectly installed. The ground portion of the plug (the "u" shaped hole) should point down, not up, or horizontally. The reason is in the event of something hitting the cord plug and attempting to pull it out, the ground will be the last to exit.
As a fireman I thought you would know that.
I just got up to page 12, sorry for beings late to the party.

 

[dpljmurphy]

Actually I've seen that episode but forgot about it. What did go through my head was the scene at the end of Sahara on top of the tower with all the mirrors.

OK, I'm only on page 33 of at least 83 pages, but you just referenced my favorite guys movie so time to say thanks for the adventure so far, nice work, you are setting a tough example for when I start my shop build out.

Cheers, David

 

[dpljmurphy]

****, 109 pages...

 

[rpenterics]

Eric, I noticed something that upset me: all your receptacles are incorrectly installed. The ground portion of the plug (the "u" shaped hole) should point down, not up, or horizontally. The reason is in the event of something hitting the cord plug and attempting to pull it out, the ground will be the last to exit.
As a fireman I thought you would know that.
I just got up to page 12, sorry for beings late to the party.

I'll just leave this here..."it is commonly accepted that the National Electrical Code (NEC) of the United States, or NFPA 70, does not provide any specific direction for the orientation of the outlet." http://www.archtoolbox.com/materials-systems/electrical/groundorientation.html

 

[ckadams00]

Nutts great thread! Just sat down with a cup of coffee and 2:15 hrs later I made it to page 33. Dunno how I never saw this before, it always kind of amazes me when I stumble on a 100+ page thread I've never seen on GJ, and there are lots of them. Man you do great work, or at least you were doing great work in 2012. . . .LOL I'll try to catch up!

 

[NUTTSGT]

Eric, I noticed something that upset me: all your receptacles are incorrectly installed. The ground portion of the plug (the "u" shaped hole) should point down, not up, or horizontally. The reason is in the event of something hitting the cord plug and attempting to pull it out, the ground will be the last to exit.
As a fireman I thought you would know that.
I just got up to page 12, sorry for beings late to the party.

No reason to be late to the party, I'm sure you won't be the last to check in.

I completely understand about the outlets. I worked part time for an electrician several years ago and it's one thing he showed me. His train of thought was if a plug was not all the way in or something did fall, hit it and go between the plug and outlet, it would hit the ground. In a perfect world, a breaker should trip before an issue is created, but there is no such thing as a perfect world. I guess I have continued to carry on that line of thought. If the next guy wants to flip them over, he is more than welcome to, after he has handed me a nice check.

So as a firefighter, I know things don't always work like they should, but that's just life.

 

[NUTTSGT]

OK, I'm only on page 33 of at least 83 pages, but you just referenced my favorite guys movie so time to say thanks for the adventure so far, nice work, you are setting a tough example for when I start my shop build out.

Cheers, David

Tough example, nah. Just a reminder to make a thread and take plenty of pictures to share.

****, 109 pages...

Wow, I didn't realize it was that long myself and just checked, over a million views. Holy cow, I need to thank my fellow GJ members for that,.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'll just leave this here..."it is commonly accepted that the National Electrical Code (NEC) of the United States, or NFPA 70, does not provide any specific direction for the orientation of the outlet." http://www.archtoolbox.com/materials-systems/electrical/groundorientation.html

Well that makes sense and thanks for the link.

Nutts great thread! Just sat down with a cup of coffee and 2:15 hrs later I made it to page 33. Dunno how I never saw this before, it always kind of amazes me when I stumble on a 100+ page thread I've never seen on GJ, and there are lots of them. Man you do great work, or at least you were doing great work in 2012. . . .LOL I'll try to catch up!

Well, four years later, I hope you'll be impressed or atleast enjoy the rest of the thread.

 

[dpljmurphy]

I figure if you're doing it yourself, you're saving money. If you're doing it yourself, you need the proper tool to do the job.. . .so you're doing it yourself and saving money, basically makes the tool free.

Words to live by my friend, no better way to grow the tool set than have a project to use them on. We've all done fixes or builds beating our knuckles into submission and then realize there was a tool to solve that issue: save the skin, save the swear words (or colourful language) and buy the right tool. And then the tool box to put them in and then the new shop addition...

great read, thanks,

David

 

[NUTTSGT]

While looking for something in a drawer the other day, I came across some pictures of building the house garage. Since everybody likes pictures, I thought I would share them. Please keep in mind they were taken with a regular camera, probably a disposable and I had to scan them to get them where they are now.

I've shown this picture before but it's nice to see where it was before I started bringing the old down.



I did soem work to the walls and then cut away the roof. Once that was done, I chained a corner and pulled it down. My thougth was to brn it all in the barrel instead of hauling it off. My thoughts were as I was building the new garage, I could just keep the barrel fire going.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Needless to say, the garage burning plan lasted about a day or two. I loaded it up on the trailer and halued it away. It cost me $40 at the land fill to dispose of the "demolition." Money well and time well spent.

You can see here, in a previous life, the garage was added on and busted concrete underneath what was the porch. They also had a hokey roof line with a useless valley.


Busting out part of the old concrete and laying out the foot print of the much larger replacement garage.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Commencing to dig for the footers, it was a real PITA getting dirt in the driveway stone. having a larger garage that i could park in also made it worthwhile though.



This was one job that I farmed out, laying of the block, however I did help with tending.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Another course going down.



While I was doing the house garage, I had one of the retired fire guys come out and replace some standing seam roofing. There used to be a chimeny in the center of the garage. It was a hanging chimney and scared the **** out of me. When Ronnie came out and did the roof, he was in his late sixties. He kept doing roof work into his 70 till he had health issues that caused him to pass away. While he was there, he gave me an old spanner wrench, which I painted and having hanging on the wall of the garage.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Foundation done and starting on the back wall. I saved a few of the old roof raters to use as braces.



Another view of the back wall and you can see the tamper out for the stone addtional floor space.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Walls up and trusses in place.



I have always enjoyed the view looking up at newly hung trusses.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Another shot from the front of the new trusses. It's really taking shape and I have learned alot by this time.



Notice the large pile of dirt, rock and concrete which had to get halued off.



Before I could finish the roof, I had to tie into the roof on the back of the house. I had to remove the standing seam, shakes and the batten boards. It was here that I learned to leave the batten boards on the top of the house and nail the OSB onto that.

 

[Bob Heine]

NuttsGT, very interesting flashback! Amazing how amateurs like me can screw up a roof. The guy who did that was probably so proud of his innovative solution. "I don't need no stinking architect! or professional roofer"

 

[NUTTSGT]

Another view showing the back of the garage with the house roof being stripped.



Man door and O/H doors installed.



As the wife was looking through these pictures, she says look, "we have a nice garage and a dumpy looking house" and laughed.



Once the garage was done, I added new windows to the house, a new front door, new roof on the top of the house, the front porchand finally after all that, siding.

I hope you enjoyed a little trip back through time into 2004.

 

[NUTTSGT]

NuttsGT, very interesting flashback! Amazing how amateurs like me can screw up a roof. The guy who did that was probably so proud of his innovative solution. "I don't need no stinking architect! or professional roofer"

Thanks Bob. I'm not a professional by any means, but damn, some of the stuff that I have had to correct boggles my mind.

 

[jeff g]

"we have a nice garage and a dumpy looking house"

Hi
The house, garage & workshop have come a long way in that time.
You have done a great job, & i have enjoyed coming a long for the ride.
It makes me tired just thinking of all the work completed. LOL
Keep it up & have a